Southwell

Southwell is covered by postcode district NG25. It is in the Newark and Sherwood council area, Nottinghamshire.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Southwell (Newark and Sherwood).

Typical price £382,500 Homes sold in Southwell, last 12 months. ▲ 10.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 101 of 184 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 16 of 187 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 16 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Southwell, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Southwell, by flood risk Of the 187 postcodes in Southwell that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 171 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Southwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. NG25 0AA: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AB: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AD: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AE: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AG: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AH: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AJ: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AL: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AN: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AP: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AQ: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AR: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AS: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AT: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AU: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AW: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AX: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AY: not on the flood risk listNG25 0AZ: not on the flood risk listNG25 0BA: not on the flood risk listNG25 0BB: not on the flood risk listNG25 0BD: not on the flood risk listNG25 0BE: not on the flood risk listNG25 0BF: not on the flood risk listNG25 0BG: not on the flood risk listNG25 0BH: not on the flood risk listNG25 0BJ: not on the flood risk listNG25 0BL: not on the flood 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not on the flood risk listNG25 0GE: not on the flood risk listNG25 0GN: not on the flood risk listNG25 0HA: not on the flood risk listNG25 0HD: not on the flood risk listNG25 0HE: not on the flood risk listNG25 0HH: not on the flood risk listNG25 0HP: not on the flood risk listNG25 0HR: not on the flood risk listNG25 0HS: not on the flood risk listNG25 0HT: not on the flood risk listNG25 0HU: not on the flood risk listNG25 0HX: not on the flood risk listNG25 0HZ: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JA: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JB: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JE: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JF: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JG: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JH: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JJ: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JN: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JP: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JQ: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JR: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JS: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JT: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JU: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JW: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JX: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JY: not on the flood risk listNG25 0JZ: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LA: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LB: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LD: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LE: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LF: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LH: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LJ: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LL: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LN: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LP: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LQ: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LR: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LS: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LT: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LU: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LW: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LX: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LY: not on the flood risk listNG25 0LZ: not on the flood risk listNG25 0NB: not on the flood risk listNG25 0ND: not on the flood risk listNG25 0NE: not on the flood risk listNG25 0NF: not on the flood risk listNG25 0NG: not on the 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on the flood risk listNG25 0TH: not on the flood risk listNG25 0TQ: not on the flood risk listNG25 0TY: not on the flood risk listNG25 0TZ: not on the flood risk listNG25 0ED: low flood risk at worstNG25 0EE: low flood risk at worstNG25 0EF: low flood risk at worstNG25 0ES: low flood risk at worstNG25 0FT: low flood risk at worstNG25 0GB: low flood risk at worstNG25 0HY: low flood risk at worstNG25 0LG: low flood risk at worstNG25 0PT: low flood risk at worstNG25 0QB: low flood risk at worstNG25 0QD: low flood risk at worstNG25 0TX: low flood risk at worstNG25 0HG: medium flood risk at worstNG25 0GL: high flood riskNG25 0HQ: high flood riskNG25 0JD: high flood risk Southwell Map of every postcode in Southwell, by flood risk Of the 187 postcodes in Southwell that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 171 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Southwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Southwell
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 12
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 171

Of the 187 postcodes in Southwell that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 171 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 53.0786, longitude -0.9566. 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.

NG25 0GL8 at high riskNG25 0JD2 at high riskNG25 0HQ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Southwell?

Homes sold for a typical £382,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.9% on the 12 months before. At 101 of the 184 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 16 of its 187 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Fiskerton, 3.6 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 Southwell?

Homes in Southwell sold for a typical £382,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 98 sales, up 10.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£382,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£345,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 10.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £465,000 53 sales
  • Semi-detached £292,500 27 sales
  • Terraced £232,500 12 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £160,000 6 sales

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

Across the whole NG25 district, Southwell's main postcode district: a typical £406,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Southwell: 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 Southwell?

5 of the 187 postcodes now in use in Southwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 117 homes sold in Southwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG25 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

NG25 0GEsince October 2025NG25 0JJsince August 2023NG25 0TZsince August 2022NG25 0RZsince May 2021NG25 0FYsince January 2021

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 SouthwellAcross the NG25 district
The 12 months to August 2026 3 of 98 (3%) 3 of 117 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 117 (0%) 0 of 150 (0%)

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 Southwell?

Ofcom reports on 184 of the 187 postcodes in Southwell. At 101 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 gigabit101 of 184
Postcodes where every home can get superfast173 of 184
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 184

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 Southwell at risk of flooding?

16 of the 187 postcodes in Southwell 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 16 of 187 postcodes High: 11Medium: 5Low: 84

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 Southwell?

The open schools at the postcodes in Southwell. 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 Southwell?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Southwell is Fiskerton Rail Station, 3.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Fiskerton Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle
  • Rolleston Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
  • Bleasby Rail Station Railway station 4.2 kmCycle

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 Southwell?

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

Police.uk records 280 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Southwell 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. 25 September 2025
  2. 30 October 2025
  3. 18 November 2025
  4. 22 December 2025
  5. 30 January 2026
  6. 24 February 2026
  7. 25 March 2026
  8. 18 April 2026
  9. 14 May 2026
  10. 16 June 2026
  11. 32 July 2026
  12. 26 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences97 reports
Anti-social behaviour38 reports
Burglary26 reports
Other crime24 reports
Criminal damage and arson21 reports
Other theft19 reports
Vehicle crime17 reports
Public order16 reports

Also: shoplifting 14, bicycle theft 3, drugs 2, theft from the person 1, robbery 1, possession of weapons 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 Southwell?

District, borough or city council
Newark and Sherwood
County council
Nottinghamshire
Parliamentary constituency
Newark
Police force area
Nottinghamshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Robert Jenrick (Reform UK)

All 187 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 Southwell

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

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Southwell postcodes

187 postcodes in use in Southwell, by district:

NG25 postcode district,187 postcodes

That district is in the NG postcode area.

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Places near Southwell

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Southwell's £382,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Farnsfield5.9 km, £360,000Farndon, Newark and Sherwood7.5 km, £275,000Lowdham8.1 km, £407,500Bilsthorpe8.3 km, £201,500Calverton9.6 km, £237,500Newark-on-Trent10.2 km, £189,000Blidworth10.8 km, £182,500Rainworth11.3 km, £190,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Southwell

What is it like to live in Southwell?
Homes sold for a typical £382,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.9% on the 12 months before. At 101 of the 184 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 16 of its 187 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Fiskerton, 3.6 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 Southwell?
Southwell is covered by postcode district NG25, across 187 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Southwell in?
Southwell is in the Newark and Sherwood council area, and Nottinghamshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Southwell?
Southwell is in the Newark parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Robert Jenrick (Reform UK), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Southwell?
Homes in Southwell sold for a typical £382,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 98 sales, up 10.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Southwell?
In Southwell, primary schools at its postcodes include Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School, Lowe's Wong Infant School and Holy Trinity CofE Infant School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Minster School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Southwell have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Southwell is Fiskerton, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Southwell?
Ofcom reports on 184 of the 187 postcodes in Southwell. At 101 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 Southwell at risk of flooding?
16 of the 187 postcodes in Southwell 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 Southwell?
5 of the 187 postcodes now in use in Southwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 117 homes sold in Southwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG25 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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