Moorends
Moorends is covered by postcode district DN8. It is in the Doncaster council area, England.
Every postcode in Moorends, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 1
- At medium risk at worst: 56
- At low risk at worst: 38
- At very low risk only: 18
- Not on the at-risk list: 0
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 113 postcodes in Moorends that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 56 are at medium risk at worst, 38 are at low risk at worst and 18 are at very low risk only.
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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.6309, longitude -0.9494. 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
The postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 51 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DN8 4NQ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Moorends?
Homes sold for a typical £133,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 107 of the 113 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 837 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 113 of its 113 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Northfield Surgery, 2.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Thorne North, 2.2 km 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 Moorends?
Homes in Moorends sold for a typical £133,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 51 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £208,000 13 sales
- Semi-detached £126,000 30 sales
- Terraced £133,000 7 sales
- Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole DN8 district, Moorends's main postcode district: a typical £155,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Moorends: 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 Moorends?
2 of the 113 postcodes now in use in Moorends came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 50 homes sold in Moorends were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DN8 district, 2%.
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 Moorends | Across the DN8 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 51 (0%) | 0 of 188 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 50 (0%) | 5 of 218 (2%) |
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 Moorends?
Ofcom reports on 113 of the 113 postcodes in Moorends. At 107 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 Moorends at risk of flooding?
113 of the 113 postcodes in Moorends have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 837 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 Moorends?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Moorends. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
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 Moorends?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Moorends is Thorne North Rail Station, 2.2 km away in a straight line.
- Thorne North Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
- Thorne South Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
- Rawcliffe Rail Station Railway station 6.5 kmDrive
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 Moorends?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Moorends. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Northfield Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2024 · Phone 01405 812121 2.2 kmCycle
- Thorne Moor Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01405 741100 2.2 kmCycle
- Field Road Surgery Phone 01302 841202 6.3 kmDrive
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Moorends safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 736 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Moorends 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
- 53 September 2025
- 63 October 2025
- 53 November 2025
- 50 December 2025
- 65 January 2026
- 48 February 2026
- 68 March 2026
- 67 April 2026
- 71 May 2026
- 51 June 2026
- 65 July 2026
- 82 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: shoplifting 13, drugs 11, robbery 5, possession of weapons 3, theft from the person 2.
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 Moorends?
- Council
- Doncaster
- Parliamentary constituency
- Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
- Police force area
- South Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
- MP
- Lee Pitcher (Labour)
All 113 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 Moorends
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Doncaster about council tax Council tax, on doncaster.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- 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
Moorends postcodes
113 postcodes in use in Moorends, by district:
That district is in the DN postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Moorends
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Moorends's £133,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Moorends
- What is it like to live in Moorends?
- Homes sold for a typical £133,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 107 of the 113 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 837 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 113 of its 113 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Northfield Surgery, 2.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Thorne North, 2.2 km 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 Moorends?
- Moorends is covered by postcode district DN8, across 113 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Moorends in?
- Moorends is in the Doncaster council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Moorends?
- Moorends is in the Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Lee Pitcher (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Moorends?
- Homes in Moorends sold for a typical £133,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 51 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Moorends?
- In Moorends, primary schools at its postcodes include West Road Primary Academy and Marshland Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Trinity Academy, 2.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Moorends have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Moorends is Thorne North, 2.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Moorends?
- Ofcom reports on 113 of the 113 postcodes in Moorends. At 107 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Moorends at risk of flooding?
- 113 of the 113 postcodes in Moorends have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 837 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 Moorends?
- 2 of the 113 postcodes now in use in Moorends came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 50 homes sold in Moorends were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DN8 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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