Selston

Selston is covered by postcode district NG16. It is in the Ashfield council area, Nottinghamshire.

Typical price £207,500 Homes sold in Selston, last 12 months. ▼ 1.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 101 of 141 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Selston, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Selston, by flood risk Of the 141 postcodes in Selston that ONS places, 141 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Selston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 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listNG16 6GX: not on the flood risk listNG16 6GY: not on the flood risk listNG16 6JE: not on the flood risk listNG16 6JG: not on the flood risk listNG16 6JH: not on the flood risk listNG16 6JJ: not on the flood risk listNG16 6PY: not on the flood risk listNG16 6PZ: not on the flood risk listNG16 6QA: not on the flood risk listNG16 6QB: not on the flood risk listNG16 6QE: not on the flood risk listNG16 6QF: not on the flood risk listNG16 6QG: not on the flood risk listNG16 6QH: not on the flood risk listNG16 6QS: not on the flood risk listNG16 6QT: not on the flood risk listNG16 6QU: not on the flood risk listNG16 6QW: not on the flood risk listNG16 6QX: not on the flood risk listNG16 6QY: not on the flood risk listNG16 6QZ: not on the flood risk listNG16 6RG: not on the flood risk listNG16 6RH: not on the flood risk listNG16 6RJ: not on the flood risk listNG16 6RL: not on the flood risk listNG16 6RN: not on the flood risk listNG16 6RP: not on the flood risk listNG16 6RR: not on the flood risk listNG16 6RS: not on the flood risk listNG16 6WL: not on the flood risk list Selston Map of every postcode in Selston, by flood risk Of the 141 postcodes in Selston that ONS places, 141 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Selston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M1 Selston
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 141

Of the 141 postcodes in Selston that ONS places, 141 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 53.0729, longitude -1.3030. 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 Selston?

Homes sold for a typical £207,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 101 of the 141 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 141 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kirkby in Ashfield, 4.5 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 Selston?

Homes in Selston sold for a typical £207,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 74 sales, down 1.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£207,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£210,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 1.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £282,500 33 sales
  • Semi-detached £185,000 28 sales
  • Terraced £135,750 12 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 NG16 district, Selston's main postcode district: a typical £220,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Selston: 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 Selston?

None of the 141 postcodes now in use in Selston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 99 homes sold in Selston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG16 district, 11%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn SelstonAcross the NG16 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 74 (0%) 22 of 750 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 99 (0%) 114 of 997 (11%)

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 Selston?

Ofcom reports on 141 of the 141 postcodes in Selston. At 101 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit101 of 141
Postcodes where every home can get superfast134 of 141

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 Selston at risk of flooding?

None of the 141 postcodes in Selston is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Selston?

The open schools at the postcodes in Selston. 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

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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 Selston?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Selston is Kirkby in Ashfield Rail Station, 4.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Kirkby in Ashfield Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
  • Alfreton Rail Station Railway station 5.4 kmDrive
  • Newstead Rail Station Railway station 5.4 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 Selston?

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

Police.uk records 437 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Selston 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. 42 September 2025
  2. 42 October 2025
  3. 27 November 2025
  4. 34 December 2025
  5. 31 January 2026
  6. 33 February 2026
  7. 39 March 2026
  8. 49 April 2026
  9. 48 May 2026
  10. 33 June 2026
  11. 34 July 2026
  12. 25 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences157 reports
Shoplifting66 reports
Anti-social behaviour65 reports
Other theft39 reports
Criminal damage and arson29 reports
Other crime25 reports
Public order21 reports
Burglary10 reports

Also: vehicle crime 9, drugs 9, possession of weapons 6, 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 Selston?

District, borough or city council
Ashfield
County council
Nottinghamshire
Parliamentary constituency
Ashfield
Police force area
Nottinghamshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Lee Anderson (Reform UK)

All 141 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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Selston postcodes

141 postcodes in use in Selston, by district:

NG16 postcode district,141 postcodes

That district is in the NG postcode area.

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Places near Selston

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Selston's £207,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Jacksdale and Westwood2.3 km, £186,000Pinxton2.3 km, £167,500Brinsley and Underwood2.9 km, £260,000Annesley Woodhouse3.4 km, £197,500South Normanton4.0 km, £183,750Kirkby-in-Ashfield4.7 km, £179,995Somercotes and Swanwick5.0 km, £190,000Alfreton5.9 km, £186,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Selston

What is it like to live in Selston?
Homes sold for a typical £207,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 101 of the 141 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 141 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kirkby in Ashfield, 4.5 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 Selston?
Selston is covered by postcode district NG16, across 141 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Selston in?
Selston is in the Ashfield council area, and Nottinghamshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Selston?
Selston is in the Ashfield parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Lee Anderson (Reform UK), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Selston?
Homes in Selston sold for a typical £207,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 74 sales, down 1.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Selston?
In Selston, primary schools at its postcodes include Selston Church of England Infant and Nursery School and Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Selston High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Selston have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Selston is Kirkby in Ashfield, 4.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Selston?
Ofcom reports on 141 of the 141 postcodes in Selston. At 101 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Selston at risk of flooding?
None of the 141 postcodes in Selston is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Selston?
None of the 141 postcodes now in use in Selston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 99 homes sold in Selston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG16 district, 11%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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