Rainworth

Rainworth is covered by postcode district NG21. It is mostly in the Newark and Sherwood council area: 132 of its 159 postcodes. The others are in Mansfield.

Typical price £190,000 Homes sold in Rainworth, last 12 months. ▲ 6.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 138 of 159 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 4 of 159 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 16 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 5 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Rainworth, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Rainworth, by flood risk Of the 159 postcodes in Rainworth that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 155 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Rainworth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 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flood risk listNG21 0NH: not on the flood risk listNG21 0NP: not on the flood risk listNG21 0PB: not on the flood risk listNG21 0PG: not on the flood risk listNG21 0TB: not on the flood risk listNG21 0TD: not on the flood risk listNG21 0UF: not on the flood risk listNG21 0UH: not on the flood risk listNG21 0UL: not on the flood risk listNG21 0WG: not on the flood risk listNG21 0WJ: not on the flood risk listNG21 0WL: not on the flood risk listNG21 0WN: not on the flood risk listNG21 0WP: not on the flood risk listNG21 0WR: not on the flood risk listNG21 0WS: not on the flood risk listNG21 0UR: low flood risk at worstNG21 0EB: medium flood risk at worstNG21 0BL: high flood riskNG21 0ED: high flood risk Rainworth Map of every postcode in Rainworth, by flood risk Of the 159 postcodes in Rainworth that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 155 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Rainworth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Rainworth
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 155

Of the 159 postcodes in Rainworth that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 155 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 53.1177, longitude -1.1133. 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.

NG21 0BL4 at high riskNG21 0ED1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Rainworth?

Homes sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.1% on the 12 months before. At 138 of the 159 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 16 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 159 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Mansfield, 6.3 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 Rainworth?

Homes in Rainworth sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 93 sales, up 6.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£190,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£179,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 6.1% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £250,000 37 sales
  • Semi-detached £180,000 43 sales
  • Terraced £140,000 13 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole NG21 district, Rainworth's main postcode district: a typical £215,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Rainworth: 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 Rainworth?

2 of the 159 postcodes now in use in Rainworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 116 homes sold in Rainworth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG21 district, 24%.

The newest postcodes

NG21 0TDsince October 2020NG21 0UFsince April 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 RainworthAcross the NG21 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 93 (0%) 35 of 331 (11%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 116 (0%) 116 of 478 (24%)

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 Rainworth?

Ofcom reports on 159 of the 159 postcodes in Rainworth. At 138 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit138 of 159
Postcodes where every home can get superfast155 of 159

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 Rainworth at risk of flooding?

4 of the 159 postcodes in Rainworth 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 16 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4 of 159 postcodes High: 5Medium: 11Low: 16

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 Rainworth?

The open schools at the postcodes in Rainworth. 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

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Rainworth?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Rainworth is Mansfield Rail Station, 6.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Mansfield Rail Station Railway station 6.3 kmDrive
  • Mansfield Woodhouse Rail Station Railway station 7.8 kmDrive
  • Sutton Parkway Rail Station Railway station 8.8 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 Rainworth?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Rainworth. 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 Rainworth safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 760 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Rainworth 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. 59 September 2025
  2. 59 October 2025
  3. 35 November 2025
  4. 52 December 2025
  5. 88 January 2026
  6. 63 February 2026
  7. 73 March 2026
  8. 86 April 2026
  9. 54 May 2026
  10. 67 June 2026
  11. 62 July 2026
  12. 62 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences420 reports
Anti-social behaviour120 reports
Criminal damage and arson54 reports
Public order38 reports
Other crime34 reports
Other theft33 reports
Shoplifting14 reports
Drugs14 reports

Also: burglary 11, possession of weapons 9, vehicle crime 7, theft from the person 5, 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 Rainworth?

Councils
Newark and Sherwood (132) and Mansfield (27)
County council
Nottinghamshire
Parliamentary constituencies
Sherwood Forest (132) and Mansfield (27)
Police force area
Nottinghamshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Moving to Rainworth

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Rainworth is in Newark and Sherwood; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Rainworth postcodes

159 postcodes in use in Rainworth, by district:

NG21 postcode district,159 postcodes

That district is in the NG postcode area.

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Places near Rainworth

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Rainworth's £190,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Blidworth2.1 km, £182,500Ravenshead4.8 km, £391,250Forest Town5.1 km, £206,250Farnsfield5.5 km, £360,000Bilsthorpe5.9 km, £201,500Mansfield6.0 km, £195,375Mansfield Woodhouse7.4 km, £195,000Edwinstowe8.8 km, £213,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Rainworth

What is it like to live in Rainworth?
Homes sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.1% on the 12 months before. At 138 of the 159 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 16 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 159 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Mansfield, 6.3 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 Rainworth?
Rainworth is covered by postcode district NG21, across 159 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Rainworth?
Homes in Rainworth sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 93 sales, up 6.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Rainworth?
In Rainworth, primary schools at its postcodes include The Python Hill Academy, Lake View Primary and Nursery School and Dawn House School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Joseph Whitaker School and Dawn House School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Rainworth have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Rainworth is Mansfield, 6.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Rainworth?
Ofcom reports on 159 of the 159 postcodes in Rainworth. At 138 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Rainworth at risk of flooding?
4 of the 159 postcodes in Rainworth 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 16 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 Rainworth?
2 of the 159 postcodes now in use in Rainworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 116 homes sold in Rainworth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG21 district, 24%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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