Wittering

Wittering is covered by postcode district PE8. It is mostly in the Peterborough council area: 74 of its 75 postcodes. The other is in North Northamptonshire.

Typical price £201,000 Homes sold in Wittering, last 12 months. ▲ 4.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 7 of 74 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Wittering, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wittering, by flood risk Of the 75 postcodes in Wittering that ONS places, 75 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Wittering. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A1 PE8 6AA: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AB: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AD: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AE: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AF: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AG: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AH: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AJ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AL: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AN: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AP: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AQ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AR: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AS: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AT: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AU: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AW: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AX: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AY: not on the flood risk listPE8 6AZ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BA: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BB: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BD: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BE: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BG: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BH: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BJ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BN: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BP: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BQ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BS: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BW: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BX: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BY: not on the flood risk listPE8 6BZ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DA: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DB: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DD: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DE: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DF: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DG: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DH: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DJ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DL: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DN: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DP: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DQ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DU: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DW: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DX: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DY: not on the flood risk listPE8 6DZ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6EB: not on the flood risk listPE8 6ED: not on the flood risk listPE8 6EE: not on the flood risk listPE8 6EF: not on the flood risk listPE8 6EG: not on the flood risk listPE8 6EH: not on the flood risk listPE8 6EJ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6EL: not on the flood risk listPE8 6EN: not on the flood risk listPE8 6EQ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6EW: not on the flood risk listPE8 6EY: not on the flood risk listPE8 6EZ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6FA: not on the flood risk listPE8 6FE: not on the flood risk listPE8 6FF: not on the flood risk listPE8 6FP: not on the flood risk listPE8 6FQ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6HB: not on the flood risk listPE8 6HG: not on the flood risk listPE8 6HQ: not on the flood risk listPE8 6HX: not on the flood risk list Wittering Map of every postcode in Wittering, by flood risk Of the 75 postcodes in Wittering that ONS places, 75 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Wittering. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A1 Wittering
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 75

Of the 75 postcodes in Wittering that ONS places, 75 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.6080, longitude -0.4410. 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

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

PE8 6NP

What is it like to live in Wittering?

Homes sold for a typical £201,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.1% on the 12 months before. At 7 of the 74 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 75 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Wansford, 3.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Stamford, 5.2 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 Wittering?

Homes in Wittering sold for a typical £201,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 21 sales, up 4.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£201,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£193,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 4.1% on the 12 months before
  • Semi-detached £258,750 9 sales
  • Terraced £181,250 12 sales

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

Across the whole PE8 district, Wittering's main postcode district: a typical £370,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wittering: 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 Wittering?

10 of the 75 postcodes now in use in Wittering came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 34 of the 57 homes sold in Wittering were newly built (60%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PE8 district, 24%.

The newest postcodes

PE8 6HBsince June 2026PE8 6FQsince August 2023PE8 6FPsince January 2023PE8 6FAsince February 2022PE8 6EZsince December 2021PE8 6FEsince December 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 WitteringAcross the PE8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 21 (5%) 3 of 203 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 34 of 57 (60%) 78 of 320 (24%)

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 Wittering?

Ofcom reports on 74 of the 75 postcodes in Wittering. At 7 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit7 of 74
Postcodes where every home can get superfast73 of 74

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 Wittering at risk of flooding?

None of the 75 postcodes in Wittering is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Wittering?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Wittering. 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

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Wittering?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wittering is Stamford Rail Station, 5.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Stamford Rail Station Railway station 5.2 kmDrive
  • Peterborough Rail Station Railway station 13.4 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 Wittering?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Wittering. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Wittering safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 141 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wittering 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. 20 September 2025
  2. 6 October 2025
  3. 12 November 2025
  4. 10 December 2025
  5. 5 January 2026
  6. 6 February 2026
  7. 19 March 2026
  8. 11 April 2026
  9. 15 May 2026
  10. 10 June 2026
  11. 17 July 2026
  12. 10 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences61 reports
Anti-social behaviour27 reports
Vehicle crime17 reports
Criminal damage and arson11 reports
Public order6 reports
Burglary6 reports
Other crime5 reports
Other theft3 reports

Also: drugs 2, bicycle theft 1, robbery 1, possession of weapons 1.

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 Wittering?

Councils
Peterborough (74) and North Northamptonshire (1)
Parliamentary constituencies
North West Cambridgeshire (74) and Corby and East Northamptonshire (1)
Police force areas
Cambridgeshire (74) and Northamptonshire (1)
Regions
East of England (74) and East Midlands (1)
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Wittering

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Wittering is in Peterborough; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Wittering postcodes

75 postcodes in use in Wittering, by district:

PE8 postcode district,75 postcodes

That district is in the PE postcode area.

Check a Wittering postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Wittering

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wittering's £201,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Stamford6.1 km, £316,250Ketton8.0 km, £495,000Market Deeping11.6 km, £301,000Deeping St James12.3 km, £257,000Peterborough12.9 km, £235,000Oundle13.8 km, £350,000Thurlby15.4 km, £370,000Yaxley16.1 km, £261,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Wittering

What is it like to live in Wittering?
Homes sold for a typical £201,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.1% on the 12 months before. At 7 of the 74 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 75 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Wansford, 3.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Stamford, 5.2 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 Wittering?
Wittering is covered by postcode district PE8, across 75 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Wittering?
Homes in Wittering sold for a typical £201,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 21 sales, up 4.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wittering?
In Wittering, primary schools at its postcodes include Wittering Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Stamford Endowed Schools, 5.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wittering have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wittering is Stamford, 5.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wittering?
Ofcom reports on 74 of the 75 postcodes in Wittering. At 7 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wittering at risk of flooding?
None of the 75 postcodes in Wittering is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Wittering?
10 of the 75 postcodes now in use in Wittering came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 34 of the 57 homes sold in Wittering were newly built (60%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PE8 district, 24%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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