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DE55 4QH

Somercotes · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Alfreton
Ward
Somercotes
Local authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Amber Valley
Postcode district
DE55
Postcode sector
DE55 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE55 4PA 231 m
DE55 7QJ 247 m
DE55 4NJ 296 m
DE55 7SQ 299 m
DE55 4NN 304 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE55 4QH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE55
Postcode sector
DE55 4
Latitude
53.090413
Longitude
-1.365600
British National Grid easting
442,584
British National Grid northing
354,986

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Electoral ward
Somercotes · E05014706
Parish or community
E04002692
Westminster constituency
Amber Valley · E14001066
Output area
E00098466
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 003E · E01019471
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 003 · E02004031

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Johnson Diversey Uk, Garnham Close, Somercotes, Alfreton, DE55 4QH 20 April 2021 £2,750,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
28
Secondary
4

  1. Leys Junior School

    Community school

    752 m

  2. Somercotes Infant and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

  3. David Nieper Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,504
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 624
  • Shoplifting 158
  • Anti social behaviour 146
  • Public order 125
  • Criminal damage and arson 122

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DE55 4 residents
8,135

Age bands in DE55 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

1,558 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

947 residents

Age 25 to 44
26%

2,203 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

2,300 residents

Age 65 and over
17.3%

1,470 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+
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

7

within 5 km

  • SOMERCOTES MEDICAL CENTRE

    22 NOTTINGHAM ROAD, SOMERCOTES, ALFRETON, DE55 4JJ

    ODS code C81027

    1.0 km

  • LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE

    LIMES AVENUE, ALFRETON, DE55 7DW

    ODS code C81099

    1.7 km

  • JESSOP MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C81005

    1.8 km

  • PARKSIDE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81053

    1.9 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81050

    2.3 km

  • JACKSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    8 MAIN ROAD, JACKSDALE, NOTTINGHAM, NG16 5JW

    ODS code C84654

    4.0 km

  • SELSTON SURGERY

    139 NOTTINGHAM ROAD, SELSTON, NOTTINGHAM, NG16 6BT

    ODS code C84142

    4.9 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

  • Chatham Avenue

    BCT · Outseats Estate

    0.3 miles

  • Birchwood Road

    BCT · Outseats Estate

    0.3 miles

  • Abbott Road

    BCT · Outseats Estate

    0.4 miles

  • Ley Avenue

    BCT · Outseats Estate

    0.4 miles

  • Cotes Park Lane

    BCT · Cotes Park

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 003E, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,240 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 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
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

38 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 4 secondary schools. Leys Junior School is the nearest published school at 752 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,504 published events cover 12 months, averaging 125.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 624 events.

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