Schools
141 open schools are in scope, including 94 primary and 19 secondary schools. Haydn Primary School is the nearest published school at 337 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NG5 2EQ
Sherwood · Nottingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Sherwood
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Constituency
- Nottingham East
- Postcode district
- NG5
- Postcode sector
- NG5 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NG5 2EQ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NG
- Postcode district
- NG5
- Postcode sector
- NG5 2
- Latitude
- 52.977284
- Longitude
- -1.149597
- British National Grid easting
- 457,199
- British National Grid northing
- 342,551
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Nottingham · E06000018
- Electoral ward
- Sherwood · E05012288
- Parish or community
- E43000016
- Westminster constituency
- Nottingham East · E14001410
- Output area
- E00070493
- Lower layer super output area
- Nottingham 010E · E01013971
- Middle layer super output area
- Nottingham 010 · E02002877
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 NG5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 141
- Primary
- 94
- Secondary
- 19
- 337 m
Haydn Primary School
Community school
- 582 m
Carrington Primary and Nursery School
Community school
- 724 m
Nottingham Free School
Free schools
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,434
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,144
- Anti social behaviour 521
- Criminal damage and arson 499
- Public order 440
- Shoplifting 393
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 20
- Postcode households
- 21
- Residents per household
- 1.0
- NG5 2 residents
- 6,143
6 female, 14 male
Age bands in NG5 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 37%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.4%
900 residents
662 residents
2,336 residents
1,561 residents
847 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NG5 2 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+
- 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
45
within 5 km
SHERRINGTON PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
402 MANSFIELD ROAD, SHERWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 2EJ
ODS code C84682
291 m
WELBECK SURGERY
481-491 MANSFIELD ROAD, SHERWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 2JJ
ODS code C84664
304 m
SHERWOOD RISE MEDICAL CENTRE
31 NOTTINGHAM ROAD, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 7AD
ODS code C84628
899 m
ELMSWOOD SURGERY
ELMSWOOD GARDENS, SHERWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 4AD
ODS code C84011
900 m
TUDOR HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
138 EDWARDS LANE, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 3HU
ODS code C84619
1.5 km
THE MEDICAL CENTRE - ZULU ROAD
2A ZULU ROAD, BASFORD, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 7DS
ODS code C84151
1.5 km
GREENFIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
GREENFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE, TERRACE STREET, HYSON GREEN, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 6ER
ODS code C84676
1.8 km
THE WELLSPRING SURGERY
ST. ANNS VALLEY CENTRE, 2 LIVINGSTONE ROAD, NOTTINGHAM, NG3 3GG
ODS code C84072
1.9 km
HUCKNALL ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
KIBWORTH CLOSE, HEATHFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 1NA
ODS code C84078
1.9 km
FAIRFIELDS PRACTICE
GREGORY BOULEVARD, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 5HY
ODS code C84105
2.1 km
HIGH GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
GREGORY BOULEVARD, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 5HY
ODS code C84691
2.1 km
CHURCHFIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
OLD BASFORD HEALTH CENTRE, 1 BAILEY STREET, OLD BASFORD, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 0HD
ODS code C84034
2.1 km
THE ALICE MEDICAL CENTRE
1 CARNWOOD ROAD, BESTWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 5HW
ODS code C84695
2.1 km
VICTORIA AND MAPPERLEY PRACTICE
GLASSHOUSE STREET, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 3LW
ODS code C84085
2.2 km
PLAINS VIEW SURGERY
57 PLAINS ROAD, MAPPERLEY, NOTTINGHAM, NG3 5LB
ODS code C84115
2.3 km
NC GPA PLUS
79A UPPER PARLIAMENT ST, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 6LD
ODS code Y05960
2.5 km
PARLIAMENT STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
79A UPPER PARLIAMENT STREET, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 6LD
ODS code Y02847
2.5 km
THE FAMILY MEDICAL CENTRE
171 CARLTON ROAD, NOTTINGHAM, NG3 2FW
ODS code C84018
2.6 km
RADFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE (KAUR)
RADFORD HEALTH CENTRE, ILKESTON ROAD, RADFORD, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 3GW
ODS code C84117
2.6 km
ST. LUKE'S SURGERY
RADFORD HEALTH CENTRE, ILKESTON ROAD, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 3GW
ODS code C84136
2.6 km
Showing 20 of 45 matching practices.
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
- 0.0 miles
Bingham Road
BCT · Mapperley Park
- 0.0 miles
Bingham Road
BCT · Mapperley Park
- 0.1 miles
Church Drive
BCT · Mapperley Park
- 0.2 miles
Church Drive
BCT · Mapperley Park
- 0.2 miles
Haydn Road
BCT · Mapperley Park
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Nottingham 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,914 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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.
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
Recorded crime
5,434 published events cover 12 months, averaging 452.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,144 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.