SK17 6DR

Buxton Central · High Peak · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Buxton
Local authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak
Postcode district
SK17
Postcode sector
SK17 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SK17 6DQ 33 m
SK17 6DE 50 m
SK17 6DH 55 m
SK17 6AS 67 m
SK17 6BN 73 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SK17 6DR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SK
Postcode district
SK17
Postcode sector
SK17 6
Latitude
53.258659
Longitude
-1.912686
British National Grid easting
405,922
British National Grid northing
373,519

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
High Peak · E07000037
Parish or community
E43000050
Westminster constituency
High Peak · E14001287
Output area
E00099752
Lower layer super output area
High Peak 010C · E01019717
Middle layer super output area
High Peak 010 · E02004102

Postcode source versions

Explore SK17

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
London House, 8, Terrace Road, Buxton, SK17 6DR 4 November 2024 £106,385
1, Terrace Road, Buxton, SK17 6DR 12 March 2024 £207,000
7, Terrace Road, Buxton, SK17 6DR 31 January 2005 £298,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Buxton Infant School

    Academy converter

    220 m
  2. Buxton and Leek College

    Miscellaneous

    306 m
  3. St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    436 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,855
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 783
  • Anti social behaviour 204
  • Public order 194
  • Shoplifting 182
  • Criminal damage and arson 160

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.3
SK17 6 residents
7,269

Age bands in SK17 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.5%

960 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

821 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.7%

1,587 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.3%

2,324 residents

Age 65 and over
25.7%

1,969 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SK17 6 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

  • STEWART MEDICAL CENTRE

    15 HARTINGTON ROAD, BUXTON, SK17 6JP

    ODS code C81034

    628 m

  • BUXTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 TEMPLE ROAD, BUXTON, SK17 9BZ

    ODS code C81065

    804 m

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

  • Terrace Road

    BCT · Buxton

    0.0 miles
  • Terrace Road

    BCT · Buxton

    0.0 miles
  • Colonnade

    BCT · Buxton

    0.1 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Buxton

    0.1 miles
  • Buxton Rail Station

    RSE · Buxton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for High Peak 010C, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,543 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
6 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
2
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 £156,692 from 2 recorded sales in SK17 6DR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for High Peak is £252,980 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Buxton Infant School is the nearest published school at 220 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,855 published events cover 12 months, averaging 154.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 783 events.

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