DE4 5HU

Wirksworth · Derbyshire Dales · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Matlock
Local authority
Derbyshire Dales
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales
Postcode district
DE4
Postcode sector
DE4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE4 5JZ 793 m
DE4 5HS 797 m
DE4 5HL 798 m
DE4 5HJ 821 m
DE4 5HT 935 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE4 5HU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE4
Postcode sector
DE4 5
Latitude
53.089254
Longitude
-1.526159
British National Grid easting
431,832
British National Grid northing
354,774

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Derbyshire Dales · E07000035
Parish or community
E04002820
Westminster constituency
Derbyshire Dales · E14001195
Output area
E00099334
Lower layer super output area
Derbyshire Dales 007B · E01019634
Middle layer super output area
Derbyshire Dales 007 · E02004074

Postcode source versions

Explore DE4

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Watergate Farm, Longway Bank, Whatstandwell, Matlock, DE4 5HU 17 January 2025 £1,600,000
Ash Tree Cottage, Longway Bank, Whatstandwell, Matlock, DE4 5HU 27 January 2023 £250,000
Ash Tree Cottage, Longway Bank, Whatstandwell, Matlock, DE4 5HU 14 March 2022 £245,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
12
Secondary
1
  1. Crich Carr CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.7 km
  2. Alderwasley Hall School

    Other independent special school

    1.7 km
  3. Lea Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
16
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
59

31 female, 28 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
2.3
DE4 5 residents
6,842

Age bands in DE4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.6%

965 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.2%

478 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.6%

1,235 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.1%

2,061 residents

Age 65 and over
28.5%

1,888 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE4 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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

2

within 5 km

  • CRICH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    OAKWELL DRIVE, CRICH, MATLOCK, DE4 5PB

    ODS code C81094

    2.9 km

  • HANNAGE BROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    HANNAGE WAY, WIRKSWORTH, MATLOCK, DE4 4JG

    ODS code C81062

    3.3 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

  • Holly Bush Farm

    BCT · Cupola Park

    0.2 miles
  • Holly Bush Farm

    BCT · Cupola Park

    0.2 miles
  • Caravan Park

    BCT · Cupola Park

    0.5 miles
  • Caravan Park

    BCT · Cupola Park

    0.5 miles
  • Homesford Cottage

    BCT · Whatstandwell

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Derbyshire Dales 007B, 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

20,005 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £250,000 from 3 recorded sales in DE4 5HU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Derbyshire Dales is £353,364 in June 2026, up 11.7% year on year.

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Crich Carr CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

16 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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