DE4 4ES

Wirksworth · Derbyshire Dales · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Derbyshire Dales
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales
Postcode district
DE4
Postcode sector
DE4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE4 4HF 470 m
DE4 4NY 879 m
DE4 4HE 1.1 km
DE4 4PT 1.5 km
DE4 4PX 1.6 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE4 4ES
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE4
Postcode sector
DE4 4
Latitude
53.092710
Longitude
-1.628796
British National Grid easting
424,956
British National Grid northing
355,118

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Derbyshire Dales · E07000035
Parish or community
E04002770
Westminster constituency
Derbyshire Dales · E14001195
Output area
E00099166
Lower layer super output area
Derbyshire Dales 008B · E01019605
Middle layer super output area
Derbyshire Dales 008 · E02004075

Postcode source versions

Explore DE4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Carsington and Hopton Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.9 km
  2. Brassington Primary School

    Community school

    2.0 km
  3. Middleton Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DE4 4 residents
6,654

Age bands in DE4 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.5%

924 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

580 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.8%

1,220 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.5%

2,221 residents

Age 65 and over
27.7%

1,898 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
50%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • HANNAGE BROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    HANNAGE WAY, WIRKSWORTH, MATLOCK, DE4 4JG

    ODS code C81062

    4.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Main Street

    BCT · Carsington

    1.1 miles
  • Main Street

    BCT · Carsington

    1.1 miles
  • Brunswood Farm

    BCT · Ible

    1.2 miles
  • School

    BCT · Brassington

    1.2 miles
  • School

    BCT · Brassington

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Derbyshire Dales 008B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

16,961 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Carsington and Hopton Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Public order with 1 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.