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DE56 2BD

Heage & Ambergate · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Belper
Ward
Heage & Ambergate
Local authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Amber Valley
Postcode district
DE56
Postcode sector
DE56 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE56 2BB 110 m
DE56 2BA 133 m
DE56 2BE 228 m
DE56 2BX 230 m
DE56 2BJ 235 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE56 2BD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE56
Postcode sector
DE56 2
Latitude
53.048108
Longitude
-1.452204
British National Grid easting
436,820
British National Grid northing
350,232

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Electoral ward
Heage & Ambergate · E05014698
Parish or community
E04002688
Westminster constituency
Amber Valley · E14001066
Output area
E00098261
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 006A · E01019429
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 006 · E02004034

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Pickard Lane, Heage, Belper, DE56 2BD 13 July 2001 £160,000
5, Pickard Lane, Heage, Belper, DE56 2BD 29 March 1996 £99,500

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
21
Secondary
4

  1. Heage Primary School

    Academy converter

    389 m

  2. Ambergate Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

  3. St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
131
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 75
  • Public order 13
  • Burglary 9
  • Other theft 8
  • Anti social behaviour 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13
6 female, 7 male
Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.6
DE56 2 residents
8,637

Age bands in DE56 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.3%
1,081 residents
Age 15 to 24
8.5%
748 residents
Age 25 to 44
17.7%
1,553 residents
Age 45 to 64
32.1%
2,823 residents
Age 65 and over
29.4%
2,582 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE56 2 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • WHITEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHITEMOOR LANE, BELPER, DE56 0JB

    ODS code C81038

    1.9 km

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    3.1 km

  • IVY GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81004

    3.4 km

  • RIVERSDALE SURGERY

    57 - 59 BRIDGE STREET, BELPER, DE56 1AY

    ODS code C81069

    3.5 km

  • CRICH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    OAKWELL DRIVE, CRICH, MATLOCK, DE4 5PB

    ODS code C81094

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Black Boy

    BCT · Heage

    158 m

  • Black Boy

    BCT · Heage

    170 m

  • School House Hill

    BCT · Heage

    204 m

  • School House Hill

    BCT · Heage

    209 m

  • The White Hart

    BCT · Heage

    376 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 006A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,492 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
2 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Heage Primary School is the nearest published school at 389 m.

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

Recorded crime

131 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 75 events.

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