Schools
76 open schools are in scope, including 54 primary and 13 secondary schools. Firbeck Academy is the nearest published school at 394 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NG8 2HZ
Wollaton West · Nottingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Wollaton West
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Constituency
- Nottingham South
- Postcode district
- NG8
- Postcode sector
- NG8 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NG8 2HZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1984
- Postcode area
- NG
- Postcode district
- NG8
- Postcode sector
- NG8 2
- Latitude
- 52.950494
- Longitude
- -1.243875
- British National Grid easting
- 450,900
- British National Grid northing
- 339,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Nottingham · E06000018
- Electoral ward
- Wollaton West · E05012289
- Parish or community
- E43000016
- Westminster constituency
- Nottingham South · E14001412
- Output area
- E00070546
- Lower layer super output area
- Nottingham 030C · E01013983
- Middle layer super output area
- Nottingham 030 · E02002897
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 NG8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 76
- Primary
- 54
- Secondary
- 13
- 394 m
Firbeck Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 980 m
Fernwood School
Academy converter
- 998 m
Fernwood Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,072
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 386
- Anti social behaviour 146
- Shoplifting 92
- Criminal damage and arson 91
- Other theft 82
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NG8 2 residents
- 11,544
Age bands in NG8 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.5%
2,131 residents
1,034 residents
2,648 residents
2,851 residents
2,516 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
DEER PARK FAMILY MEDICAL PRACTICE
WOLLATON VALE, WOLLATON, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 2GR
ODS code C84044
964 m
GRANGE FARM MEDICAL CENTRE
17A TREMAYNE ROAD, BILBOROUGH, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 4HQ
ODS code Y03124
1.2 km
BRAMCOTE SURGERY
2A HANLEY AVENUE, BRAMCOTE, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 3HF
ODS code C84112
1.7 km
BILBOROUGH MEDICAL CENTRE
48 BRACEBRIDGE DRIVE, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 4PN
ODS code Y06356
1.7 km
HICKINGS LANE MEDICAL CTR
120 RYECROFT STREET, STAPLEFORD, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 8PN
ODS code C84705
2.1 km
ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE
63 CENTRAL AVENUE, BEESTON, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 2QP
ODS code C84065
2.5 km
BROAD OAK MEDICAL PRACTICE
STRELLEY HEALTH CENTRE, 116 STRELLEY ROAD, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 6LN
ODS code Y06792
2.8 km
SAXON CROSS SURGERY
STAPLEFORD CARE CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, STAPLEFORD, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 8DA
ODS code C84042
2.9 km
THE LINDEN MEDICAL GROUP
STAPLEFORD CARE CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, STAPLEFORD, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 8DA
ODS code C84107
2.9 km
THE OAKS MEDICAL CENTRE
18-20 VILLA STREET, BEESTON, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 2NY
ODS code C84030
3.1 km
CHILWELL VALLEY AND MEADOWS PRACTICE
THE VALLEY SURGERY, 81 BRAMCOTE LANE, BEESTON, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 4ET
ODS code C84120
3.2 km
WOLLATON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
12 HARROW ROAD, WOLLATON PARK, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 1FG
ODS code C84122
3.3 km
JRB HEALTHCARE BEECHDALE SURGERY
439 BEECHDALE ROAD, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 3LF
ODS code C84704
3.3 km
THE UNIV OF NOTTINGHAM HEALTH SERV
CRIPPS HEALTH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY PARK, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 2QW
ODS code C84023
3.4 km
THE MANOR SURGERY
MIDDLE STREET, BEESTON, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 1GA
ODS code C84080
3.4 km
ASPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
509 ASPLEY LANE, ASPLEY, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 5RU
ODS code C84091
3.6 km
EDEN SURGERY
CAVENDISH ROAD, ILKESTON, DE7 5AN
ODS code C81604
4.1 km
MELBOURNE PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
MELBOURNE ROAD, ASPLEY, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 5HL
ODS code C84116
4.4 km
LITTLEWICK MEDICAL CENTRE
NOTTINGHAM ROAD, ILKESTON, DE7 5PR
ODS code C81061
4.5 km
DERBY ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
336 DERBY ROAD, LENTON, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 2DW
ODS code C84039
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Wollaton Vale
BCT · Wollaton
- 0.1 miles
Rosedale Drive
BCT · Wollaton
- 0.2 miles
Wharfedale
BCT · Wollaton
- 0.2 miles
Wharfedale
BCT · Wollaton
- 0.2 miles
Rosedale Drive
BCT · Wollaton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Nottingham 030C, 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
7,479 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,072 published events cover 12 months, averaging 89.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 386 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.