NG7 2NU Nottingham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Lenton & Wollaton East. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
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: 4.
- 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
- BASE OF PIER AT LENTON PRIORY RUINS, grade II
- CHURCHYARD WALL AND GATES TO NORTH AND EAST OF PRIORY CHURCH, grade II
- FRAGMENT OF NORTH AISLE WALL AND NORTH TRANSEPT OF LENTON PRIORY RUINS, 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 (360 m)
- Furniture Store, Sherwin Road, off Lenton Boulevard: up to 34 homes, permissioned (480 m)
- Derby Road - Former Hillside Club, Leengate: up to 50 homes, not permissioned (600 m)
- Factory Willoughby Street, Prospect Place, not permissioned (640 m)
- Site Of Plumbline Displays' Faraday Road, Nottingham: up to 13 homes, not permissioned (820 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 7 at medium risk and 0 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 11 homes the Environment Agency counts, 4 are in areas at high risk, 7 medium, 0 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 addresses are about 26 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 | Nottingham 8.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km |
| Beeston 607,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km | |
| Attenborough 96,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Gregory Street Tram Stop | 90 m |
| Queens Medical Centre Tram Stop | 400 m | |
| NG2 Tram Stop | 860 m | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 46 within 800 m; nearest Red Cow Dunkirk | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Broad Marsh Bus Station Nottingham | 2.2 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Car Park on Church Street, NG7 | 730 m |
| EV charging points | 8 within 1.6 km; nearest evyve Charging Station | 630 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 16.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Derby Road Health Centre | 840 m |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Trust Pharmacy | 550 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Cripps Dental Centre | 850 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 | 530 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Lenton Priory Park 1,670 m² | 110 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Kings Meadow Nature Reserve 1.9 ha | 640 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 880 m² | 350 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.3 ha | 600 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, 80 m north-west. 28 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 | 80 m north-west |
| Lenton War Memorial, adjacent to The Albert Ball Memorial Homes | Listed building, Grade II* | 360 m north |
| The Albert Ball Memorial Homes, including boundary walls, railings and gateways | Listed building, Grade II* | 380 m north |
| Church of Holy Trinity | Listed building, Grade II* | 580 m north |
| Lenton Lodge (Former Gateway to Wollaton Park) and Attached Bollards | Listed building, Grade II* | 680 m north-west |
| Rock cut houses N of Castle Boulevard | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km north-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 north-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 | 3.2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 12 |
9 of the postcode's 13 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 29 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 6% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 6% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 20% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 10% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 18% | 17% |
| Private rented | 62% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 6% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 37% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 25% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 29% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 59% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 81% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 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.