# NG24 1LQ: area report for a postcode in Newark and Sherwood

NG24 1LQ is a postcode in Newark and Sherwood.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Newark and Sherwood. Open the map at NG24 1LQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Newark and Sherwood](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood) › [NG24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ng24) › [NG24 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ng24-1)

## Around this postcode

- **93 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 3% on July. Newark and Sherwood 007C: 78 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.8028,53.0784,NG241LQ
- **Newark Northgate, 420 m**: About 5 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.8028,53.0784,NG241LQ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 300 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.8028,53.0784,NG241LQ
- **5 of 5 properties in NG24 1LQ at low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 2. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.8028,53.0784,NG241LQ
- **England’s most deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Newark and Sherwood 007C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.8028,53.0784,NG241LQ
- **£234,764 average price**: For the whole of Newark and Sherwood, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.8028,53.0784,NG241LQ
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 410 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.8028,53.0784,NG241LQ
- **9 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 380 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.8028,53.0784,NG241LQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at NG24 1LQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.8028,53.0784,NG241LQ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at NG24 1LQ**: Road 59 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.8028,53.0784,NG241LQ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.8028,53.0784,NG241LQ
- **11.3 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.8028,53.0784,NG241LQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Newark Flying High Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newark-flying-high-academy-e151540) | Primary | 300 m (4 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), April 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Mount CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mount-cofe-primary-school-e148715) | Primary | 310 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade | 24% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school](https://openindex.co.uk/school/barnby-road-academy-primary-and-nursery-school-e136274) | Primary | 870 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Christ Church C of E Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/christ-church-c-of-e-primary-school-e122792) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2022 | 31% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Magnus Church of England Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/magnus-church-of-england-academy-e140549) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 40.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Holy Trinity Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-trinity-catholic-voluntary-academy-e140727) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024 | 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The King's Church of England Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-kings-church-of-england-primary-academy-e143825) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2023 | 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Highfields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highfields-school-e122907) | Independent | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2024 | £126,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 50 m |
| July 2025 | £80,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| February 2025 | £180,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| October 2024 | £122,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| June 2026 | £195,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| January 2026 | £180,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| June 2025 | £170,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| June 2025 | £190,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Newark Northgate (420 m, 5 minutes on foot); Newark Castle (710 m, 9 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: BARNBY GATE SURGERY (410 m); FOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTRE (600 m); LOMBARD MEDICAL CENTRE (780 m)
- Pharmacies: EVANS PHARMACY (410 m); EVANS PHARMACY (460 m); BOOTS (570 m); BOOTS (580 m); SHERWOOD AVENUE PHARMACY (600 m)
- Dental practices: APPLETON GATE DENTAL PRACTICE (310 m); KIRKGATE DENTAL SURGERY (460 m); DENTICARE (650 m); LONDON ROAD DENTAL PRACTICE (740 m); PORTLAND STREET (DENTAL SURGERY) (780 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Newark (380 m, Morrisons); Aldi Newark (460 m, Aldi); M&S Newark Maltings Foodhall (480 m, Marks and Spencer); Co-op Barnbygate Food Store (580 m, Lincolnshire Co-operative); Waitrose Newark (640 m, Waitrose)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £234,764** (July 2026). Newark and Sherwood’s average house price was £234,764 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £37,118** (2025). Full-time workers living in Newark and Sherwood earned a median of £37,118 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 127th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.3×** (2025). A home in Newark and Sherwood costs 6.3 times local full-time pay. Joint 117th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 19.1** (2025). Newark and Sherwood has a deprivation score of 19.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 143rd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Newark and Sherwood 007C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 22.4** (2025). Newark and Sherwood 007C has a deprivation score of 22.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 12,836th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £180,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Newark and Sherwood 007C was £180,000 in 2025. Joint 4,635th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,552** (2021). Newark and Sherwood 007C had 1,552 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 20,675th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.9%** (January 2026). In Newark and Sherwood 007C, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## NG24 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £225,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in NG24 was £225,000 in 2025. Joint 561st cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 48,539** (2021). NG24 had 48,539 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 236th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 17%** (2022). About 17% of people in NG24 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.1%** (January 2026). In NG24, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Newark and Sherwood](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood)
- Centre: 53.0784, -0.8028

Council: [Newark and Sherwood](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Newark](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newark): Robert Jenrick (Reform UK), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.8028,53.0784,NG241LQ

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