DE56 postcode district: Belper and around, Derbyshire

DE56 is a postcode district in Derbyshire, with 915 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Belper, Duffield and Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse. It is split between 3 councils: Amber Valley (905 postcodes), Derbyshire Dales (5) and Erewash (5).

Postcodes in use: 915
Sectors: 5
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 3 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in DE56, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 42
In use before 2020: 873
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 915 postcodes in DE56 that ONS places, 42 are new since 2020 and 873 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 180 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.0226, longitude -1.4753. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

DE56 9FFJune 2026 DE56 2NRMay 2026 DE56 9HAMay 2026 DE56 9GZMarch 2026 DE56 2JAJuly 2025

Where the new postcodes lie together

10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. DE56 2ND, is the newest of them.
7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. DE56 2NR, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. DE56 9FF, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in DE56?

Ofcom reports on 905 of the 915 postcodes in DE56. At 544 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 7 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit544 of 905

Postcodes where every home can get superfast811 of 905

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband7 of 905

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is DE56 at risk of flooding?

138 of the 915 postcodes in DE56 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 809 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 138 of 915 postcodes High: 610Medium: 199Low: 593Very low: 9

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in DE56?

Homes in DE56 sold for a typical £269,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 537 sales, up 3.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£269,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£260,000 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 3.5% on the 12 months before

Detached £380,000 214 sales
Semi-detached £248,000 141 sales
Terraced £190,819 144 sales
Flat or maisonette £166,500 38 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it