NG23 5JY

Farndon & Fernwood · Newark and Sherwood · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Newark
Local authority
Newark and Sherwood
Constituency
Newark
Postcode district
NG23
Postcode sector
NG23 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NG23 5UD 755 m
NG23 5JX 793 m
NG23 5JZ 855 m
NG23 5JU 1.2 km
NG23 5JP 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NG23 5JY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NG
Postcode district
NG23
Postcode sector
NG23 5
Latitude
53.007015
Longitude
-0.811894
British National Grid easting
479,819
British National Grid northing
346,180

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Newark and Sherwood · E07000175
Parish or community
E04007893
Westminster constituency
Newark · E14001375
Output area
E00144320
Lower layer super output area
Newark and Sherwood 012B · E01028325
Middle layer super output area
Newark and Sherwood 012 · E02005904

Postcode source versions

Explore NG23

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Station House, Station Road, Cotham, Newark, NG23 5JY 6 September 2007 £389,000
Station House, Station Road, Cotham, Newark, NG23 5JY 24 October 1997 £89,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
1
  1. Long Bennington Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    4.1 km
  2. All Saints Anglican/Methodist Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.3 km
  3. The Suthers School

    Free schools

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Robbery 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

6 female, 5 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
3.7
NG23 5 residents
7,442

Age bands in NG23 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

1,016 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

625 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.9%

1,170 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.9%

2,495 residents

Age 65 and over
27.9%

2,051 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NG23 5 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+
60%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
60%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
60%
Gigabit-capable
60%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
40%
Next Generation Access
60%
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

1

within 5 km

  • LONG BENNINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE MEDICAL CENTRE, 10 VALLEY LANE, LONG BENNINGTON, NEWARK, NG23 5FR

    ODS code C83067

    3.7 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

  • Church

    BCT · Cotham

    0.8 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Cotham

    0.8 miles
  • St Anns Way

    BCT · Shelton

    1.4 miles
  • St Anns Way

    BCT · Shelton

    1.4 miles
  • Riverside Cottage

    BCT · Staunton in the Vale

    1.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newark and Sherwood 012B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,348 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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
0
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

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Long Bennington Church of England Academy is the nearest published school at 2.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 5 events.

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