DE postcode area

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Derby
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DE
Coordinates: 52°55′55″N1°29′56″W / 52.932°N 1.499°W / 52.932; -1.499
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
DE
Postcode area name
Derby
Post towns 11
Postcode districts 25
Postcode sectors129
Postcodes (live)17,235
Postcodes (total)30,008
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

The DE postcode area, also known as the Derby postcode area, [2] is a group of 23 postcode districts in central England, within 11 post towns. These cover south and central Derbyshire (including Derby, Alfreton, Ashbourne, Bakewell, Belper, Heanor, Ilkeston, Matlock, Ripley and Swadlincote), parts of east Staffordshire (including Burton upon Trent) and north-west Leicestershire, and very small parts of Nottinghamshire.

Contents

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
DE1DERBYDerby C
Sector 1: City Centre SW
Sector 2: City Centre SE
Sector 3: City Centre N, West End, Little Chester
Sector 9: Toyota Plant, Large Users
Sector 0: non-geographic
Derby
DE3DERBYSector 9: Mickleover East
Sector 0: Mickleover West
Derby, South Derbyshire
DE4MATLOCKSector 2: Darley Dale, Beeley, Rowsley, Winster, Darley Bridge, Elton, Bonsall
Sector 3: Matlock, Matlock Bath, Cromford
Sector 4: Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Wirksworth, Bolehill
Sector 5: Crich, Holloway, Lea, Tansley
Derbyshire Dales, Amber Valley
DE5RIPLEYSector 3: Ripley, Pentrich, Lower Hartshay
Sector 8: Denby, Marehay
Sector 9: Codnor, Waingroves
Amber Valley
DE6ASHBOURNE Ashbourne, Hulland Ward, Weston Underwood Derbyshire Dales, Amber Valley, South Derbyshire, Derby, East Staffordshire
DE7ILKESTON Horsley Woodhouse, Ilkeston, Morley, West Hallam Erewash, Amber Valley, Broxtowe
DE11SWADLINCOTE Swadlincote, Church Gresley, Woodville, Newhall, Hartshorne, Castle Gresley, Blackfordby, Albert Village South Derbyshire, North West Leicestershire
DE12SWADLINCOTE Appleby Magna, Donisthorpe, Linton, Measham, Overseal, Rosliston, Walton-on-Trent North West Leicestershire, South Derbyshire
DE13BURTON-ON-TRENT Alrewas, Barton-under-Needwood, Rolleston on Dove, Tutbury East Staffordshire, Lichfield
DE14BURTON-ON-TRENT Branston, Burton upon Trent East Staffordshire, South Derbyshire
DE15BURTON-ON-TRENT Bretby, Stapenhill, Newton Solney, Winshill East Staffordshire, South Derbyshire
DE21DERBYDerby NE
Sector 2: Oakwood, Derby
Sectors 4 and 6: Chaddesden, Derby
Sector 5: Little Eaton, Breadsall, Coxbench
Sector 7: Spondon, Derby
Derby, Erewash, Amber Valley
DE22DERBYDerby NW
Sector 1: Darley Abbey, Derby
Sector 2: Allestree, Derby
Sector 3: New Zealand, Derby
Sector 4: Mackworth, Derby, Mackworth (village)
Sector 5: Quarndon, Kedleston
Derby, Amber Valley
DE23DERBYDerby SW
Sectors 1 and 2: Sunny Hill, Derby
Sector 3: Heatherton Village, Highfields
Sectors 4 and 6: Littleover, Derby
Sector 8: Normanton Derby, Pear Tree, Derby
Derby, South Derbyshire
DE24DERBYDerby SE
Sector 1: City Point Estate, Derby
Sector 3: Stenson Fields
Sector 5: Boulton Moor
Sector 8: Pride Park, Wilmorton, Derby, Osmaston, Derby, Crewton
Sector 9: Sinfin, Derby, Allenton, Derby, Shelton Lock, Derby
Sector 0: Alvaston, Derby, Boulton, Derby
Derby, South Derbyshire
DE45BAKEWELLSector 1: Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell, Baslow, Chatsworth, Edensor, Hassop, Monyash, Youlgreave
Sector 9: non-geographic
Derbyshire Dales
DE55ALFRETONSector 1: Swanwick, Leabrooks
Sectors 2 and 3: South Normanton
Sector 4: Riddings, Greenhill Lane, Somercotes
Sector 5: Tibshelf, Newton, Blackwell, Hilcote
Sector 6: Wessington, Higham, Stonebroom, Morton, Shirland
Sector 7: Alfreton, South Wingfield
Amber Valley, Bolsover
DE56BELPER Ambergate, Belper, Duffield, Heage, Holbrook, Kilburn, Milford Amber Valley
DE65DERBY Burnaston, Egginton, Etwall, Findern, Hatton, Hilton, Milton, Repton, Willington South Derbyshire
DE72DERBY Ambaston, Aston-on-Trent, Borrowash, Breaston, Church Wilne, Draycott, Elvaston, Ockbrook, Risley, Shardlow, Weston-on-Trent Erewash, South Derbyshire, North West Leicestershire
DE73DERBY Derby (Chellaston); Barrow upon Trent, Ingleby, Melbourne, Stanton by Bridge, Swarkestone, Ticknall Derby, South Derbyshire
DE74DERBY Castle Donington, Kegworth, Diseworth, Hemington, Lockington, East Midlands Airport North West Leicestershire, Rushcliffe
DE75HEANOR Heanor, Loscoe, Shipley Amber Valley
DE99DERBYnon-geographic

History

Until approximately 1992, most of the districts were different:

Map

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DE postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby B, CV, LE, NG, S, SK, ST and WS postcode areas. DE postcode area map.svg
DE postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby B, CV, LE, NG, S, SK, ST and WS postcode areas.

See also

References

  1. "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)