SK17 8AE

Limestone Peak · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SK17 8BA 261 m
SK17 8AZ 279 m
SK17 8AY 321 m
SK17 8AX 334 m
SK17 8AU 404 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SK17 8AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SK
Postcode district
SK17
Postcode sector
SK17 8
Latitude
53.278366
Longitude
-1.868121
British National Grid easting
408,891
British National Grid northing
375,716

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
High Peak · E07000037
Parish or community
E04002860
Westminster constituency
High Peak · E14001287
Output area
E00180295
Lower layer super output area
High Peak 013D · E01019742
Middle layer super output area
High Peak 013 · E02006872

Postcode source versions

Explore SK17

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Broadlow Farm, Peak Dale, Buxton, SK17 8AE 8 December 2025 £615,000
Sweet Water Cottages, Peak Dale, Buxton, SK17 8AE 22 November 2013 £160,000
2 Sweet Water Cottages, Peak Dale, Buxton, SK17 8AE 4 April 2012 £125,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Peak Dale Primary School

    Community school

    730 m
  2. Dove Holes CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.7 km
  3. St Peter's Church of England (VC) Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
39
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 13
  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Vehicle crime 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Other theft 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

3 female, 5 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.7
SK17 8 residents
5,173

Age bands in SK17 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

807 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

531 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.4%

1,064 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.7%

1,790 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

1,279 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SK17 8 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
33.3%
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

    4.3 km

  • BUXTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 TEMPLE ROAD, BUXTON, SK17 9BZ

    ODS code C81065

    4.5 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

  • Ferndale Avenue

    BCT · Upper End

    0.2 miles
  • Ferndale Avenue

    BCT · Upper End

    0.2 miles
  • New Street

    BCT · Upper End

    0.3 miles
  • New Street

    BCT · Upper End

    0.3 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Peak Dale

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for High Peak 013D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,164 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
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 £615,000 from 1 recorded sale in SK17 8AE. 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. Peak Dale Primary School is the nearest published school at 730 m.

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

Recorded crime

39 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.

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