Welham Road Welham, Bassetlaw
25 addresses across 5 postcodes (DN22), about 1 km (0.6 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 2213447.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (E: 1, G: 1).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Bassetlaw costs £2,645 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 94% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Retford, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 14 to 28 m above sea level.
- Noise: 20 of its 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Riverside Health Partnership, about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away.
- People: About 180 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 91% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 299 m². Most common: House, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Council tax
What each band costs in Bassetlaw in 2026-27: Band D £2,645 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,763 | £2,057 | £2,351 | £2,645 | £3,233 | £3,820 | £4,408 | £5,290 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (21% of about 890 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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
- CHESTERFIELD CANAL, WHITSUNDAY PIE LOCK BRIDGE 60 AT SK 7216 8204, grade II
- GATE AND RAILING AT WELHAM PARK, grade II
- WELHAM GRANGE, grade II
- Welham Park House, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- ' Canal Turn Welham Road Retford '', not permissioned (590 m (0.4 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 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: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| DN22 0SB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DN22 0SQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DN22 0SH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DN22 0SJ | not in 2 or 3 | 4 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| DN22 9NH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 25 addresses are between 14 m and 28 m above sea level (19 m on average); the ground rises about 14 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DN22 0SB | 100% | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| DN22 0SH | 86% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
| DN22 0SJ | 94% | 94% | 94% | 0% |
| DN22 0SQ | 88% | 88% | 88% | 0% |
| DN22 9NH | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Retford 603,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Gainsborough Lea Road 211,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.6 km (7.2 miles) | |
| Gainsborough Central 2,370 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.4 km (7.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Welham Grange | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Retford Bus Station | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Car parks | 86 Carolgate Parking | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Humberside Airport HUY | 46.5 km (29 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | East Midlands Airport EMA | 62 km (39 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Riverside Health Partnership | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Retford Pharmacy | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Retford Dental Care LTD | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Retford Hospital | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Police station | Retford Police Station | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | TG Jones East Retford Cashzone | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 6,590 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 460 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.0 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Parish Pasture 4,840 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Plaster Hill Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Horse Close Plantation | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Ordsall Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Durham Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Swindell Spring Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Belmore Lake | Lake or reservoir | 3.3 km (2 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 7 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 25 |
20 of the street's 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Bassetlaw: see them on the Bassetlaw page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carr Hill Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Apr 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Clarborough Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Urgent improvement; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (nottinghamshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 91% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 61% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 28% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- DN22 0SB: 13 addresses of 20 in the postcode
- DN22 0SQ: 4 addresses of 36 in the postcode
- DN22 0SH: 3 addresses of 11 in the postcode
- DN22 0SJ: 3 addresses of 27 in the postcode
- DN22 9NH: 2 addresses of 12 in the postcode
Nearby streets
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.