DE6 3LF

Alport & South West Parishes · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ashbourne
Local authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales
Postcode district
DE6
Postcode sector
DE6 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE6 3LG 479 m
DE6 3LE 849 m
DE6 3JX 875 m
DE56 2SH 905 m
DE6 3JW 977 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE6 3LF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE6
Postcode sector
DE6 3
Latitude
53.048499
Longitude
-1.586841
British National Grid easting
427,794
British National Grid northing
350,215

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Parish or community
E04002678
Westminster constituency
Derbyshire Dales · E14001195
Output area
E00098146
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 007A · E01019405
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 007 · E02004035

Postcode source versions

Explore DE6

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Buttercup Barn, Kirk Ireton, Ashbourne, DE6 3LF 6 September 2024 £555,000
Buttercup Barn, Kirk Ireton, Ashbourne, DE6 3LF 6 August 2021 £375,000
Alton Hall, 1, Kirk Ireton, Ashbourne, DE6 3LF 13 August 2020 £300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Kirk Ireton C of E Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    984 m
  2. Anthony Gell School

    Academy converter

    3.5 km
  3. Carsington and Hopton Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

13 female, 18 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
3.4
DE6 3 residents
4,291

Age bands in DE6 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

606 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

362 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.4%

769 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.3%

1,427 residents

Age 65 and over
28.4%

1,252 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE6 3 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
14.3%
Next Generation Access
85.7%
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

1

within 5 km

  • HANNAGE BROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    HANNAGE WAY, WIRKSWORTH, MATLOCK, DE4 4JG

    ODS code C81062

    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

  • Wood Lane

    BCT · Idridgehay

    0.5 miles
  • Wood Lane

    BCT · Idridgehay

    0.5 miles
  • School

    BCT · Kirk Ireton

    0.6 miles
  • School

    BCT · Kirk Ireton

    0.6 miles
  • Town End

    BCT · Kirk Ireton

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 007A, 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

21,424 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
3
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 £465,000 from 2 recorded sales in DE6 3LF. 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

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Kirk Ireton C of E Primary School is the nearest published school at 984 m.

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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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