S44 6GR Bolsover
Live postcode, introduced April 2023. Ward: Bolsover North & Shuttlewood. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Maple Close, Bolsover: 5 addresses
- Rosewood Avenue, Bolsover: 3 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Bolsover in 2026-27: Band D £2,559 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,706 | £1,991 | £2,275 | £2,559 | £3,128 | £3,697 | £4,266 | £5,119 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (72% of about 1,070 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
- Garage Site Rear Of 33 to 43 Iron Cliff Road, Blind Lane, Bolsover: up to 6 homes, permissioned (190 m)
- Former Vehicle Maintenance Workshop. Mill Lane, Bolsover: up to 6 homes, permissioned (640 m)
- Former Courtaulds PLC, Oxcroft Lane, Bolsover, permissioned (720 m)
- Former Courtaulds PLC, Oxcroft Lane, Bolsover, pending decision (720 m)
- Former Bolsover District Council depot site, Mill Lane: up to 32 homes, not permissioned (750 m)
- Former Courtaulds PLC, Oxcroft Lane, Bolsover: up to 35 homes, permissioned (800 m)
- Former Courtaulds PLC, Oxcroft Lane, Bolsover: up to 35 homes, permissioned (800 m)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 8 addresses are between 115 m and 117 m above sea level (117 m on average).
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 | Langwith-Whaley Thorns 9,820 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km |
| Creswell 41,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km | |
| Shirebrook 75,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 17 within 800 m; nearest Houfton Road Bolsover | 340 m |
| Bus or coach station | College Campus Clowne | 4.3 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Springfield Cres Parking | 330 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest MFG Charging Station | 1.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 45.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Castle Street Medical Centre | 1.0 km |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Peak Pharmacy Direct | 1.2 km |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Treeline Dental Care Bolsover | 1.1 km |
| Hospital | Bolsover Community Hospital | 1.4 km |
| Police station | Bolsover Police Station | 420 m |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.0 ha | 1.0 km |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 990 m² | 340 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 280 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.6 ha | 770 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Cundy House, a listed building (Grade II*), 630 m south-east. 5 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Cundy House | Listed building, Grade II* | 630 m south-east |
| Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house. | Scheduled monument | 870 m south |
| Bolsover Castle | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 880 m south |
| Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km south-east |
| Four watchtowers SW of town | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Brockley Wood | Wood | 1.0 km north-east |
| Fox Covert | Wood | 1.4 km north-east |
| Pond Plantation | Wood | 3.1 km south-west |
| Bolsovermoor Plantation | Wood | 3.2 km east |
| Fox Hill | Hill | 3.5 km south-east |
| Netherthorpe Flash | Lake or reservoir | 4.0 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 8 | 8 |
None of the postcode's 8 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 39% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 13% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 16% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 73% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 24% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 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 Maple Close.