PE Postcode Area for the Peterborough Region

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This section of the site is all about the PE Postcode area, also known as the Peterborough Postal Area. Explore links to the next level to learn more about specific postcode districts such as PE1.

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Detailed map showing districts and posttowns in the PE Peterborough Postcode Area
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Map of the PE Peterborough Postcode Area

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Quick Facts about the PE Postcode

PE Area Statistics
Width from East to West 61.08 mi
Height from North to South 76.31 mi
Area of PE 829.14 mi²
Maximum Width 79.69 mi
Perimeter of Postcode Area 441.16 mi
Number of Postcode Districts 36
Number of Postcode Sectors 144
Number of Post Towns 18
Number of Postcodes 26,770
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The PE postcode area represents a group of 36 postal districts in the Peterborough area of the United Kingdom. The area code stands for the letters p and e in PEterborough. The area has a population of 890,223 and covers an area of 5,683,985 hectares. Fun fact: 1.37% of the population of Great Britain lives in this area.

The postcode area falls within the following counties: Cambridgeshire (47.37%), Lincolnshire (30.80%), Norfolk (19.10%), Northamptonshire (1.92%), Rutland (0.63%), Bedfordshire (0.19%).

Post Towns and Postcode Districts

PETERBOROUGH
PE1 CambridgeshirePE2 CambridgeshirePE3 CambridgeshirePE4 CambridgeshirePE5 CambridgeshirePE6 Cambridgeshire (47%), Lincolnshire (52%)PE7 CambridgeshirePE8 Cambridgeshire (29%), Northamptonshire (70%)
STAMFORD
PE9 Cambridgeshire (7%), Lincolnshire (69%), Northamptonshire (6%), Rutland (16%)
BOURNE
PE10 Lincolnshire
SPALDING
PE11 LincolnshirePE12 Lincolnshire
WISBECH
PE13 Cambridgeshire (96%), Lincolnshire (2%), Norfolk (1%)PE14 Cambridgeshire (33%), Norfolk (66%)
MARCH
PE15 Cambridgeshire
CHATTERIS
PE16 Cambridgeshire
ST. NEOTS
PE19 Bedfordshire (2%), Cambridgeshire (97%)
BOSTON
PE20 LincolnshirePE21 LincolnshirePE22 Lincolnshire
SPILSBY
PE23 Lincolnshire
SKEGNESS
PE24 LincolnshirePE25 Lincolnshire
HUNTINGDON
PE26 CambridgeshirePE28 Bedfordshire (1%), Cambridgeshire (98%)PE29 Cambridgeshire
ST. IVES
PE27 Cambridgeshire
KING'S LYNN
PE30 NorfolkPE31 NorfolkPE32 NorfolkPE33 NorfolkPE34 Norfolk
SANDRINGHAM
PE35 Norfolk
HUNSTANTON
PE36 Norfolk
SWAFFHAM
PE37 Norfolk
DOWNHAM MARKET
PE38 Norfolk

Where is the PE Postcode Area?

The PE Peterborough Postcode has it's North is in the East Midlands and it's South is in East of England.. The postal area borders the following neighbouring postal areas: LN - Lincoln, LE - Leicester, CB - Cambridge, SG - Stevenage, NR - Norwich, NN - Northampton, NG - Nottingham, IP - Ipswich and MK - Milton Keynes, It also borders The North Sea and The Wash.


Map Showing Location of the postcode area
Where is the postcode area?
A word cloud for the postcode area
A word cloud for the area

How built up is the Postcode Area?

I've calculated the total area covered by building footprints within the postcode area.
By analyzing this against the total area, I've determined the percentage of the area that's developed, this will give you an idea of how urban or rural the postcode region is.
The higher the percentage the more urban the area is. For example the least urban district is PE35 and the most urban is PE1.

