DE55 1BH

Swanwick · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Alfreton
Local authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Amber Valley
Postcode district
DE55
Postcode sector
DE55 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE55 1FP 44 m
DE55 1FL 80 m
DE55 1FN 104 m
DE55 1FF 129 m
DE55 1FQ 201 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE55 1BH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE55
Postcode sector
DE55 1
Latitude
53.085237
Longitude
-1.397014
British National Grid easting
440,485
British National Grid northing
354,392

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Electoral ward
Swanwick · E05014707
Parish or community
E04002694
Westminster constituency
Amber Valley · E14001066
Output area
E00098495
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 004C · E01019473
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 004 · E02004032

Postcode source versions

Explore DE55

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Old Swanwick Colliery Road, Derby Road, Swanwick, Alfreton, DE55 1BH 1 July 2023 £15,504,610
Lily Farm Wood, Lily Cottage, Derby Road, Swanwick, Alfreton, DE55 1BH 18 February 2022 £365,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
26
Secondary
4
  1. Kingdom Christian School

    Other independent school

    830 m
  2. Alfreton Park Community Special School

    Community special school

    1.1 km
  3. Alfreton Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,017
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 425
  • Shoplifting 120
  • Anti social behaviour 114
  • Public order 97
  • Criminal damage and arson 74

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DE55 1 residents
7,560

Age bands in DE55 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.5%

962 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

636 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.8%

1,481 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.3%

2,157 residents

Age 65 and over
26.5%

1,890 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+
33.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
66.7%
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

7

within 5 km

  • PARKSIDE SURGERY

    ALFRETON PRIMARY CARE CTR, CHURCH STREET, ALFRETON, DE55 7AH

    ODS code C81053

    1.5 km

  • LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE

    LIMES AVENUE, ALFRETON, DE55 7DW

    ODS code C81099

    1.6 km

  • SOMERCOTES MEDICAL CENTRE

    22 NOTTINGHAM ROAD, SOMERCOTES, ALFRETON, DE55 4JJ

    ODS code C81027

    1.7 km

  • JESSOP MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C81005

    2.1 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERY

    THE HUB, SHINERS WAY, OFF LEES LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON, ALFRETON, DE55 2FY

    ODS code C81050

    4.2 km

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    4.3 km

  • IVY GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81004

    4.8 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

  • Old Swanwick Colliery Road

    BCT · Alfreton

    0.0 miles
  • Old Swanwick Colliery Road

    BCT · Alfreton

    0.1 miles
  • Sleetmoor Lane

    BCT · Swanwick

    0.3 miles
  • Larkhill

    BCT · Swanwick

    0.3 miles
  • Larkhill

    BCT · Swanwick

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 004C, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,593 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
10 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 £7,934,805 from 2 recorded sales in DE55 1BH. 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 26 primary and 4 secondary schools. Kingdom Christian School is the nearest published school at 830 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,017 published events cover 12 months, averaging 84.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 425 events.

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