DE5 3HF

Ripley & Marehay · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ripley
Local authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Amber Valley
Postcode district
DE5
Postcode sector
DE5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE5 3WR 53 m
DE5 3UD 58 m
DE5 3SJ 70 m
DE5 3HL 75 m
DE5 3HB 107 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE5 3HF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE5
Postcode sector
DE5 3
Latitude
53.048901
Longitude
-1.409306
British National Grid easting
439,695
British National Grid northing
350,343

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Parish or community
E04002688
Westminster constituency
Amber Valley · E14001066
Output area
E00098425
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 006D · E01019461
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 006 · E02004034

Postcode source versions

Explore DE5

26 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
20a, Slack Lane, Ripley, DE5 3HF 15 August 2025 £150,000
18b, Slack Lane, Ripley, DE5 3HF 13 December 2024 £265,000
20, Slack Lane, Ripley, DE5 3HF 29 May 2024 £170,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
23
Secondary
5
  1. Ripley Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    246 m
  2. Ripley Junior School

    Academy converter

    500 m
  3. Lons Infant School

    Community school

    526 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,880
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 886
  • Anti social behaviour 193
  • Public order 187
  • Criminal damage and arson 154
  • Drugs 112

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
52

28 female, 24 male

Postcode households
41
Residents per household
1.3
DE5 3 residents
13,238

Age bands in DE5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

1,987 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

1,207 residents

Age 25 to 44
23%

2,953 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

3,631 residents

Age 65 and over
24%

3,082 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE5 3 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+
95.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
95.2%
Gigabit-capable
95.2%
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

5

within 5 km

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    289 m

  • IVY GROVE SURGERY

    CHURCH FARM MEDICAL CENTRE, STEEPLE DRIVE, RIPLEY, DE5 3TH

    ODS code C81004

    862 m

  • WHITEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHITEMOOR LANE, BELPER, DE56 0JB

    ODS code C81038

    3.7 km

  • JESSOP MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GREENHILL PRIM CARE CTR, GREENHILL LANE, LEABROOKS, ALFRETON, DE55 1LU

    ODS code C81005

    3.8 km

  • SOMERCOTES MEDICAL CENTRE

    22 NOTTINGHAM ROAD, SOMERCOTES, ALFRETON, DE55 4JJ

    ODS code C81027

    4.5 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Ivy Grove

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles
  • Ivy Grove

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles
  • Hospital

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 006D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,489 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
10 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
0
Medium risk addresses
4
Low risk addresses
11
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 £172,500 from 6 recorded sales in DE5 3HF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Amber Valley is £237,857 in June 2026, up 7.9% year on year.

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Ripley Nursery School is the nearest published school at 246 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,880 published events cover 12 months, averaging 156.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 886 events.

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