DN22 8DS

East Markham · Bassetlaw · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Retford
Ward: East Markham
Local authority: Bassetlaw
Constituency: Newark
Postcode district: DN22
Postcode sector: DN22 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
DN22 8DW	155 m
DN22 8DT	262 m
DN22 8DU	344 m
DN22 8DN	353 m
DN22 8DX	452 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: DN22 8DS
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: DN
Postcode district: DN22
Postcode sector: DN22 8
Latitude: 53.251523
Longitude: -0.992940
British National Grid easting: 467,289
British National Grid northing: 373,194

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district: Bassetlaw · E07000171
Electoral ward: East Markham · E05006381
Parish or community: E04007794
Westminster constituency: Newark · E14001375
Output area: E00142695
Lower layer super output area: Bassetlaw 015A · E01028006
Middle layer super output area: Bassetlaw 015 · E02005849

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Property

At this postcode

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2 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
Meadoway, Meadow Lane, Bothamsall, Retford, DN22 8DS	27 November 2018	£400,000
2, Meadow Lane, Bothamsall, Retford, DN22 8DS	10 March 1997	£28,250

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 6
Primary: 5
Secondary: 1

Walesby CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
2.4 km
Elkesley Primary and Nursery School

Community school
2.5 km
The Dukeries Academy

Academy sponsor led
4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 18
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Criminal damage and arson 7
Vehicle crime 3
Burglary 2
Other crime 2
Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 3
Postcode households: 2
Residents per household: 1.5
DN22 8 residents: 5,761

Age bands in DN22 8

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 12.4%
Age 15 to 24: 9%
Age 25 to 44: 27.8%
Age 45 to 64: 28.2%
Age 65 and over: 22.6%

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DN22 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

Nearby transport

Nottsbus On Demand

BCT · Bothamsall
0.2 miles
Redhill Lane

BCT · Bothamsall
0.2 miles
Meden Bank

BCT · Bothamsall
0.2 miles
Meden Bank

BCT · Bothamsall
0.3 miles
Sports Ground

BCT · Bothamsall
0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bassetlaw 015A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,858 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 6 of 10
Health and disability: 6 of 10
Crime: 6 of 10
Housing and services: 1 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.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Walesby CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

18 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 7 events.

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