Schools
112 open schools are in scope, including 70 primary and 17 secondary schools. Ellis Guilford School is the nearest published school at 573 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NG8 6AQ
Basford · Nottingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Nottingham
- Ward
- Basford
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Constituency
- Nottingham North and Kimberley
- Postcode district
- NG8
- Postcode sector
- NG8 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NG8 6AQ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NG
- Postcode district
- NG8
- Postcode sector
- NG8 6
- Latitude
- 52.983557
- Longitude
- -1.195842
- British National Grid easting
- 454,086
- British National Grid northing
- 343,213
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Nottingham · E06000018
- Electoral ward
- Basford · E05012271
- Parish or community
- E43000016
- Westminster constituency
- Nottingham North and Kimberley · E14001411
- Output area
- E00069777
- Lower layer super output area
- Nottingham 009B · E01013830
- Middle layer super output area
- Nottingham 009 · E02002876
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
Property
5 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 656, Nuthall Road, Nottingham, NG8 6AQ | 11 February 2020 | £999,000 |
| 652, Nuthall Road, Nottingham, NG8 6AQ | 7 February 2014 | £110,000 |
| 650, Nuthall Road, Nottingham, NG8 6AQ | 29 November 2002 | £88,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 112
- Primary
- 70
- Secondary
- 17
- 573 m
Ellis Guilford School
Academy sponsor led
- 665 m
Old Basford School
Academy converter
- 740 m
Rosslyn Park Primary and Nursery School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,612
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,876
- Anti social behaviour 519
- Criminal damage and arson 463
- Other theft 277
- Public order 267
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 9
- Postcode households
- 2
- Residents per household
- 4.5
- NG8 6 residents
- 12,745
4 female, 5 male
Age bands in NG8 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 27.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 8.6%
3,537 residents
1,746 residents
3,735 residents
2,824 residents
1,120 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NG8 6 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
36
within 5 km straight-line
LIME TREE SURGERY
1 LIME TREE AVENUE, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 6AB
ODS code C84694
146 m
MELBOURNE PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
MELBOURNE ROAD, ASPLEY, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 5HL
ODS code C84116
890 m
CHURCHFIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
OLD BASFORD HEALTH CENTRE, 1 BAILEY STREET, OLD BASFORD, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 0HD
ODS code C84034
1.2 km
ASPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
509 ASPLEY LANE, ASPLEY, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 5RU
ODS code C84091
1.4 km
LEEN VIEW SURGERY
BULWELL RIVERSIDE CENTRE, MAIN STREET, BULWELL, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 8QJ
ODS code C84043
1.6 km
PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
BULWELL RIVERSIDE CENTRE, MAIN STREET, BULWELL, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 8QJ
ODS code C84064
1.6 km
THE MEDICAL CENTRE - ZULU ROAD
2A ZULU ROAD, BASFORD, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 7DS
ODS code C84151
1.7 km
HUCKNALL ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
KIBWORTH CLOSE, HEATHFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 1NA
ODS code C84078
2.0 km
SOUTHGLADE MEDICAL PRACTICE
SOUTHGLADE ROAD, BESTWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 5GU
ODS code Y05622
2.3 km
BROAD OAK MEDICAL PRACTICE
STRELLEY HEALTH CENTRE, 116 STRELLEY ROAD, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 6LN
ODS code Y06792
2.4 km
JRB HEALTHCARE BEECHDALE SURGERY
439 BEECHDALE ROAD, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 3LF
ODS code C84704
2.5 km
SHERWOOD RISE MEDICAL CENTRE
31 NOTTINGHAM ROAD, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 7AD
ODS code C84628
2.5 km
THE ALICE MEDICAL CENTRE
1 CARNWOOD ROAD, BESTWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 5HW
ODS code C84695
2.6 km
ST ALBANS MEDICAL CENTRE
HUCKNALL LANE, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 8AQ
ODS code C84004
2.6 km
GREENFIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
GREENFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE, TERRACE STREET, HYSON GREEN, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 6ER
ODS code C84676
2.6 km
FAIRFIELDS PRACTICE
GREGORY BOULEVARD, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 5HY
ODS code C84105
2.7 km
HIGH GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
GREGORY BOULEVARD, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 5HY
ODS code C84691
2.7 km
TUDOR HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
138 EDWARDS LANE, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 3HU
ODS code C84619
3.2 km
BILBOROUGH MEDICAL CENTRE
48 BRACEBRIDGE DRIVE, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 4PN
ODS code Y06356
3.2 km
SHERRINGTON PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
402 MANSFIELD ROAD, SHERWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 2EJ
ODS code C84682
3.2 km
Showing 20 of 36 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Kelstern Close
BCT · Cinderhill
- 0.1 miles
Nottingham College Basford
BCT · Cinderhill
- 0.1 miles
Stockhill Lane West
BCT · Cinderhill
- 0.1 miles
Stockhill Lane West
BCT · Cinderhill
- 0.1 miles
Basford Hall College
BCT · Cinderhill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Nottingham 009B, 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
8,859 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
- 1
- 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
4,612 published events cover 12 months, averaging 384.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,876 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.