DN22 7AY

East Retford West · Bassetlaw · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Retford
Local authority
Bassetlaw
Constituency
Bassetlaw
Postcode district
DN22
Postcode sector
DN22 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DN22 7UX 105 m
DN22 7AZ 107 m
DN22 7UZ 136 m
DN22 7XE 137 m
DN22 7UY 168 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DN22 7AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DN
Postcode district
DN22
Postcode sector
DN22 7
Latitude
53.323522
Longitude
-0.947633
British National Grid easting
470,194
British National Grid northing
381,247

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Bassetlaw · E07000171
Parish or community
E43000284
Westminster constituency
Bassetlaw · E14001079
Output area
E00142771
Lower layer super output area
Bassetlaw 010D · E01028020
Middle layer super output area
Bassetlaw 010 · E02005844

Postcode source versions

Explore DN22

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Tall Trees Surgery, Rectory Road, Retford, DN22 7AY 6 January 2023 £450,000
Stable Cottage, Rectory Road, Retford, DN22 7AY 3 October 2016 £17,500
Rose-Gyll Cottage, Rectory Road, Retford, DN22 7AY 24 March 2014 £240,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    535 m
  2. St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    649 m
  3. Retford Oaks Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    700 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,648
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 659
  • Anti social behaviour 230
  • Shoplifting 199
  • Criminal damage and arson 134
  • Other theft 99

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

14 female, 18 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
2.5
DN22 7 residents
16,843

Age bands in DN22 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

2,791 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,593 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.5%

3,886 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

4,554 residents

Age 65 and over
22.3%

3,683 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DN22 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
90.5%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • RIVERSIDE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    RIVERSIDE WALK, RETFORD, DN22 6FB

    ODS code C84094

    302 m

  • CROWN HOUSE SURGERY

    RETFORD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, RETFORD HOSPITAL, NORTH ROAD, RETFORD, DN22 7XF

    ODS code C84035

    321 m

  • KINGFISHER FAMILY PRACTICE

    RETFORD PRIMARY CARE CTR, RETFORD, DN22 7XF

    ODS code C84013

    321 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Rectory Road

    BCT · Retford

    0.1 miles
  • Lime Tree Avenue

    BCT · Retford

    0.1 miles
  • Rectory Road

    BCT · Retford

    0.1 miles
  • Lime Tree Avenue

    BCT · Retford

    0.1 miles
  • West Court

    BCT · Retford

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bassetlaw 010D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,361 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £450,000 from 1 recorded sale in DN22 7AY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Bassetlaw is £210,596 in June 2026, up 4.7% year on year.

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is the nearest published school at 535 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,648 published events cover 12 months, averaging 137.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 659 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.