SK23 7BP

Whaley Bridge · High Peak · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
High Peak
Local authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak
Postcode district
SK23
Postcode sector
SK23 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SK23 7BW 219 m
SK23 7BA 378 m
SK23 7BR 393 m
SK23 7BD 395 m
SK23 7AZ 429 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SK23 7BP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SK
Postcode district
SK23
Postcode sector
SK23 7
Latitude
53.327913
Longitude
-1.996011
British National Grid easting
400,363
British National Grid northing
381,220

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
High Peak · E07000037
Parish or community
E04002859
Westminster constituency
High Peak · E14001287
Output area
E00100014
Lower layer super output area
High Peak 008C · E01019764
Middle layer super output area
High Peak 008 · E02004100

Postcode source versions

Explore SK23

33 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lenton, Start Lane, Whaley Bridge, High Peak, SK23 7BP 12 December 2024 £467,500
Start House, Start Lane, Whaley Bridge, High Peak, SK23 7BP 13 September 2024 £708,000
Lenton, Start Lane, Whaley Bridge, High Peak, SK23 7BP 30 August 2022 £415,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
13
Secondary
1
  1. Taxal and Fernilee CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    660 m
  2. Whaley Bridge Primary School

    Community school

    735 m
  3. High Peak School

    Other independent special school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
261
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 107
  • Anti social behaviour 36
  • Shoplifting 33
  • Public order 28
  • Other theft 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
65

32 female, 33 male

Postcode households
27
Residents per household
2.4
SK23 7 residents
7,548

Age bands in SK23 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

1,059 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

717 residents

Age 25 to 44
19%

1,461 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.4%

2,570 residents

Age 65 and over
24.4%

1,878 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SK23 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+
96.4%
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
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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • GOYT VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CHAPEL STREET, WHALEY BRIDGE, HIGH PEAK, SK23 7SR

    ODS code C81080

    906 m

  • ARDEN HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SETT CLOSE, NEW MILLS, HIGH PEAK, SK22 4AQ

    ODS code C81634

    4.3 km

  • SETT VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    HYDE BANK ROAD, NEW MILLS, HIGH PEAK, SK22 4BP

    ODS code C81003

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Start Lane

    BCT · Whaley Bridge

    0.2 miles
  • Meadowfield top

    BCT · Stoneheads

    0.2 miles
  • Meadow Close

    BCT · Stoneheads

    0.3 miles
  • Hill View

    BCT · Stoneheads

    0.4 miles
  • Williamson Road

    BCT · Whaley Bridge

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for High Peak 008C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,806 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £662,750 from 6 recorded sales in SK23 7BP. 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

17 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools. Taxal and Fernilee CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 660 m.

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

Recorded crime

261 published events cover 12 months, averaging 21.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 107 events.

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