DE7 2RU

Castle Donington Park · North West Leicestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Postcode district
DE7
Postcode sector
DE7 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE74 2BN 111 m
DE74 2RN 829 m
DE74 2RP 882 m
DE73 8BR 1.0 km
DE74 2ZH 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE7 2RU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE7
Postcode sector
DE7 2
Latitude
52.829052
Longitude
-1.385497
British National Grid easting
441,500
British National Grid northing
325,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Parish or community
E04005547
Output area
E00187445
Lower layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 001C · E01025926
Middle layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 001 · E02005397

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
12
Secondary
1
  1. Foxbridge Primary School

    Free schools

    2.2 km
  2. Weston-on-Trent CofE (VA) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.3 km
  3. Melbourne Infant School

    Community school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
111
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 36
  • Violence and sexual offences 26
  • Theft from the person 24
  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Public order 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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 not available.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • MELBOURNE & CHELLASTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MELBOURNE & CHELLASTON MP, PENN LANE, MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE, DERBY, DE73 8EF

    ODS code C81108

    3.1 km

  • CASTLE DONINGTON SURGERY

    53 BOROUGH STREET, CASTLE DONINGTON, DERBY, DE74 2LB

    ODS code C82007

    3.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Slade Lane

    BCT · Castle Donington

    0.3 miles
  • Melbourne Road

    BCT · Castle Donington

    0.3 miles
  • Melbourne Road

    BCT · Isley Walton

    0.8 miles
  • Melbourne Road

    BCT · Isley Walton

    0.8 miles
  • Download Festival Transport Hub

    BCT · Castle Donington

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North West Leicestershire 001C, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,453 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Foxbridge Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

111 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 36 events.

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