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DE55 7BU

Alfreton · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Alfreton
Local authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Amber Valley
Postcode district
DE55
Postcode sector
DE55 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE55 7BQ 89 m
DE55 7BW 110 m
DE55 7BP 115 m
DE55 7BT 131 m
DE55 7BJ 132 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE55 7BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE55
Postcode sector
DE55 7
Latitude
53.095991
Longitude
-1.388695
British National Grid easting
441,032
British National Grid northing
355,593

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Electoral ward
Alfreton · E05014690
Parish or community
E04002665
Westminster constituency
Amber Valley · E14001066
Output area
E00098124
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 001B · E01019401
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 001 · E02004029

Postcode source versions

Explore DE55

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
26
Secondary
3

  1. Croft Infant School

    Community school

    141 m

  2. Alfreton Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    267 m

  3. Woodbridge Junior School

    Community school

    303 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,318
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 531
  • Shoplifting 156
  • Anti social behaviour 129
  • Public order 127
  • Criminal damage and arson 94

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2
1 female, 1 male
Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
DE55 7 residents
10,348

Age bands in DE55 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%
1,647 residents
Age 15 to 24
9.4%
974 residents
Age 25 to 44
25.5%
2,632 residents
Age 45 to 64
27.8%
2,871 residents
Age 65 and over
21.4%
2,209 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE55 7 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE

    LIMES AVENUE, ALFRETON, DE55 7DW

    ODS code C81099

    286 m

  • PARKSIDE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81053

    303 m

  • SOMERCOTES MEDICAL CENTRE

    22 NOTTINGHAM ROAD, SOMERCOTES, ALFRETON, DE55 4JJ

    ODS code C81027

    1.9 km

  • JESSOP MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C81005

    2.6 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81050

    3.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Alfreton Bus Station

    BCS · Alfreton

    50 m

  • Millfield House Temporary Stop

    BCT · Alfreton

    67 m

  • Alfreton Bus Station

    BCS · Alfreton

    78 m

  • Alfreton Bus Station

    BCS · Alfreton

    86 m

  • Marshall Street Tesco Alighting Stop

    BCT · Alfreton

    91 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 001B, 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

5,757 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
5 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

35 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 3 secondary schools. Croft Infant School is the nearest published school at 141 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,318 published events cover 12 months, averaging 110 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 531 events.

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