NG23 5PH

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 5NS 71 m
NG23 5PF 74 m
NG23 5PJ 93 m
NG23 5NT 124 m
NG23 5FU 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NG23 5PH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NG
Postcode district
NG23
Postcode sector
NG23 5
Latitude
53.023551
Longitude
-0.867634
British National Grid easting
476,050
British National Grid northing
347,959

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Newark and Sherwood · E07000175
Parish or community
E04007900
Westminster constituency
Newark · E14001375
Output area
E00144323
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

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, The Paddocks, Elston, Newark, NG23 5PH 13 December 2024 £299,500
2, The Paddocks, Elston, Newark, NG23 5PH 15 October 2021 £265,000
10, The Paddocks, Elston, Newark, NG23 5PH 31 January 2020 £280,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. All Saints Anglican/Methodist Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    176 m
  2. Flintham Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km
  3. St Peter's Crosskeys CofE Academy

    Academy converter

    4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other crime 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

13 female, 10 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
1.5
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 0.3% 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+
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
100%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Central Drive

    BCT · Elston

    0.0 miles
  • Central Drive

    BCT · Elston

    0.0 miles
  • Toad Lane

    BCT · Elston

    0.1 miles
  • Toad Lane

    BCT · Elston

    0.1 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Elston

    0.1 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

Property market

The five-year median is £282,250 from 2 recorded sales in NG23 5PH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Newark and Sherwood is £233,902 in June 2026, up 5.0% year on year.

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. All Saints Anglican/Methodist Primary School is the nearest published school at 176 m.

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

Recorded crime

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 3 events.

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