NG7 2NL Nottingham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Lenton & Wollaton East. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Gregory Street, Nottingham: 51 addresses
- Abbey Bridge, Nottingham: 2 addresses
- Hoyland Avenue, Nottingham: 1 address
- Lenton Lane, Nottingham: 1 address
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 (52% of about 1,150 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 2.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- CHURCHYARD WALL AND GATES TO NORTH AND EAST OF PRIORY CHURCH, grade II
- PRIORY CHURCH OF ST ANTHONY, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Former Medi Park, adj. QMC, not permissioned (340 m)
- Furniture Store, Sherwin Road, off Lenton Boulevard: up to 34 homes, permissioned (400 m)
- Derby Road - Former Hillside Club, Leengate: up to 50 homes, not permissioned (540 m)
- Factory Willoughby Street, Prospect Place, not permissioned (570 m)
- Site Of Plumbline Displays' Faraday Road, Nottingham: up to 13 homes, not permissioned (730 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 38 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 1 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 40 homes the Environment Agency counts, 36 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 2 low and 0 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 55 addresses are between 24 m and 27 m above sea level (25 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 98%, gigabit 98% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Nottingham 8.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km |
| Beeston 607,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km | |
| Attenborough 96,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Gregory Street Tram Stop | 50 m |
| Queens Medical Centre Tram Stop | 430 m | |
| NG2 Tram Stop | 880 m | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m, 46 within 800 m; nearest Red Cow Dunkirk | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Broad Marsh Bus Station Nottingham | 2.1 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Car Park on Church Street, NG7 | 640 m |
| EV charging points | 9 within 1.6 km; nearest evyve Charging Station | 550 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 16.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Derby Road Health Centre | 740 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Trust Pharmacy | 550 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Cripps Dental Centre | 900 m |
| Hospital | University Hospital | 550 m |
| Police station | Nottingham Police Station | 1.6 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Compass Group - University Hospital Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre Cashzone | 540 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Lenton Priory Park 1,670 m² | 70 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Kings Meadow Nature Reserve 1.9 ha | 680 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 880 m² | 260 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.3 ha | 500 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,000 m² | 1.0 km |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 2.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Lenton Priory, a scheduled monument, 100 m south-west. 29 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Lenton Priory | Scheduled monument | 100 m south-west |
| Lenton War Memorial, adjacent to The Albert Ball Memorial Homes | Listed building, Grade II* | 270 m north |
| The Albert Ball Memorial Homes, including boundary walls, railings and gateways | Listed building, Grade II* | 290 m north |
| Church of Holy Trinity | Listed building, Grade II* | 490 m north |
| Lenton Lodge (Former Gateway to Wollaton Park) and Attached Bollards | Listed building, Grade II* | 620 m north-west |
| Rock cut houses N of Castle Boulevard | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km east |
| Highfields Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.4 km south-west |
| Rock cut houses S of Nottingham Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km east |
| General Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.0 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Arbour Hill | Hill | 1.7 km west |
| The Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km west |
| Thompson's Wood | Wood | 2.6 km west |
| Harrison's Plantation | Wood | 2.7 km north-west |
| Martin's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km north-west |
| Robin's Wood | Wood | 3.1 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 17.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 10 | 5 |
| 65 to 69 | 13 | 15 |
| 60 to 64 | 6 | 21 |
| 55 to 59 | 19 | 4 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 10 |
49 of the postcode's 55 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 45 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 25 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 6% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 31% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 16% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 27% | 17% |
| Private rented | 41% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 42% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 12% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 4% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 30% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 30% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 77% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 18% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 1% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 84% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 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 Gregory Street.