Schools
78 open schools are in scope, including 61 primary and 11 secondary schools. Park Vale Academy is the nearest published school at 603 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NG5 5BF
Bulwell Forest · Nottingham · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeLocation overview
Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
- Ward
- Bulwell Forest
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Constituency
- Nottingham North and Kimberley
- Postcode district
- NG5
- Postcode sector
- NG5 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NG5 5BF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1995
- Terminated
- 1 June 1996
- Postcode area
- NG
- Postcode district
- NG5
- Postcode sector
- NG5 5
- Latitude
- 53.012998
- Longitude
- -1.180180
- British National Grid easting
- 455,100
- British National Grid northing
- 346,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Nottingham · E06000018
- Electoral ward
- Bulwell Forest · E05012276
- Parish or community
- E43000016
- Westminster constituency
- Nottingham North and Kimberley · E14001411
- Output area
- E00070085
- Lower layer super output area
- Nottingham 001B · E01013892
- Middle layer super output area
- Nottingham 001 · E02002868
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
- 78
- Primary
- 61
- Secondary
- 11
- 603 m
Park Vale Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 605 m
Stanstead Flying High Academy
Academy converter
- 658 m
Rise Park Primary and Nursery School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,253
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 850
- Anti social behaviour 327
- Criminal damage and arson 209
- Public order 155
- Shoplifting 136
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NG5 5 residents
- 16,812
Age bands in NG5 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 17%
3,318 residents
1,860 residents
4,796 residents
4,236 residents
2,911 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
24
within 5 km straight-line
RISE PARK SURGERY
OFF REVELSTOKE WAY, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 5EB
ODS code C84129
390 m
ST ALBANS MEDICAL CENTRE
HUCKNALL LANE, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 8AQ
ODS code C84004
1.1 km
SOUTHGLADE MEDICAL PRACTICE
SOUTHGLADE ROAD, BESTWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 5GU
ODS code Y05622
1.6 km
LEEN VIEW SURGERY
BULWELL RIVERSIDE CENTRE, MAIN STREET, BULWELL, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 8QJ
ODS code C84043
2.0 km
PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
BULWELL RIVERSIDE CENTRE, MAIN STREET, BULWELL, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 8QJ
ODS code C84064
2.0 km
THE ALICE MEDICAL CENTRE
1 CARNWOOD ROAD, BESTWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 5HW
ODS code C84695
2.3 km
TORKARD HILL MEDICAL CTRE
FARLEYS LANE, HUCKNALL, NOTTINGHAM, NG15 6DY
ODS code C84053
2.6 km
HUCKNALL ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
KIBWORTH CLOSE, HEATHFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 1NA
ODS code C84078
2.7 km
OAKENHALL MEDICAL PRACT
BOLSOVER STREET, HUCKNALL, NOTTINGHAM, NG15 7UA
ODS code C84095
2.9 km
DAYBROOK MEDICAL PRACTICE
DAYBROOK HEALTH CENTRE, SALOP STREET, DAYBROOK, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 6HP
ODS code C84066
3.0 km
THE OM SURGERY
112 WATNALL ROAD, HUCKNALL, NOTTINGHAM, NG15 7JP
ODS code Y00026
3.0 km
WHYBURN MEDICAL PRACTICE
CURTIS STREET, HUCKNALL, NOTTINGHAM, NG15 7JE
ODS code Y06443
3.0 km
TUDOR HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
138 EDWARDS LANE, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 3HU
ODS code C84619
3.2 km
STENHOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
66 FURLONG STREET, ARNOLD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 7BP
ODS code C84026
3.5 km
HIGHCROFT SURGERY
HIGH STREET, ARNOLD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 7BQ
ODS code C84055
3.6 km
LIME TREE SURGERY
1 LIME TREE AVENUE, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 6AB
ODS code C84694
3.6 km
CHURCHFIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
OLD BASFORD HEALTH CENTRE, 1 BAILEY STREET, OLD BASFORD, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 0HD
ODS code C84034
3.8 km
THE MEDICAL CENTRE - ZULU ROAD
2A ZULU ROAD, BASFORD, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 7DS
ODS code C84151
4.0 km
ELMSWOOD SURGERY
ELMSWOOD GARDENS, SHERWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 4AD
ODS code C84011
4.2 km
MELBOURNE PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
MELBOURNE ROAD, ASPLEY, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 5HL
ODS code C84116
4.2 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Glensford Gardens
BCT · Rise Park
- 0.1 miles
Haverhill Crescent
BCT · Rise Park
- 0.1 miles
Roseneath Avenue
BCT · Rise Park
- 0.2 miles
Revelstoke Way
BCT · Rise Park
- 0.2 miles
Rise Park Road East
BCT · Rise Park
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Nottingham 001B, 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
23,746 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
2,253 published events cover 12 months, averaging 187.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 850 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.