Newton and Blackwell

Newton and Blackwell is covered by postcode district DE55. It is in the Bolsover council area, Derbyshire.

Typical price £184,000 Homes sold in Newton and Blackwell, last 12 months. ▲ 8.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 61 of 70 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Low risk only 1 of 71 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Newton and Blackwell, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Newton and Blackwell, by flood risk Of the 71 postcodes in Newton and Blackwell that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 70 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Newton and Blackwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M1 DE55 5AW: not on the flood risk listDE55 5BB: not on the flood risk listDE55 5BE: not on the flood risk listDE55 5BH: not on the flood risk listDE55 5BL: not on the flood risk listDE55 5GX: not on the flood risk listDE55 5GY: not on the flood risk listDE55 5HA: not on the flood risk listDE55 5HB: not on the flood risk listDE55 5HD: not on the flood risk listDE55 5HE: not on the flood risk listDE55 5HH: not on the flood risk listDE55 5HJ: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JE: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JF: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JG: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JH: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JL: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JN: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JP: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JQ: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JR: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JS: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JT: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JU: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JW: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JX: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JZ: not on the flood risk listDE55 5LD: not on the flood risk listDE55 5LL: not on the flood risk listDE55 5LP: not on the flood risk listDE55 5LW: not on the flood risk listDE55 5SA: not on the flood risk listDE55 5SB: not on the flood risk listDE55 5SE: not on the flood risk listDE55 5SH: not on the flood risk listDE55 5SJ: not on the flood risk listDE55 5SL: not on the flood risk listDE55 5SN: not on the flood risk listDE55 5SZ: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TA: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TB: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TD: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TE: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TF: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TG: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TH: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TJ: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TL: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TN: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TP: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TQ: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TR: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TS: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TT: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TU: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TW: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TX: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TY: not on the flood risk listDE55 5TZ: not on the flood risk listDE55 5UA: not on the flood risk listDE55 5UB: not on the flood risk listDE55 5UD: not on the flood risk listDE55 5UE: not on the flood risk listDE55 5UF: not on the flood risk listDE55 5UG: not on the flood risk listDE55 5UH: not on the flood risk listDE55 5UL: not on the flood risk listDE55 5UN: not on the flood risk listDE55 5UQ: not on the flood risk listDE55 5JJ: low flood risk at worst Newton and Blackwell Map of every postcode in Newton and Blackwell, by flood risk Of the 71 postcodes in Newton and Blackwell that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 70 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Newton and Blackwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M1 Newton and Blackwell
  • 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: 70

Of the 71 postcodes in Newton and Blackwell that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 70 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.1252, longitude -1.3460. 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 Newton and Blackwell?

Homes sold for a typical £184,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 8.2% on the 12 months before. At 61 of the 70 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 71 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Village Surgery, 2.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Alfreton, 3.2 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 Newton and Blackwell?

Homes in Newton and Blackwell sold for a typical £184,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 36 sales, up 8.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£184,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£170,000
12 months to August 2026
£184,000

▲ up 8.2% on the 12 months before

Detached£282,000 13 sales
Semi-detached£145,000 16 sales
Terraced£180,000 7 sales

Across the whole DE55 district, Newton and Blackwell's main postcode district: a typical £190,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Newton and Blackwell: 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 Newton and Blackwell?

4 of the 71 postcodes now in use in Newton and Blackwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 50 homes sold in Newton and Blackwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE55 district, 18%.

The newest postcodes

DE55 5HEsince March 2025DE55 5BEsince July 2023DE55 5SNsince January 2023DE55 5BBsince October 2021

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

PeriodIn Newton and BlackwellAcross the DE55 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 36 (0%) 10 of 624 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 50 (0%) 167 of 935 (18%)

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 Newton and Blackwell?

Ofcom reports on 70 of the 71 postcodes in Newton and Blackwell. At 61 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit61 of 70
Postcodes where every home can get superfast66 of 70
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband2 of 70

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Newton and Blackwell at risk of flooding?

1 of the 71 postcodes in Newton and Blackwell 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.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 71 postcodes Low: 1

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 Newton and Blackwell?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Newton and Blackwell. 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

Secondary

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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 Newton and Blackwell?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Newton and Blackwell is Alfreton Rail Station, 3.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Alfreton Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
  • Kirkby in Ashfield Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive
  • Sutton Parkway Rail Station Railway station 6.8 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 Newton and Blackwell?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Newton and Blackwell. 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.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Newton and Blackwell safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 335 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Newton and Blackwell 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

  1. 28 September 2025
  2. 36 October 2025
  3. 26 November 2025
  4. 23 December 2025
  5. 17 January 2026
  6. 34 February 2026
  7. 33 March 2026
  8. 36 April 2026
  9. 23 May 2026
  10. 26 June 2026
  11. 31 July 2026
  12. 22 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences122 reports
Anti-social behaviour61 reports
Criminal damage and arson38 reports
Public order33 reports
Other theft20 reports
Drugs20 reports
Vehicle crime16 reports
Other crime9 reports

Also: shoplifting 5, burglary 4, robbery 3, bicycle theft 2, possession of weapons 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 postcode

Source: 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 Newton and Blackwell?

District, borough or city council
Bolsover
County council
Derbyshire
Parliamentary constituency
Bolsover
Police force area
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Natalie Fleet (Labour)

All 71 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

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Newton and Blackwell postcodes

71 postcodes in use in Newton and Blackwell, by district:

DE55 postcode district,71 postcodes

That district is in the DE postcode area.

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Places near Newton and Blackwell

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Newton and Blackwell's £184,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Tibshelf1.9 km, £197,500South Normanton2.6 km, £183,750Huthwaite3.0 km, £180,000Shirland and Stonebroom3.6 km, £218,000Pilsley3.9 km, £182,000Alfreton4.1 km, £186,000Pinxton4.2 km, £167,500Stanton Hill and Skegby5.0 km, £175,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Newton and Blackwell

What is it like to live in Newton and Blackwell?
Homes sold for a typical £184,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 8.2% on the 12 months before. At 61 of the 70 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 71 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Village Surgery, 2.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Alfreton, 3.2 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 Newton and Blackwell?
Newton and Blackwell is covered by postcode district DE55, across 71 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Newton and Blackwell in?
Newton and Blackwell is in the Bolsover council area, and Derbyshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Newton and Blackwell?
Newton and Blackwell is in the Bolsover parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Natalie Fleet (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Newton and Blackwell?
Homes in Newton and Blackwell sold for a typical £184,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 36 sales, up 8.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Newton and Blackwell?
In Newton and Blackwell, primary schools at its postcodes include Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School and Newton Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Tibshelf Community School, 1.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Newton and Blackwell have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Newton and Blackwell is Alfreton, 3.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Newton and Blackwell?
Ofcom reports on 70 of the 71 postcodes in Newton and Blackwell. At 61 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Newton and Blackwell at risk of flooding?
1 of the 71 postcodes in Newton and Blackwell 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 Newton and Blackwell?
4 of the 71 postcodes now in use in Newton and Blackwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 50 homes sold in Newton and Blackwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE55 district, 18%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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