DE56 1LB

Belper East · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE56 1LD 57 m
DE56 1HJ 147 m
DE56 0HS 167 m
DE56 0GX 172 m
DE56 0HB 184 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE56 1LB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE56
Postcode sector
DE56 1
Latitude
53.029233
Longitude
-1.462508
British National Grid easting
436,145
British National Grid northing
348,127

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Parish or community
E04002667
Westminster constituency
Mid Derbyshire · E14001362
Output area
E00098156
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 009B · E01019409
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 009 · E02004037

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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34 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
20, Marlborough Drive, Belper, DE56 1LB 26 June 2025 £235,000
23, Marlborough Drive, Belper, DE56 1LB 23 January 2025 £262,000
30, Marlborough Drive, Belper, DE56 1LB 24 May 2024 £248,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
20
Secondary
2
  1. Pottery Primary School

    Community school

    268 m
  2. Belper School and Sixth Form Centre

    Foundation school

    463 m
  3. St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery

    Voluntary controlled school

    533 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
832
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 426
  • Public order 97
  • Anti social behaviour 86
  • Criminal damage and arson 69
  • Other theft 47

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
71

38 female, 33 male

Postcode households
33
Residents per household
2.2
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 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE56 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • WHITEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHITEMOOR LANE, BELPER, DE56 0JB

    ODS code C81038

    533 m

  • RIVERSDALE SURGERY

    57 - 59 BRIDGE STREET, BELPER, DE56 1AY

    ODS code C81069

    1.6 km

  • ARTHUR MEDICAL CENTRE

    MAIN STREET, HORSLEY WOODHOUSE, ILKESTON, DE7 6AX

    ODS code C81017

    4.1 km

  • IVY GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81004

    4.3 km

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    4.3 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

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

Nearby transport

  • Lowlands Road

    BCT · Belper

    0.0 miles
  • Lowlands Road

    BCT · Belper

    0.1 miles
  • Loom Close

    BCT · Whitemoor

    0.1 miles
  • Loom Close

    BCT · Whitemoor

    0.1 miles
  • Greyhound

    BCT · Belper

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 009B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,950 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
2
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £241,500 from 8 recorded sales in DE56 1LB. 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

Published establishments

24 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 2 secondary schools. Pottery Primary School is the nearest published school at 268 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

832 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 426 events.

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