DE5 8HY

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE5 3UT 74 m
DE5 8HU 76 m
DE5 3TP 130 m
DE5 3TF 140 m
DE5 3TT 141 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE5 8HY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE5
Postcode sector
DE5 8
Latitude
53.040759
Longitude
-1.404241
British National Grid easting
440,042
British National Grid northing
349,440

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
E00098397
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 008D · E01019458
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 008 · E02004036

Postcode source versions

Explore DE5

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Alissa Avenue, Marehay, Ripley, DE5 8HY 20 August 2025 £265,000
2, Alissa Avenue, Marehay, Ripley, DE5 8HY 23 October 2024 £254,000
1, Alissa Avenue, Marehay, Ripley, DE5 8HY 12 February 2021 £180,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
27
Secondary
6
  1. Ripley Junior School

    Academy converter

    600 m
  2. Ripley Infant School

    Community school

    610 m
  3. The Ripley Academy

    Academy converter

    909 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,799
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 819
  • Anti social behaviour 190
  • Public order 176
  • Criminal damage and arson 156
  • Drugs 110

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

11 female, 9 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.0
DE5 8 residents
4,249

Age bands in DE5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.9%

831 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

477 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.3%

1,172 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

1,313 residents

Age 65 and over
18.2%

844 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE5 8 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

9

within 5 km

  • IVY GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81004

    188 m

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    745 m

  • WHITEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHITEMOOR LANE, BELPER, DE56 0JB

    ODS code C81038

    3.6 km

  • JESSOP MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C81005

    4.3 km

  • ARTHUR MEDICAL CENTRE

    MAIN STREET, HORSLEY WOODHOUSE, ILKESTON, DE7 6AX

    ODS code C81017

    4.5 km

  • KELVINGROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    28 HANDS ROAD, HEANOR, DE75 7HA

    ODS code C81049

    4.8 km

  • ROYAL PRIMARY CARE BROOKLYN

    65 MANSFIELD ROAD, HEANOR, DE75 7AL

    ODS code C81052

    4.9 km

  • PARK SURGERY

    60 ILKESTON ROAD, HEANOR, DE75 7DX

    ODS code C81031

    4.9 km

  • JACKSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    8 MAIN ROAD, JACKSDALE, NOTTINGHAM, NG16 5JW

    ODS code C84654

    5.0 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

  • Springs Centre

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles
  • Woodside Avenue

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles
  • Brook Lane

    BCT · Marehay

    0.1 miles
  • Springs Centre

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles
  • Bowler Street

    BCT · Marehay

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 008D, 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

12,250 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
4 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

Property market

The five-year median is £259,500 from 2 recorded sales in DE5 8HY. 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

36 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 6 secondary schools. Ripley Junior School is the nearest published school at 600 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,799 published events cover 12 months, averaging 149.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 819 events.

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