Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Kirkby-in-Ashfield is covered by postcode district NG17. It is in the Ashfield council area, Nottinghamshire.
Every postcode in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 0
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 1
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 481
Of the 482 postcodes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 481 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.1012, longitude -1.2512. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
What is it like to live in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
Homes sold for a typical £179,995 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 415 of the 470 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 482 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kirkby in Ashfield, 150 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
Homes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield sold for a typical £179,995 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 217 sales, down 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £182,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £179,995
▼ down 1.1% on the 12 months before
Across the whole NG17 district, Kirkby-in-Ashfield's main postcode district: a typical £185,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Kirkby-in-Ashfield: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
13 of the 482 postcodes now in use in Kirkby-in-Ashfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 8 of the 277 homes sold in Kirkby-in-Ashfield were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG17 district, 13%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Kirkby-in-Ashfield | Across the NG17 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 14 of 217 (6%) | 44 of 748 (6%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 8 of 277 (3%) | 139 of 1,112 (13%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
Ofcom reports on 470 of the 482 postcodes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield. At 415 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Kirkby-in-Ashfield at risk of flooding?
1 of the 482 postcodes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
The open schools at the postcodes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- The West Park Academy400 m 240 pupils, 290 places
- Morven Park Primary and Nursery School700 m 435 pupils, 420 places
- Greenwood Primary and Nursery School900 m 445 pupils, 420 places
- Bracken Hill School1.0 km 176 pupils, 173 places
- Kingsway Primary School1.0 km 252 pupils, 370 places
- Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery1.0 km 218 pupils, 322 places
- Orchard Primary School and Nursery1.1 km 344 pupils, 315 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield is Kirkby in Ashfield Rail Station, 150 m away in a straight line.
- Kirkby in Ashfield Rail Station Railway station 150 mWalk
- Sutton Parkway Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
- Newstead Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Kirkby Community Primary Care Centre200 m
- Kirkby Health Centre450 m
- Family Medical Centre (Kirkby)450 m
- Health Care Complex, Kirkby450 m
- Lowmoor Road Surgery450 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Kirkby-in-Ashfield safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,307 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 198 September 2025
- 194 October 2025
- 178 November 2025
- 150 December 2025
- 207 January 2026
- 180 February 2026
- 181 March 2026
- 224 April 2026
- 170 May 2026
- 211 June 2026
- 233 July 2026
- 181 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 61, drugs 54, robbery 30, possession of weapons 30, theft from the person 11, bicycle theft 9.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
- District, borough or city council
- Ashfield
- County council
- Nottinghamshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ashfield
- Police force area
- Nottinghamshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- MP
- Lee Anderson (Reform UK)
All 482 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Ashfield about council tax Council tax, on ashfield.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Kirkby-in-Ashfield
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Kirkby-in-Ashfield postcodes
482 postcodes in use in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, by district:
That district is in the NG postcode area.
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Places near Kirkby-in-Ashfield
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Kirkby-in-Ashfield's £179,995. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Kirkby-in-Ashfield
- What is it like to live in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
- Homes sold for a typical £179,995 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 415 of the 470 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 482 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kirkby in Ashfield, 150 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield is covered by postcode district NG17, across 482 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Kirkby-in-Ashfield in?
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield is in the Ashfield council area, and Nottinghamshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield is in the Ashfield parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Lee Anderson (Reform UK), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
- Homes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield sold for a typical £179,995 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 217 sales, down 1.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
- In Kirkby-in-Ashfield, primary schools at its postcodes include The West Park Academy, Morven Park Primary and Nursery School and Greenwood Primary and Nursery School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Outwood Academy Kirkby, Bracken Hill School and Ashfield Comprehensive School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Kirkby-in-Ashfield have a railway station?
- Yes: Kirkby in Ashfield is 150 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
- Ofcom reports on 470 of the 482 postcodes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield. At 415 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Kirkby-in-Ashfield at risk of flooding?
- 1 of the 482 postcodes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
- 13 of the 482 postcodes now in use in Kirkby-in-Ashfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 8 of the 277 homes sold in Kirkby-in-Ashfield were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG17 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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