NG2 4EB Nottingham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Dales. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- West Moor, Carlton: 18 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Nottingham in 2026-27: Band D £2,755 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,837 | £2,143 | £2,449 | £2,755 | £3,368 | £3,980 | £4,592 | £5,511 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (61% of about 660 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Sol Construction Ltd, Vale Road, Carlton: up to 44 homes, permissioned (350 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 7 at medium risk and 5 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 17 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 17 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 21 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Netherfield 10,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km |
| Carlton 53,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km | |
| Nottingham 8.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 19 within 800 m; nearest Candle Meadow Colwick | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Broad Marsh Bus Station Nottingham | 3.5 km |
| Car parks | Parking space on Eccles Way, NG3 | 2.5 km |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.4 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 20.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Bakersfield Medical Centre | 1.0 km |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Vantage Vale Chemist | 200 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Netherfield Smile Centre | 1.6 km |
| Hospital | Lings Bar Hospital | 3.5 km |
| Police station | Carlton Police Station | 1.6 km |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Colwick Country Park 91 ha | 180 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 390 m² | 230 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5.5 ha | 240 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha | 710 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 91 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is St John Baptist's Church and graveyard, Colwick, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km south-west.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| St John Baptist's Church and graveyard, Colwick | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km south-west |
| Holme Pierrepont Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.9 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Holme Cut | Lake or reservoir | 890 m south-east |
| Colwick Wood | Wood | 1.1 km west |
| Roughhill Wood | Wood | 1.5 km west |
| Harvey's Plantation | Wood | 3.5 km north |
| Bridgford Covert | Wood | 3.7 km south |
| Mapperley | Hill | 3.7 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 17 | 18 |
1 of the postcode's 18 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 10% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 89% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 4 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on West Moor.