Overseal and Castle Gresley

Overseal and Castle Gresley is covered by postcode districts DE11 and DE12. It is in the South Derbyshire council area, Derbyshire.

Typical price £225,500 Homes sold in Overseal and Castle Gresley, last 12 months. ▼ 1.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 82 of 97 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 1 of 97 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Overseal and Castle Gresley, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Overseal and Castle Gresley, by flood risk Of the 97 postcodes in Overseal and Castle Gresley that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 96 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Overseal and Castle Gresley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A444 DE11 9AD: not on the flood risk listDE11 9EG: not on the flood risk listDE11 9EJ: not on the flood risk listDE11 9EP: not on the flood risk listDE11 9ER: not on the flood risk listDE11 9ES: not on the flood risk listDE11 9EW: not on the flood risk listDE11 9FS: not on the flood risk listDE11 9FW: not on the flood risk listDE11 9FX: not on the flood risk listDE11 9FY: not on the flood risk listDE11 9FZ: not on the flood risk listDE11 9GL: not on the flood risk listDE11 9GS: not on the flood risk listDE11 9GT: not on the flood risk listDE11 9GU: not on the flood risk listDE11 9GW: not on the flood risk listDE11 9GY: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HA: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HB: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HD: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HE: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HF: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HG: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HH: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HN: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HP: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HQ: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HS: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HU: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HW: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HX: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HY: not on the flood risk listDE11 9HZ: not on the flood risk listDE11 9JA: not on the flood risk listDE11 9JD: not on the flood risk listDE11 9JE: not on the flood risk listDE11 9JF: not on the flood risk listDE11 9JG: not on the flood risk listDE11 9JH: not on the flood risk listDE11 9JJ: not on the flood risk listDE11 9JL: not on the flood risk listDE11 9JP: not on the flood risk listDE11 9JQ: not on the flood risk listDE11 9JW: not on the flood risk listDE11 9QF: not on the flood risk listDE11 9RU: not on the flood risk listDE12 6AU: not on the flood risk listDE12 6GZ: not on the flood risk listDE12 6HX: not on the flood risk listDE12 6JB: not on the flood risk listDE12 6JF: not on the flood risk listDE12 6JG: not on the flood risk listDE12 6JH: not on the flood risk listDE12 6JJ: not on the flood risk listDE12 6JL: not on the flood risk listDE12 6JN: not on the flood risk listDE12 6JP: not on the flood risk listDE12 6JQ: not on the flood risk listDE12 6JR: not on the flood risk listDE12 6JW: not on the flood risk listDE12 6JY: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LA: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LB: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LD: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LE: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LF: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LG: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LH: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LJ: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LL: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LN: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LQ: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LR: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LS: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LT: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LU: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LW: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LY: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LZ: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NB: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NF: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NG: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NJ: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NL: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NN: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NP: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NQ: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NR: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NS: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NT: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NU: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NW: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NX: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NY: not on the flood risk listDE12 6NZ: not on the flood risk listDE12 6LX: medium flood risk at worst Overseal and Castle Gresley Map of every postcode in Overseal and Castle Gresley, by flood risk Of the 97 postcodes in Overseal and Castle Gresley that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 96 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Overseal and Castle Gresley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Overseal and Castle Gresley
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 96

Of the 97 postcodes in Overseal and Castle Gresley that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 96 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 52.7463, longitude -1.5734. 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 medium risk at worst

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

DE12 6LX2 at medium risk

What is it like to live in Overseal and Castle Gresley?

Homes sold for a typical £225,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 82 of the 97 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 97 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Gresleydale Healthcare Centre, 1.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Burton-on-Trent, 8.1 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley?

Homes in Overseal and Castle Gresley sold for a typical £225,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 74 sales, down 1.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£225,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£228,750
12 months to August 2026
£225,500

▼ down 1.4% on the 12 months before

Detached£337,500 24 sales
Semi-detached£220,000 29 sales
Terraced£190,000 19 sales
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Across the whole DE12 district, Overseal and Castle Gresley's main postcode district: a typical £249,650.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Overseal and Castle Gresley: 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley?

