DE74 2LY

Castle Donington Castle · North West Leicestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Derby
Postcode district
DE74
Postcode sector
DE74 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE74 2LX 62 m
DE74 2LS 132 m
DE74 2NA 154 m
DE74 2NB 201 m
DE74 2LT 203 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE74 2LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE74
Postcode sector
DE74 2
Latitude
52.836791
Longitude
-1.336622
British National Grid easting
444,785
British National Grid northing
326,790

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Parish or community
E04005547
Output area
E00131562
Lower layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 001D · E01025927
Middle layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 001 · E02005397

Postcode source versions

Explore DE74

48 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
30, Stonehill, Castle Donington, Derby, DE74 2LY 17 December 2025 £255,000
43, Stonehill, Castle Donington, Derby, DE74 2LY 18 September 2025 £270,000
51, Stonehill, Castle Donington, Derby, DE74 2LY 5 August 2025 £220,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. Castle Donington College

    Academy converter

    344 m
  2. St Edward's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    425 m
  3. Orchard Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    750 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
638
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 176
  • Anti social behaviour 96
  • Other theft 74
  • Shoplifting 68
  • Public order 51

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
131

64 female, 67 male

Postcode households
57
Residents per household
2.3
DE74 2 residents
12,927

Age bands in DE74 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

1,905 residents

Age 15 to 24
15.1%

1,945 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.7%

3,050 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

3,416 residents

Age 65 and over
20%

2,580 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE74 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

2

within 5 km

  • CASTLE DONINGTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82007

    659 m

  • ORCHARD SURGERY

    DRAGWELL, KEGWORTH, DERBY, DE74 2EL

    ODS code C82040

    4.0 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

  • High Street

    BCT · Castle Donington

    0.3 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCT · Castle Donington

    0.3 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCT · Castle Donington

    0.3 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Castle Donington

    0.3 miles
  • Castle Hill

    BCT · Castle Donington

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,757 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
8 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.

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
9
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 £255,000 from 9 recorded sales in DE74 2LY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North West Leicestershire is £282,239 in June 2026, up 6.5% year on year.

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Castle Donington College is the nearest published school at 344 m.

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

Recorded crime

638 published events cover 12 months, averaging 53.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 176 events.

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