Retford
Retford is covered by postcode district DN22. It is in the Bassetlaw council area, Nottinghamshire.
Every postcode in Retford, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 46
- At medium risk at worst: 16
- At low risk at worst: 114
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 475
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 651 postcodes in Retford that ONS places, 46 have a home or business at high risk, 16 are at medium risk at worst, 114 are at low risk at worst and 475 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. 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.3207, longitude -0.9451. 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
46 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that 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
- 22 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DN22 6HZ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DN22 7AQ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DN22 7UY, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DN22 7TT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Retford?
Homes sold for a typical £187,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.6% on the 12 months before. At 534 of the 634 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 570 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 176 of its 651 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Retford, 650 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 Retford?
Homes in Retford sold for a typical £187,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 297 sales, down 1.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £295,000 87 sales
- Semi-detached £180,500 114 sales
- Terraced £155,000 74 sales
- Flat or maisonette £102,750 22 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole DN22 district, Retford's main postcode district: a typical £208,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Retford: 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 Retford?
27 of the 651 postcodes now in use in Retford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 375 homes sold in Retford were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DN22 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 Retford | Across the DN22 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 297 (0%) | 11 of 441 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 17 of 375 (5%) | 80 of 607 (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 Retford?
Ofcom reports on 634 of the 651 postcodes in Retford. At 534 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 Retford at risk of flooding?
176 of the 651 postcodes in Retford 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 570 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 Retford?
The open schools at the postcodes in Retford (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy450 m 92 pupils, 210 places
- St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy550 m 224 pupils, 210 places
- St Giles School800 m 241 pupils, 300 places
- Thrumpton Primary Academy1.0 km 223 pupils, 203 places
- Ordsall Primary School1.0 km 576 pupils, 594 places
- Bracken Lane Primary Academy1.4 km 233 pupils, 210 places
- Carr Hill Primary and Nursery School1.4 km 308 pupils, 510 places
- Hallcroft Infant and Nursery School1.5 km 90 pupils, 135 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 Retford?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Retford is Retford Rail Station, 650 m away in a straight line.
- Retford Rail Station Railway station 650 mWalk
- Retford Low Level Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
- Worksop Rail Station Railway station 11.8 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 Retford?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Retford. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Riverside Health Partnership Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01777 713330 400 mWalk
- Crown House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01777 703672 650 mWalk
- Kingfisher Family Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01777 702381 650 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Retford safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,902 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Retford 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
- 144 September 2025
- 114 October 2025
- 140 November 2025
- 132 December 2025
- 140 January 2026
- 161 February 2026
- 189 March 2026
- 164 April 2026
- 146 May 2026
- 154 June 2026
- 198 July 2026
- 220 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 34, drugs 32, robbery 20, possession of weapons 19, theft from the person 13, bicycle theft 13.
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 Retford?
- District, borough or city council
- Bassetlaw
- County council
- Nottinghamshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Bassetlaw (650) and Newark (1)
- 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 Retford
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Bassetlaw about council tax Council tax, on bassetlaw.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Retford
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Retford postcodes
651 postcodes in use in Retford, 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 Retford
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Retford's £187,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Retford
- What is it like to live in Retford?
- Homes sold for a typical £187,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.6% on the 12 months before. At 534 of the 634 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 570 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 176 of its 651 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Retford, 650 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 Retford?
- Retford is covered by postcode district DN22, across 651 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Retford in?
- Retford is in the Bassetlaw council area, and Nottinghamshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Retford?
- Homes in Retford sold for a typical £187,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 297 sales, down 1.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Retford?
- In Retford, primary schools at its postcodes include St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy, St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy and St Giles School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Retford Oaks Academy, St Giles School and The Elizabethan Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Retford have a railway station?
- Yes: Retford is 650 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Retford, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Retford?
- Ofcom reports on 634 of the 651 postcodes in Retford. At 534 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Retford at risk of flooding?
- 176 of the 651 postcodes in Retford 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 570 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 Retford?
- 27 of the 651 postcodes now in use in Retford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 375 homes sold in Retford were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DN22 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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