SK17 7HW

Barms · High Peak · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Buxton
Ward
Barms
Local authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak
Postcode district
SK17
Postcode sector
SK17 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SK17 7HP 768 m
SK17 7HN 782 m
SK17 7JJ 803 m
SK17 7EW 851 m
SK17 7JL 880 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SK17 7HW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SK
Postcode district
SK17
Postcode sector
SK17 7
Latitude
53.272083
Longitude
-1.894936
British National Grid easting
407,104
British National Grid northing
375,014

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
High Peak · E07000037
Electoral ward
Barms · E05010623
Parish or community
E43000050
Westminster constituency
High Peak · E14001287
Output area
E00099728
Lower layer super output area
High Peak 010A · E01019710
Middle layer super output area
High Peak 010 · E02004102

Postcode source versions

Explore SK17

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Barms Farm, Fairfield, Buxton, SK17 7HW 4 April 2022 £1,310,000
1, Brook House Drive, Fairfield, Buxton, SK17 7HW 4 June 2020 £440,000
Badgers Clough, Fairfield, Buxton, SK17 7HW 31 March 2016 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. St Peter's Church of England (VC) Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.4 km
  2. Fairfield Infant and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. St Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
403
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 189
  • Criminal damage and arson 47
  • Anti social behaviour 44
  • Public order 40
  • Burglary 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

17 female, 10 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
3.0
SK17 7 residents
7,382

Age bands in SK17 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19%

1,322 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.6%

806 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.1%

1,681 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

1,994 residents

Age 65 and over
16.8%

1,169 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SK17 7 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
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
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

    2.5 km

  • BUXTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 TEMPLE ROAD, BUXTON, SK17 9BZ

    ODS code C81065

    2.7 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Brook House

    BCT · Fairfield

    0.1 miles
  • Brook House

    BCT · Fairfield

    0.1 miles
  • Tomthorn

    BCT · Fairfield

    0.5 miles
  • Tomthorn

    BCT · Fairfield

    0.5 miles
  • Tomthorn

    BCT · Fairfield

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for High Peak 010A, 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

5,943 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
1
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 £1,310,000 from 1 recorded sale in SK17 7HW. 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

13 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Peter's Church of England (VC) Junior School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

403 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 189 events.

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