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DE56 2FZ

Heage & Ambergate · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 2EP 190 m
DE56 2ER 191 m
DE56 2EX 277 m
DE56 2NN 292 m
DE56 2ES 293 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE56 2FZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE56
Postcode sector
DE56 2
Latitude
53.063275
Longitude
-1.474544
British National Grid easting
435,310
British National Grid northing
351,908

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
E00098268
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 007D · E01019430
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 007 · E02004035

Postcode source versions

Explore DE56

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
16
Secondary
1

  1. Ambergate Primary School

    Community school

    777 m

  2. Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.0 km

  3. Heage Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
117
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 58
  • Public order 11
  • Burglary 10
  • Anti social behaviour 10
  • Other crime 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • CRICH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    OAKWELL DRIVE, CRICH, MATLOCK, DE4 5PB

    ODS code C81094

    2.5 km

  • WHITEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHITEMOOR LANE, BELPER, DE56 0JB

    ODS code C81038

    3.8 km

  • RIVERSDALE SURGERY

    57 - 59 BRIDGE STREET, BELPER, DE56 1AY

    ODS code C81069

    4.4 km

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    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

  • Council Depot

    BCT · Ambergate

    0.2 miles

  • Council Depot

    BCT · Ambergate

    0.2 miles

  • New Road

    BCT · Ambergate

    0.2 miles

  • Riversdale

    BCT · Ambergate

    0.2 miles

  • New Road

    BCT · Ambergate

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 007D, 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

25,666 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ambergate Primary School is the nearest published school at 777 m.

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

Recorded crime

117 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 58 events.

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