Schools
100 open schools are in scope, including 68 primary and 9 secondary schools. Carlton Academy is the nearest published school at 507 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NG3 6FW
Porchester · Gedling · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Porchester
- Local authority
- Gedling
- Constituency
- Gedling
- Postcode district
- NG3
- Postcode sector
- NG3 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NG3 6FW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1991
- Postcode area
- NG
- Postcode district
- NG3
- Postcode sector
- NG3 6
- Latitude
- 52.977431
- Longitude
- -1.109368
- British National Grid easting
- 459,900
- British National Grid northing
- 342,600
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Gedling · E07000173
- Electoral ward
- Porchester · E05009704
- Parish or community
- E43000125
- Westminster constituency
- Gedling · E14001245
- Output area
- E00143668
- Lower layer super output area
- Gedling 010E · E01028197
- Middle layer super output area
- Gedling 010 · E02005874
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 NG3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 100
- Primary
- 68
- Secondary
- 9
- 507 m
Carlton Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 525 m
Westdale Infant and Nursery
Community school
- 579 m
Westdale Junior School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,135
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 903
- Anti social behaviour 263
- Criminal damage and arson 184
- Vehicle crime 140
- Other theft 134
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NG3 6 residents
- 10,073
Age bands in NG3 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.9%
1,727 residents
930 residents
2,936 residents
3,051 residents
2,145 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.
GP practices
36
within 5 km straight-line
WEST OAK SURGERY
319 WESTDALE LANE, MAPPERLEY, NOTTINGHAM, NG3 6EW
ODS code C84696
482 m
UNITY SURGERY
318 WESTDALE LANE, MAPPERLEY, NOTTINGHAM, NG3 6EU
ODS code C84150
522 m
PLAINS VIEW SURGERY
57 PLAINS ROAD, MAPPERLEY, NOTTINGHAM, NG3 5LB
ODS code C84115
1.2 km
WESTDALE LANE SURGERY
20-22 WESTDALE LANE, CARLTON, GEDLING, NOTTINGHAM, NG4 3JA
ODS code C84033
1.9 km
BAKERSFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
141 OAKDALE ROAD, BAKERSFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, NG3 7EJ
ODS code C84693
1.9 km
JUBILEE PARK MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
61 BURTON ROAD, CARLTON, NOTTINGHAM, NG4 3DQ
ODS code C84613
2.0 km
ELMSWOOD SURGERY
ELMSWOOD GARDENS, SHERWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 4AD
ODS code C84011
2.3 km
GREENDALE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
249 SNEINTON DALE, SNEINTON, NOTTINGHAM, NG3 7DQ
ODS code C84063
2.4 km
THE WELLSPRING SURGERY
ST. ANNS VALLEY CENTRE, 2 LIVINGSTONE ROAD, NOTTINGHAM, NG3 3GG
ODS code C84072
2.5 km
THE FAMILY MEDICAL CENTRE
171 CARLTON ROAD, NOTTINGHAM, NG3 2FW
ODS code C84018
2.5 km
WELBECK SURGERY
481-491 MANSFIELD ROAD, SHERWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 2JJ
ODS code C84664
2.6 km
TRENTSIDE MEDICAL GROUP
TRENTSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, KNIGHT STREET, NETHERFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, NG4 2FN
ODS code C84010
2.7 km
SHERRINGTON PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
402 MANSFIELD ROAD, SHERWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 2EJ
ODS code C84682
2.8 km
TUDOR HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
138 EDWARDS LANE, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 3HU
ODS code C84619
3.1 km
HIGHCROFT SURGERY
HIGH STREET, ARNOLD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 7BQ
ODS code C84055
3.2 km
THE WINDMILL PRACTICE
BEAUMONT STREET, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 4PJ
ODS code C84683
3.3 km
VICTORIA AND MAPPERLEY PRACTICE
GLASSHOUSE STREET, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 3LW
ODS code C84085
3.3 km
DAYBROOK MEDICAL PRACTICE
DAYBROOK HEALTH CENTRE, SALOP STREET, DAYBROOK, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 6HP
ODS code C84066
3.4 km
STENHOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
66 FURLONG STREET, ARNOLD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 7BP
ODS code C84026
3.4 km
SHERWOOD RISE MEDICAL CENTRE
31 NOTTINGHAM ROAD, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 7AD
ODS code C84628
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 36 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Turning Circle
BCT · Carlton
- 0.1 miles
Fraser Square
BCT · Carlton
- 0.1 miles
Fraser Square
BCT · Carlton
- 0.1 miles
Portland Road
BCT · Carlton
- 0.1 miles
Portland Road
BCT · Carlton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gedling 010E, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
31,316 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 9 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,135 published events cover 12 months, averaging 177.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 903 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.