Schools
35 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. The West Park Academy is the nearest published school at 323 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NG17 8AP
Kirkby Cross & Portland · Ashfield · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Nottingham
- Local authority
- Ashfield
- Constituency
- Ashfield
- Postcode district
- NG17
- Postcode sector
- NG17 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NG17 8AP
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NG
- Postcode district
- NG17
- Postcode sector
- NG17 8
- Latitude
- 53.098531
- Longitude
- -1.254112
- British National Grid easting
- 450,041
- British National Grid northing
- 355,961
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Ashfield · E07000170
- Electoral ward
- Kirkby Cross & Portland · E05010685
- Parish or community
- E43000122
- Westminster constituency
- Ashfield · E14001068
- Output area
- E00176900
- Lower layer super output area
- Ashfield 009B · E01027948
- Middle layer super output area
- Ashfield 009 · E02005827
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
Explore NG17
Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 37, Urban Road, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 8AP | 11 October 2018 | £115,000 |
| Recresco Ltd, Urban Road, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 8AP | 13 September 2018 | £360,000 |
| 37, Urban Road, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 8AP | 8 May 2009 | £60,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 35
- Primary
- 25
- Secondary
- 5
- 323 m
The West Park Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 541 m
Outwood Academy Kirkby
Academy converter
- 842 m
Orchard Primary School and Nursery
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,066
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 697
- Shoplifting 329
- Anti social behaviour 277
- Criminal damage and arson 190
- Other theft 110
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NG17 8 residents
- 12,362
Age bands in NG17 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.3%
2,312 residents
1,256 residents
3,213 residents
3,141 residents
1,936 residents
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
- 0%
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
11
within 5 km
KIRKBY COMMUNITY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
PORTLAND STREET, KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, NG17 7AE
ODS code Y05690
510 m
FAMILY MEDICAL CENTRE (KIRKBY)
FAMILY MEDICAL CENTRE, 56A LOW MOOR ROAD, KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, NG17 7BG
ODS code C84074
658 m
HEALTH CARE COMPLEX, KIRKBY
52 LOWMOOR ROAD, KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, NG17 7BG
ODS code C84629
658 m
LOWMOOR ROAD SURGERY
THE SURGERY, LOWMOOR ROAD, KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, NG17 7BG
ODS code C84140
658 m
KIRKBY HEALTH CENTRE
LOWMOOR ROAD, KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, NG17 7LG
ODS code C84076
670 m
ASHFIELD HOUSE (ANNESLEY)
ASHFIELD HOUSE, FOREST ROAD, KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD, ANNESLEY WOODHOUSE, NOTTINGHAM, NG17 9JB
ODS code C84067
2.5 km
WOODLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BLUEBELL WOOD WAY, SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD, NG17 1JW
ODS code C84014
2.8 km
KING'S MEDICAL CENTRE
KING STREET, SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD, NG17 1AT
ODS code C84061
2.8 km
WILLOWBROOK MEDICAL PRACTICE
BROOK STREET, SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD, NG17 1ES
ODS code C84012
2.8 km
SELSTON SURGERY
139 NOTTINGHAM ROAD, SELSTON, NOTTINGHAM, NG16 6BT
ODS code C84142
4.4 km
BRIERLEY PARK MEDICAL GROUP
HUTHWAITE SUITE, 127 SUTTON ROAD, HUTHWAITE, SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD, NG17 2NF
ODS code C84077
4.5 km
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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Kirkby in Ashfield Rail Station
RSE · Kirkby in Ashfield
- 0.1 miles
Forster Street
BCT · Kirkby in Ashfield
- 0.1 miles
Harcourt Street
BCT · Kirkby in Ashfield
- 0.1 miles
Kirkby in Ashfield Rail Station
RLY · Kirkby in Ashfield
- 0.1 miles
Forster Street
BCT · Kirkby in Ashfield
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ashfield 009B, 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
16,076 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
- 3
- 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
Recorded crime
2,066 published events cover 12 months, averaging 172.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 697 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.