SK17 postcode district: Buxton and around

SK17 is a postcode district mostly in Derbyshire, with 1,230 postcodes in use in 6 sectors. It has postcodes in Buxton, Tideswell and Harpur Hill. It is split between 3 councils: High Peak (868 postcodes), Derbyshire Dales (228) and Staffordshire Moorlands (134). 1,096 are in Derbyshire and 134 in Staffordshire.

Postcodes in use: 1,230
Sectors: 6
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 SK17, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 76
In use before 2020: 1,154
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,230 postcodes in SK17 that ONS places, 76 are new since 2020 and 1,154 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 150 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 53.2446, longitude -1.8818. 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

SK17 1EJMay 2026 SK17 8FXMay 2026 SK17 9UWMay 2026 SK17 9XUMarch 2026 SK17 1EGFebruary 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

19 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SK17 9XU, is the newest of them.
13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SK17 1EJ, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SK17 8FX, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SK17 9GL, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SK17 9GR, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in SK17?

Ofcom reports on 1,160 of the 1,230 postcodes in SK17. At 619 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 57 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit619 of 1,160

Postcodes where every home can get superfast874 of 1,160

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband57 of 1,160

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 SK17 at risk of flooding?

84 of the 1,230 postcodes in SK17 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 302 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 84 of 1,230 postcodes High: 221Medium: 81Low: 370

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 SK17?

Homes in SK17 sold for a typical £257,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 388 sales, up 1.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£257,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£253,648 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 1.6% on the 12 months before

Detached £417,000 79 sales
Semi-detached £270,000 130 sales
Terraced £217,000 131 sales
Flat or maisonette £169,500 48 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