3 of the 97 postcodes now in use in Overseal and Castle Gresley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 92 homes sold in Overseal and Castle Gresley were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE12 district, 2%.

The newest postcodes

DE12 6NYsince April 2021DE12 6JQsince November 2020DE12 6NUsince August 2020

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 Overseal and Castle GresleyAcross the DE12 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 74 (0%) 0 of 238 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 92 (1%) 5 of 321 (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 Overseal and Castle Gresley?

Ofcom reports on 97 of the 97 postcodes in Overseal and Castle Gresley. At 82 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit82 of 97
Postcodes where every home can get superfast92 of 97
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 97

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 checker

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

Is Overseal and Castle Gresley at risk of flooding?

1 of the 97 postcodes in Overseal and Castle Gresley 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 2 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 97 postcodes Medium: 2

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 Overseal and Castle Gresley?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Overseal and Castle Gresley. 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Overseal and Castle Gresley is Burton-on-Trent Rail Station, 8.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Burton-on-Trent Rail Station Railway station 8.1 kmDrive
  • Willington Rail Station Railway station 12.0 kmDrive
  • Polesworth Rail Station Railway station 13.6 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Overseal and Castle Gresley. 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 470 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Overseal and Castle Gresley 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. 40 September 2025
  2. 40 October 2025
  3. 36 November 2025
  4. 35 December 2025
  5. 31 January 2026
  6. 36 February 2026
  7. 36 March 2026
  8. 38 April 2026
  9. 47 May 2026
  10. 32 June 2026
  11. 43 July 2026
  12. 56 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences202 reports
Anti-social behaviour52 reports
Other theft42 reports
Public order38 reports
Criminal damage and arson36 reports
Vehicle crime30 reports
Burglary27 reports
Drugs15 reports

Also: other crime 12, possession of weapons 11, shoplifting 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1, robbery 1.

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 Overseal and Castle Gresley?

District, borough or city council
South Derbyshire
County council
Derbyshire
Parliamentary constituency
South Derbyshire
Police force area
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Samantha Niblett (Labour)

All 97 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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Overseal and Castle Gresley postcodes

97 postcodes in use in Overseal and Castle Gresley, by district:

DE12 postcode district,50 postcodesDE11 postcode district,47 postcodes

Those districts are all in the DE postcode area.

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Places near Overseal and Castle Gresley

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Overseal and Castle Gresley's £225,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Moira3.2 km, £245,000Swadlincote3.3 km, £210,000Woodville3.8 km, £215,500Measham6.4 km, £227,500Ashby-de-la-Zouch6.8 km, £280,000Burton upon Trent7.9 km, £200,000Barton-under-Needwood10.2 km, £292,500Repton10.3 km, £480,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Overseal and Castle Gresley

What is it like to live in Overseal and Castle Gresley?
Homes sold for a typical £225,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 82 of the 97 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 97 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Gresleydale Healthcare Centre, 1.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Burton-on-Trent, 8.1 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley?
Overseal and Castle Gresley is covered by postcode districts DE11 and DE12, across 97 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Overseal and Castle Gresley in?
Overseal and Castle Gresley is in the South Derbyshire council area, and Derbyshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Overseal and Castle Gresley?
Overseal and Castle Gresley is in the South Derbyshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Samantha Niblett (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Overseal and Castle Gresley?
Homes in Overseal and Castle Gresley sold for a typical £225,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 74 sales, down 1.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Overseal and Castle Gresley?
In Overseal and Castle Gresley, primary schools at its postcodes include Overseal Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Pegasus School, 3.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Overseal and Castle Gresley have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Overseal and Castle Gresley is Burton-on-Trent, 8.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Overseal and Castle Gresley?
Ofcom reports on 97 of the 97 postcodes in Overseal and Castle Gresley. At 82 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Overseal and Castle Gresley at risk of flooding?
1 of the 97 postcodes in Overseal and Castle Gresley 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 2 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley?
3 of the 97 postcodes now in use in Overseal and Castle Gresley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 92 homes sold in Overseal and Castle Gresley were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE12 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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