SK23 9XA

Blackbrook · High Peak · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak
Postcode district
SK23
Postcode sector
SK23 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SK17 6SX 988 m
SK23 9UZ 1.1 km
SK23 9UY 1.2 km
SK23 9UT 1.4 km
SK23 9UU 1.5 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SK23 9XA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SK
Postcode district
SK23
Postcode sector
SK23 9
Latitude
53.293108
Longitude
-1.952823
British National Grid easting
403,242
British National Grid northing
377,349

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
High Peak · E07000037
Parish or community
E04002843
Westminster constituency
High Peak · E14001287
Output area
E00099732
Lower layer super output area
High Peak 008B · E01019713
Middle layer super output area
High Peak 008 · E02004100

Postcode source versions

Explore SK23

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
13
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. Combs Infant School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  2. Chapel-en-le-Frith High School

    Community school

    3.5 km
  3. Taxal and Fernilee CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

8 female, 7 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.1
SK23 9 residents
2,952

Age bands in SK23 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

444 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

245 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.3%

538 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

805 residents

Age 65 and over
26.9%

749 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SK23 9 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
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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • THORNBROOK SURGERY

    THORNBROOK ROAD, CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, HIGH PEAK, SK23 0RH

    ODS code C81063

    4.3 km

  • GOYT VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C81080

    4.6 km

  • STEWART MEDICAL CENTRE

    15 HARTINGTON ROAD, BUXTON, SK17 6JP

    ODS code C81034

    4.9 km

  • BUXTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 TEMPLE ROAD, BUXTON, SK17 9BZ

    ODS code C81065

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Beehive Inn

    BCT · Combs

    0.9 miles
  • Goyts Lane

    BCT · Buxton

    1.4 miles
  • Shady Oak

    BCT · Fernilee

    1.4 miles
  • Shady Oak

    BCT · Fernilee

    1.4 miles
  • Tom Lane

    BCT · Tunstead Milton

    1.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for High Peak 008B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,510 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
1
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

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Combs Infant School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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