Potton

Potton is covered by postcode district SG19. It is in the Central Bedfordshire council area, England.

Typical price £357,250 Homes sold in Potton, last 12 months. ▲ 0.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 95 of 116 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 5 of 116 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Potton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Potton, by flood risk Of the 116 postcodes in Potton that ONS places, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 111 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Potton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. SG19 2BT: not on the flood risk listSG19 2BX: not on the flood risk listSG19 2BY: not on the flood risk listSG19 2DF: not on the flood risk listSG19 2DG: not on the flood risk listSG19 2DS: not on the flood risk listSG19 2DU: not on the flood risk listSG19 2DW: not on the flood risk listSG19 2DZ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2EG: not on the flood risk listSG19 2EQ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FA: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FB: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FE: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FF: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FG: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FH: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FQ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FR: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FS: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FT: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FU: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FW: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FX: not on the flood risk listSG19 2FY: not on the flood risk listSG19 2GA: not on the flood risk listSG19 2GB: not on the flood risk listSG19 2GH: not on the flood risk listSG19 2GQ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2JP: not on the flood risk listSG19 2LJ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2LP: not on the flood risk listSG19 2LQ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2LR: not on the flood risk listSG19 2LS: not on the flood risk listSG19 2LT: not on the flood risk listSG19 2LU: not on the flood risk listSG19 2LW: not on the flood risk listSG19 2LX: not on the flood risk listSG19 2NJ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2NL: not on the flood risk listSG19 2NP: not on the flood risk listSG19 2NR: not on the flood risk listSG19 2NS: not on the flood risk listSG19 2NT: not on the flood risk listSG19 2NU: not on the flood risk listSG19 2NX: not on the flood risk listSG19 2NY: not on the flood risk listSG19 2NZ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PA: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PB: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PD: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PF: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PG: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PH: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PJ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PL: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PN: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PP: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PR: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PS: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PT: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PU: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PW: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PX: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PY: not on the flood risk listSG19 2PZ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QA: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QB: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QD: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QE: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QF: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QG: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QH: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QJ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QL: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QN: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QP: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QQ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QR: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QS: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QT: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QU: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QW: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QX: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QY: not on the flood risk listSG19 2QZ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2RA: not on the flood risk listSG19 2RB: not on the flood risk listSG19 2RD: not on the flood risk listSG19 2RE: not on the flood risk listSG19 2RG: not on the flood risk listSG19 2RH: not on the flood risk listSG19 2RN: not on the flood risk listSG19 2RP: not on the flood risk listSG19 2RQ: not on the flood risk listSG19 2RR: not on the flood risk listSG19 2RS: not on the flood risk listSG19 2RT: not on the flood risk listSG19 2RX: not on the flood risk listSG19 2SB: not on the flood risk listSG19 2SD: not on the flood risk listSG19 2SE: not on the flood risk listSG19 2SF: not on the flood risk listSG19 2SG: not on the flood risk listSG19 2SP: not on the flood risk listSG19 2SW: not on the flood risk listSG19 2XU: not on the flood risk listSG19 2XX: not on the flood risk listSG19 2YH: not on the flood risk listSG19 2YP: not on the flood risk listSG19 2BF: low flood risk at worstSG19 2RL: low flood risk at worstSG19 2RU: low flood risk at worstSG19 2RJ: medium flood risk at worstSG19 2TL: medium flood risk at worst Potton Map of every postcode in Potton, by flood risk Of the 116 postcodes in Potton that ONS places, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 111 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Potton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Potton
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 111

Of the 116 postcodes in Potton that ONS places, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 111 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.1286, longitude -0.2176. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at medium risk at worst

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

SG19 2RJ2 at medium riskSG19 2TL1 at medium risk

What is it like to live in Potton?

Homes sold for a typical £357,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. At 95 of the 116 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 116 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sandy, 4.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Potton?

Homes in Potton sold for a typical £357,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 72 sales, up 0.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£357,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£355,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 0.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £525,000 23 sales
  • Semi-detached £346,000 24 sales
  • Terraced £295,000 20 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £170,000 5 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole SG19 district, Potton's main postcode district: a typical £345,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Potton: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Potton?

11 of the 116 postcodes now in use in Potton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 103 homes sold in Potton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG19 district, 2%.

The newest postcodes

SG19 2GAsince February 2022SG19 2GBsince February 2022SG19 2FUsince April 2021SG19 2FRsince March 2021SG19 2FXsince March 2021SG19 2FYsince March 2021

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn PottonAcross the SG19 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 72 (1%) 1 of 280 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 103 (0%) 10 of 414 (2%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Potton?

Ofcom reports on 116 of the 116 postcodes in Potton. At 95 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit95 of 116
Postcodes where every home can get superfast112 of 116

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Potton at risk of flooding?

5 of the 116 postcodes in Potton have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 5 of 116 postcodes Medium: 3Low: 49

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Potton?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Potton. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Potton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Potton is Sandy Rail Station, 4.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Sandy Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
  • Biggleswade Rail Station Railway station 5.7 kmDrive
  • St Neots Rail Station Railway station 11.6 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Potton?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Potton. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Potton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 269 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Potton over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 28 September 2025
  2. 28 October 2025
  3. 21 November 2025
  4. 18 December 2025
  5. 25 January 2026
  6. 12 February 2026
  7. 22 March 2026
  8. 24 April 2026
  9. 27 May 2026
  10. 27 June 2026
  11. 19 July 2026
  12. 18 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences92 reports
Anti-social behaviour74 reports
Public order19 reports
Criminal damage and arson19 reports
Other theft18 reports
Vehicle crime13 reports
Drugs10 reports
Burglary7 reports

Also: shoplifting 7, other crime 6, theft from the person 2, possession of weapons 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Potton?

Council
Central Bedfordshire
Parliamentary constituency
North Bedfordshire
Police force area
Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Richard Fuller (Conservative)

All 116 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Potton postcodes

116 postcodes in use in Potton, by district:

SG19 postcode district,116 postcodes

That district is in the SG postcode area.

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Places near Potton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Potton's £357,250. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Gamlingay3.4 km, £375,000Sandy5.1 km, £330,000Biggleswade5.2 km, £340,000Langford9.1 km, £380,000Great Barford9.7 km, £397,500Ashwell10.8 km, £340,000St Neots11.2 km, £300,000Clifton, Central Bedfordshire11.8 km, £430,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Potton

What is it like to live in Potton?
Homes sold for a typical £357,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. At 95 of the 116 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 116 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sandy, 4.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Potton?
Potton is covered by postcode district SG19, across 116 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Potton in?
Potton is in the Central Bedfordshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Potton?
Potton is in the North Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Richard Fuller (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Potton?
Homes in Potton sold for a typical £357,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 72 sales, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Potton?
In Potton, primary schools at its postcodes include Potton Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is OneSchool Global UK - Biggleswade Campus, 3.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Potton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Potton is Sandy, 4.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Potton?
Ofcom reports on 116 of the 116 postcodes in Potton. At 95 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Potton at risk of flooding?
5 of the 116 postcodes in Potton have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Potton?
11 of the 116 postcodes now in use in Potton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 103 homes sold in Potton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG19 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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