Shireoaks

Shireoaks is covered by postcode district S81. It is in the Bassetlaw council area, Nottinghamshire.

Typical price £312,500 Homes sold in Shireoaks, last 12 months. ▲ 4.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 45 of 63 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 7 of 63 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Shireoaks, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Shireoaks, by flood risk Of the 63 postcodes in Shireoaks that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 56 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shireoaks. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. S81 8AB: not on the flood risk listS81 8AD: not on the flood risk listS81 8AL: not on the flood risk listS81 8AP: not on the flood risk listS81 8BW: not on the flood risk listS81 8FA: not on the flood risk listS81 8FE: not on the flood risk listS81 8FF: not on the flood risk listS81 8FG: not on the flood risk listS81 8FL: not on the flood risk listS81 8FN: not on the flood risk listS81 8FP: not on the flood risk listS81 8FT: not on the flood risk listS81 8FU: not on the flood risk listS81 8FW: not on the flood risk listS81 8GJ: not on the flood risk listS81 8GL: not on the flood risk listS81 8LL: not on the flood risk listS81 8LP: not on the flood risk listS81 8LQ: not on the flood risk listS81 8LW: not on the flood risk listS81 8LX: not on the flood risk listS81 8LZ: not on the flood risk listS81 8NB: not on the flood risk listS81 8ND: not on the flood risk listS81 8NE: not on the flood risk listS81 8NF: not on the flood risk listS81 8NG: not on the flood risk listS81 8NJ: not on the flood risk listS81 8NL: not on the flood risk listS81 8NN: not on the flood risk listS81 8NS: not on the flood risk listS81 8NT: not on the flood risk listS81 8NU: not on the flood risk listS81 8NW: not on the flood risk listS81 8NX: not on the flood risk listS81 8PA: not on the flood risk listS81 8PB: not on the flood risk listS81 8PD: not on the flood risk listS81 8PE: not on the flood risk listS81 8PF: not on the flood risk listS81 8PG: not on the flood risk listS81 8PH: not on the flood risk listS81 8PJ: not on the flood risk listS81 8PL: not on the flood risk listS81 8PQ: not on the flood risk listS81 8PR: not on the flood risk listS81 8PS: not on the flood risk listS81 8PW: not on the flood risk listS81 8PX: not on the flood risk listS81 8PY: not on the flood risk listS81 8QS: not on the flood risk listS81 8QT: not on the flood risk listS81 8QU: not on the flood risk listS81 8WF: not on the flood risk listS81 8WG: not on the flood risk listS81 8LU: low flood risk at worstS81 8NH: low flood risk at worstS81 8WE: low flood risk at worstS81 8LY: medium flood risk at worstS81 8NA: medium flood risk at worstS81 8LR: high flood riskS81 8LS: high flood risk Shireoaks Map of every postcode in Shireoaks, by flood risk Of the 63 postcodes in Shireoaks that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 56 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shireoaks. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Shireoaks
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 56

Of the 63 postcodes in Shireoaks that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 56 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 53.3252, longitude -1.1642. 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.

S81 8LS4 at high riskS81 8LR1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Shireoaks?

Homes sold for a typical £312,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.7% on the 12 months before. At 45 of the 63 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 7 of its 63 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Newgate Medical Group, 3.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Shireoaks, 250 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 Shireoaks?

Homes in Shireoaks sold for a typical £312,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 23 sales, up 4.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£312,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£298,500
12 months to August 2026
£312,500

▲ up 4.7% on the 12 months before

Detached£325,000 17 sales
Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
Terraced 4 sales, too few to price

Across the whole S81 district, Shireoaks's main postcode district: a typical £224,998.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Shireoaks: 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 Shireoaks?

9 of the 63 postcodes now in use in Shireoaks came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 32 homes sold in Shireoaks were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S81 district, 20%.

The newest postcodes

S81 8GJsince December 2021S81 8WEsince November 2021S81 8GLsince October 2021S81 8WGsince July 2021S81 8FWsince December 2020S81 8WFsince November 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 ShireoaksAcross the S81 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 23 (0%) 33 of 484 (7%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 32 (0%) 146 of 745 (20%)

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 Shireoaks?

Ofcom reports on 63 of the 63 postcodes in Shireoaks. At 45 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit45 of 63
Postcodes where every home can get superfast58 of 63
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband3 of 63

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 Shireoaks at risk of flooding?

7 of the 63 postcodes in Shireoaks 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 11 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 7 of 63 postcodes High: 5Medium: 6Low: 18

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 Shireoaks?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Shireoaks. 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 Shireoaks?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shireoaks is Shireoaks Rail Station, 250 m away in a straight line.

  • Shireoaks Rail Station Railway station 250 mWalk
  • Worksop Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
  • Kiveton Park Rail Station Railway station 5.2 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 Shireoaks?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Shireoaks. 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 Shireoaks safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 336 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Shireoaks 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. 33 September 2025
  2. 16 October 2025
  3. 38 November 2025
  4. 38 December 2025
  5. 17 January 2026
  6. 15 February 2026
  7. 31 March 2026
  8. 28 April 2026
  9. 23 May 2026
  10. 25 June 2026
  11. 39 July 2026
  12. 33 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences129 reports
Anti-social behaviour60 reports
Vehicle crime34 reports
Other crime26 reports
Criminal damage and arson22 reports
Public order20 reports
Other theft18 reports
Burglary14 reports

Also: drugs 5, possession of weapons 3, bicycle theft 2, shoplifting 1, theft from the person 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 Shireoaks?

District, borough or city council
Bassetlaw
County council
Nottinghamshire
Parliamentary constituency
Bassetlaw
Police force area
Nottinghamshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Jo White (Labour)

All 63 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

Moving to Shireoaks

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Shireoaks postcodes

63 postcodes in use in Shireoaks, by district:

S81 postcode district,63 postcodes

That district is in the S postcode area.

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Places near Shireoaks

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Shireoaks's £312,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Woodsetts2.5 km, £240,000Worksop3.2 km, £190,000South Anston4.7 km, £235,500Carlton in Lindrick4.8 km, £210,000North Anston5.2 km, £182,500Whitwell5.5 km, £158,000Dinnington6.0 km, £188,000Harthill6.4 km, £307,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Shireoaks

What is it like to live in Shireoaks?
Homes sold for a typical £312,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.7% on the 12 months before. At 45 of the 63 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 7 of its 63 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Newgate Medical Group, 3.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Shireoaks, 250 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 Shireoaks?
Shireoaks is covered by postcode district S81, across 63 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Shireoaks in?
Shireoaks is in the Bassetlaw council area, and Nottinghamshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Shireoaks?
Shireoaks is in the Bassetlaw parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jo White (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Shireoaks?
Homes in Shireoaks sold for a typical £312,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 23 sales, up 4.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Shireoaks?
In Shireoaks, primary schools at its postcodes include St Luke's CofE (Aided) Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Outwood Academy Valley, 2.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Shireoaks have a railway station?
Yes: Shireoaks is 250 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Shireoaks, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Shireoaks?
Ofcom reports on 63 of the 63 postcodes in Shireoaks. At 45 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Shireoaks at risk of flooding?
7 of the 63 postcodes in Shireoaks 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 11 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 Shireoaks?
9 of the 63 postcodes now in use in Shireoaks came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 32 homes sold in Shireoaks were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S81 district, 20%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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