NG postcode area
Postcode area within the United Kingdom
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::summary Postcode area within the United Kingdom ::
The NG postcode area, also known as the Nottingham postcode area, is a group of 29 postcode districts in the East Midlands of England, within seven post towns. These cover southern and central Nottinghamshire (including Nottingham, Mansfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Newark-on-Trent and Southwell), parts of south-west Lincolnshire (including Grantham and Sleaford) and small parts of Derbyshire and Leicestershire. The NG postcode area is one of six with a population above 1 million.
Mail for the NG postcode area is processed at Nottingham Mail Centre, along with mail for the DE postcode area.
TOC
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
|- ! NG1 | NOTTINGHAM | Nottingham city centre
| Nottingham |
|---|
| ! NG2 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Nottingham city centre, Colwick Park, Sneinton, The Meadows, West Bridgford |
| Nottingham, Rushcliffe |
| - |
| ! NG3 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Carlton, Sneinton, St Ann's, Mapperley |
| Gedling, Nottingham |
| - |
| ! NG4 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Gedling Village, Netherfield, Carlton, Colwick |
| Gedling |
| - |
| ! NG5 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Sherwood, Arnold, Woodthorpe, Bestwood, Carrington, Top Valley, Rise Park |
| Nottingham, Gedling |
| - |
| ! NG6 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Bestwood Village, Bulwell, Old Basford |
| Nottingham, Gedling |
| - |
| ! NG7 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| New Basford, Forest Fields, Hyson Green, Radford, Lenton |
| Nottingham |
| - |
| ! NG8 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Aspley, Wollaton, Whitemoor, Bilborough, Strelley |
| Nottingham, Broxtowe |
| - |
| ! NG9 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Beeston, Stapleford, Lenton Abbey, Chilwell, Trowell, Bramcote |
| Broxtowe, Nottingham |
| - |
| ! NG10 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Long Eaton, Sawley, Sandiacre |
| Erewash |
| - |
| ! NG11 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Clifton, Fairham, Ruddington, Gotham, Kingston on Soar |
| Nottingham, Rushcliffe |
| - |
| ! NG12 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Cotgrave, Radcliffe on Trent, Keyworth, Edwalton |
| Rushcliffe |
| - |
| ! NG13 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Bingham, Whatton, Bottesford, Aslockton |
| Rushcliffe, Melton |
| - |
| ! NG14 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Calverton, Lowdham, Burton Joyce, Gunthorpe |
| Gedling |
| - |
| ! NG15 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Hucknall, Ravenshead, Newstead |
| Ashfield, Gedling |
| - |
| ! NG16 |
| NOTTINGHAM |
| Kimberley, Eastwood, Nuthall, Giltbrook, Langley Mill, Pinxton, Selston, Awsworth, Ironville, Jacksdale, Westwood, Underwood, Brinsley, Watnall |
| Amber Valley, Ashfield, Bolsover, Broxtowe |
| - |
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| NOTTINGHAM |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield |
| rowspan=2 |
| - |
| SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD |
| Sutton-in-Ashfield, Stanton Hill, Skegby |
| - |
| ! NG18 |
| MANSFIELD |
| Mansfield |
| Mansfield |
| - |
| ! NG19 |
| MANSFIELD |
| Mansfield Woodhouse, Forest Town |
| Mansfield |
| - |
| ! NG20 |
| MANSFIELD |
| Shirebrook, Market Warsop, Langwith, Nether Langwith, Cuckney, Norton |
| Bolsover, Mansfield, Bassetlaw |
| - |
| ! NG21 |
| MANSFIELD |
| Rainworth, Edwinstowe, Clipstone, Blidworth |
| Newark and Sherwood |
| - |
| ! NG22 |
| NEWARK |
| Bilsthorpe, Tuxford, East Markham, West Markham, Ragnall, Dunham-on-Trent |
| Newark and Sherwood, Bassetlaw |
| - |
| ! NG23 |
| NEWARK |
| Newark-on-Trent, Collingham, Normanton on Trent, Flintham, Long Bennington, Claypole, Dry Doddington, Stubton, Swinethorpe |
| Newark and Sherwood, Bassetlaw, Rushcliffe, South Kesteven, North Kesteven |
| - |
| ! NG24 |
| NEWARK |
| Newark-on-Trent, Balderton |
| Newark and Sherwood |
| - |
| ! NG25 |
| SOUTHWELL |
| Southwell |
| Newark and Sherwood |
| - |
| ! NG31 |
| GRANTHAM |
| Grantham |
| South Kesteven |
| - |
| ! NG32 |
| GRANTHAM |
| Croxton Kerrial, Sedgebrook, Wilsford |
| South Kesteven, North Kesteven, Melton |
| - |
| ! NG33 |
| GRANTHAM |
| Castle Bytham, Corby Glen, Buckminster, Sewstern |
| South Kesteven, Melton |
| - |
| ! NG34 |
| SLEAFORD |
| Sleaford, Scredington, Billingborough, Folkingham |
| North Kesteven, South Kesteven |
| - |
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Map
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/NG_postcode_area_inset_map.svg" caption="Detailed map of postcode districts in central Nottingham"] ::
References
References
- Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)
- "FOI request: Population for every postcode district in England and Wales".
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