DE74 postcode district: Castle Donington and around

DE74 is a postcode district mostly in Leicestershire, with 341 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Castle Donington, Kegworth and Derby. It is split between 3 councils: North West Leicestershire (336 postcodes), Rushcliffe (3) and Derby (2). 336 are in Leicestershire and 3 in Nottinghamshire. ONS lists no county for the other 2.

Postcodes in use: 341
Sectors: 2
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 DE74, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 45
In use before 2020: 296
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 341 postcodes in DE74 that ONS places, 45 are new since 2020 and 296 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 190 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 52.8388, longitude -1.3254. 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

DE74 2ZHJune 2026 DE74 2TYJanuary 2026 DE74 0ALNovember 2025 DE74 0AHJune 2025 DE74 2WBApril 2025

Where the new postcodes lie together

14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. DE74 2WB, is the newest of them.
9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. DE74 0AL, is the newest of them.
9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. DE74 2EQ, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in DE74?

Ofcom reports on 327 of the 341 postcodes in DE74. At 191 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 4 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit191 of 327

Postcodes where every home can get superfast279 of 327

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband4 of 327

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 DE74 at risk of flooding?

64 of the 341 postcodes in DE74 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 144 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 64 of 341 postcodes High: 107Medium: 37Low: 238Very low: 263

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 DE74?

Homes in DE74 sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 187 sales, up 0.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£295,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£294,000 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 0.3% on the 12 months before

Detached £359,000 100 sales
Semi-detached £260,000 50 sales
Terraced £210,000 32 sales
Flat or maisonette £144,000 5 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