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DE56 2JX

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 2JU 219 m
DE56 2AS 262 m
DE56 2JY 266 m
DE56 2JW 277 m
DE56 2AR 335 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE56 2JX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE56
Postcode sector
DE56 2
Latitude
53.055355
Longitude
-1.464286
British National Grid easting
436,004
British National Grid northing
351,032

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
E00098270
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 007D · E01019430
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 007 · E02004035

Postcode source versions

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Property

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11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Gun Lane, Nether Heage, Belper, DE56 2JX 12 July 2018 £335,000
Cubbyhole Cottage, 1, Gun Lane, Nether Heage, Belper, DE56 2JX 18 April 2013 £106,500
Cubbyhole Cottage, 1, Gun Lane, Nether Heage, Belper, DE56 2JX 31 October 2012 £99,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
18
Secondary
4

  1. Heage Primary School

    Academy converter

    866 m

  2. Ambergate Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

  3. Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
139
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 75
  • Public order 14
  • Criminal damage and arson 11
  • Burglary 10
  • Anti social behaviour 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

12 female, 10 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.3% 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+
75%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
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

5

within 5 km

  • WHITEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHITEMOOR LANE, BELPER, DE56 0JB

    ODS code C81038

    2.8 km

  • CRICH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    OAKWELL DRIVE, CRICH, MATLOCK, DE4 5PB

    ODS code C81094

    3.5 km

  • RIVERSDALE SURGERY

    57 - 59 BRIDGE STREET, BELPER, DE56 1AY

    ODS code C81069

    3.7 km

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    4.0 km

  • IVY GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81004

    4.4 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Gun Lane

    BCT · Nether Heage

    0.1 miles

  • Gun Lane

    BCT · Nether Heage

    0.2 miles

  • Malthouse Lane

    BCT · Nether Heage

    0.2 miles

  • Shop Lane

    BCT · Nether Heage

    0.2 miles

  • Shop Lane

    BCT · Nether Heage

    0.2 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

24 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 4 secondary schools. Heage Primary School is the nearest published school at 866 m.

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

Recorded crime

139 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.583 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.