DE56 2TF

Heage & Ambergate · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Belper
Local authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Amber Valley
Postcode district
DE56
Postcode sector
DE56 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE56 2TG 65 m
DE56 2TB 73 m
DE56 2AF 80 m
DE56 2UT 99 m
DE56 2TE 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE56 2TF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE56
Postcode sector
DE56 2
Latitude
53.044139
Longitude
-1.447093
British National Grid easting
437,166
British National Grid northing
349,793

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Parish or community
E04002688
Westminster constituency
Amber Valley · E14001066
Output area
E00098266
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 007C · E01019428
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 007 · E02004035

Postcode source versions

Explore DE56

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1c, Cookfield, Heage, Belper, DE56 2TF 4 February 2025 £185,000
2d, Cookfield, Heage, Belper, DE56 2TF 14 March 2024 £232,500
5, Cookfield, Heage, Belper, DE56 2TF 25 February 2022 £215,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
21
Secondary
4
  1. Heage Primary School

    Academy converter

    917 m
  2. Street Lane Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  3. Belper School and Sixth Form Centre

    Foundation school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
168
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 89
  • Public order 17
  • Other theft 11
  • Anti social behaviour 11
  • Criminal damage and arson 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
59

26 female, 33 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.7% 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+
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

  • WHITEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHITEMOOR LANE, BELPER, DE56 0JB

    ODS code C81038

    1.6 km

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    2.8 km

  • IVY GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81004

    3.0 km

  • RIVERSDALE SURGERY

    57 - 59 BRIDGE STREET, BELPER, DE56 1AY

    ODS code C81069

    3.4 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Cookfield

    BCT · Heage

    0.1 miles
  • Cookfield

    BCT · Heage

    0.1 miles
  • Park Road

    BCT · Heage

    0.1 miles
  • High Edge Drive

    BCT · Heage

    0.1 miles
  • High Edge Drive

    BCT · Heage

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 007C, 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

16,329 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
6 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

Property market

The five-year median is £215,000 from 3 recorded sales in DE56 2TF. 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Heage Primary School is the nearest published school at 917 m.

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

Recorded crime

168 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 89 events.

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