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DE56 1AY

Belper North · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Belper
Ward
Belper North
Local authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Mid Derbyshire
Postcode district
DE56
Postcode sector
DE56 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE56 1AX 30 m
DE56 1BB 56 m
DE56 1UP 87 m
DE56 1RF 118 m
DE56 1PW 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE56 1AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE56
Postcode sector
DE56 1
Latitude
53.024119
Longitude
-1.484994
British National Grid easting
434,641
British National Grid northing
347,547

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Electoral ward
Belper North · E05014693
Parish or community
E04002667
Westminster constituency
Mid Derbyshire · E14001362
Output area
E00098159
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 010A · E01019407
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 010 · E02004038

Postcode source versions

Explore DE56

Property

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33 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1 - 3, Flat, Bridge Street, Belper, DE56 1AY 20 December 2024 £340,000
1 - 3, Bridge Street, Belper, DE56 1AY 20 December 2024 £300,000
11, Bridge Street, Belper, DE56 1AY 28 October 2024 £120,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
15
Secondary
3

  1. Long Row Primary School

    Community school

    385 m

  2. St Elizabeth's Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    762 m

  3. St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
857
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 392
  • Anti social behaviour 95
  • Public order 82
  • Shoplifting 81
  • Criminal damage and arson 72

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33

13 female, 20 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.1
DE56 1 residents
13,242

Age bands in DE56 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

1,941 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,277 residents

Age 25 to 44
23%

3,094 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

4,019 residents

Age 65 and over
23.2%

3,124 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE56 1 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

4

within 5 km

  • RIVERSDALE SURGERY

    57 - 59 BRIDGE STREET, BELPER, DE56 1AY

    ODS code C81069

    0 m

  • WHITEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHITEMOOR LANE, BELPER, DE56 0JB

    ODS code C81038

    2.1 km

  • APPLETREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    47A TOWN STREET, DUFFIELD, BELPER, DE56 4GG

    ODS code C81048

    4.3 km

  • ARTHUR MEDICAL CENTRE

    MAIN STREET, HORSLEY WOODHOUSE, ILKESTON, DE7 6AX

    ODS code C81017

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

Nearby transport

  • The Lion Hotel

    BCT · Belper

    0.0 miles

  • The Lion Hotel

    BCT · Belper

    0.0 miles

  • Belper Rail Station

    RSE · Belper

    0.1 miles

  • King Street

    BCT · Belper

    0.1 miles

  • Belper Rail Station

    RSE · Belper

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 010A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,833 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
1 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
5
Low risk addresses
6
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 £210,000 from 4 recorded sales in DE56 1AY. 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. Long Row Primary School is the nearest published school at 385 m.

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

Recorded crime

857 published events cover 12 months, averaging 71.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 392 events.

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