Building Area Summary
Postcode District Total Area (m²) Footprint Area (m²) Built Percentage %
PE35 8,449,646 30,493 0.36%
PE32 313,786,584 1,727,712 0.55%
PE31 339,002,735 1,961,854 0.58%
PE22 352,997,889 2,244,373 0.64%
PE8 265,695,513 1,735,818 0.65%
PE23 168,469,685 1,152,191 0.68%
PE20 198,430,493 1,469,887 0.74%
PE33 203,765,205 1,636,669 0.80%
PE24 156,630,359 1,265,168 0.81%
PE37 120,401,675 989,928 0.82%
PE34 168,343,637 1,385,674 0.82%
PE28 501,548,481 4,359,453 0.87%
PE6 309,177,643 2,693,694 0.87%
PE38 130,632,576 1,173,712 0.90%
PE14 251,416,590 2,375,309 0.94%
PE26 89,164,895 848,361 0.95%
PE12 441,364,501 4,344,710 0.98%
PE10 175,754,375 1,823,439 1.04%
PE5 10,314,547 108,472 1.05%
PE9 199,255,519 2,220,993 1.11%
PE36 55,207,746 655,006 1.19%
PE15 173,816,628 2,358,551 1.36%
PE16 50,677,080 723,730 1.43%
PE11 223,784,459 3,362,402 1.50%
PE19 177,900,526 2,675,190 1.50%
PE7 208,175,639 3,357,571 1.61%
PE13 147,259,522 2,792,187 1.90%
PE27 25,087,236 1,129,549 4.50%
PE30 50,437,218 2,694,060 5.34%
PE29 29,366,462 1,749,402 5.96%
PE21 44,917,537 2,755,189 6.13%
PE25 22,941,613 1,457,833 6.35%
PE4 11,287,954 1,212,651 10.74%
PE3 13,350,661 1,517,651 11.37%
PE2 23,415,138 2,797,282 11.95%
PE1 19,072,725 2,657,531 13.93%
Total 5,681,300,692 (m²) 69,443,695 (m²) 1.22%
Map of the PE Postcode Area

A map showing the boundary of PE in relation to other areas

There are 25 towns within the Peterborough postcode area.

Map of Posttowns in the PE
Map of Posttowns in the PE Postal Area
Area of the PE postcode area
Unit Area²
Hectares 5,683,985²
Miles 21,946²
Feet 611,818,461,415²
Kilometres 56,840²

Postal Delivery Offices Serving the Postcode Area

  • Ailsworth Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Bircham Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Bluntisham Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Boston Delivery Office
  • Bourne Delivery Office
  • Brancaster Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Burnham Market Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Chatteris Delivery Office
  • Clenchwarton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Delivery Office Cking Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Dersingham Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Downham Market Delivery Office
  • East Rudham Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • East Winch Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Easton On The Hill Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Elton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Eye Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Farcet Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Fenstanton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Gayton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Glinton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Grimston Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Heacham Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Holbeach Delivery Office
  • Holme Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Hunstanton Delivery Office
  • Huntingdon Delivery Office
  • Ketton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Kimbolton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Kings Cliffe Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Kings Lynn Delivery Office
  • Litcham Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Long Sutton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Magdalen Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • March Delivery Office
  • Market Deeping Delivery Office
  • Middleton (pe32) Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Narborough Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Newborough Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Oundle Delivery Office
  • Outwell Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Peterborough Postal Delivery Office
  • Peterborough South Postal Delivery Office
  • Raf Marham Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Ramsey Delivery Office (pe)
  • Ryhall Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Sawtry Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Skegness Delivery Office
  • Snettisham Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Somersham Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Spalding Delivery Office
  • Spilsby Delivery Office
  • St. Germans Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • St. Ives (pe) Delivery Office
  • St. Neots Delivery Office
  • Stamford Delivery Office
  • Stilton Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Stoke Ferry Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Stow Bridge Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Sutton Bridge Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Swaffham Delivery Office
  • Terrington St.clement Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Upwell Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Wansford Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Warboys Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Watlington (pe) Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Welney Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Wereham Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • West Lynn Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • West Winch Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Wisbech Delivery Office
  • Wittering Scale Payment Delivery Office

Tourist Attractions within the Area

Nearby Postcodes

LN
LE
CB
SG
NR
NN
NG
IP
MK

Councils within the PE Area

Councils within the PE area
Huntingdonshire District (4984 postcodes)
King's Lynn and West Norfolk District (B) (4674 postcodes)
City of Peterborough (B) (4273 postcodes)
Fenland District (2952 postcodes)
South Holland District (2626 postcodes)
East Lindsey District (2041 postcodes)
Boston District (B) (2037 postcodes)
South Kesteven District (1728 postcodes)
Breckland District (652 postcodes)
North Northamptonshire (527 postcodes)
Rutland (184 postcodes)
Bedford (B) (48 postcodes)
South Cambridgeshire District (28 postcodes)
North Norfolk District (8 postcodes)
North Kesteven District (4 postcodes)
East Cambridgeshire District (3 postcodes)
Central Bedfordshire (1 postcodes)

Towns and Villages within the Area

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