Bakewell

Bakewell is covered by postcode district DE45. It is in the Derbyshire Dales council area, Derbyshire.

Typical price £362,500 Homes sold in Bakewell, last 12 months. ▼ 5.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 35 of 120 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 52 of 126 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 673 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Bakewell, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Bakewell, by flood risk Of the 126 postcodes in Bakewell that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 36 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 33 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Bakewell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A6 DE45 1AA: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AB: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AE: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AF: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AG: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AJ: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AL: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AN: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AP: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AS: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AT: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AU: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AY: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AZ: not on the flood risk listDE45 1BD: not on the flood risk listDE45 1BL: not on the flood risk listDE45 1BP: not on the flood risk listDE45 1BQ: not on the flood risk listDE45 1BS: not on the flood risk listDE45 1BZ: not on the flood risk listDE45 1DB: not on the flood risk listDE45 1DD: not on the flood risk listDE45 1DE: not on the flood risk listDE45 1DF: not on the flood risk listDE45 1DG: not on the flood risk listDE45 1DJ: not on the flood risk listDE45 1DL: not on the flood risk listDE45 1DN: not on the flood risk listDE45 1DP: not on the flood risk listDE45 1DT: not on the flood risk listDE45 1DZ: not on the flood risk listDE45 1EA: not on the flood risk listDE45 1EB: not on the flood risk listDE45 1ED: not on the flood risk listDE45 1EH: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FB: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FD: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FE: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FF: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FG: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FH: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FJ: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FL: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FN: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FP: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FQ: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FR: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FS: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FT: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FW: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FX: not on the flood risk listDE45 1FZ: not on the flood risk listDE45 1GA: not on the flood risk listDE45 1GD: not on the flood risk listDE45 1GE: not on the flood risk listDE45 1GL: not on the flood risk listDE45 1GN: not on the flood risk listDE45 1GP: not on the flood risk listDE45 1GR: not on the flood risk listDE45 1GT: not on the flood risk listDE45 1GW: not on the flood risk listDE45 1JA: not on the flood risk listDE45 1JB: not on the flood risk listDE45 1JY: not on the flood risk listDE45 1NF: not on the flood risk listDE45 1NG: not on the flood risk listDE45 1PT: not on the flood risk listDE45 1QZ: not on the flood risk listDE45 1AX: low flood risk at worstDE45 1ER: low flood risk at worstDE45 1HD: low flood risk at worstDE45 1HJ: low flood risk at worstDE45 1AH: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1AW: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1BA: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1BB: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1BF: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1BG: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1BH: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1BJ: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1BT: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1BW: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1BX: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1DA: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1DH: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1DR: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1DS: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1DU: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1DW: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1DY: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1EE: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1EG: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1EL: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1EN: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1EP: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1EQ: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1ES: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1ET: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1EU: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1EW: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1EZ: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1FY: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1GQ: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1HA: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1HF: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1HG: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1HH: medium flood risk at worstDE45 1AQ: high flood riskDE45 1BE: high flood riskDE45 1BN: high flood riskDE45 1BU: high flood riskDE45 1DX: high flood riskDE45 1EJ: high flood riskDE45 1GF: high flood riskDE45 1GG: high flood riskDE45 1GH: high flood riskDE45 1GS: high flood riskDE45 1GU: high flood riskDE45 1GZ: high flood risk Bakewell 33 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to DE45 1DX, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk33 postcodes at high or medium risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to DE45 1BA, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Bakewell, by flood risk Of the 126 postcodes in Bakewell that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 36 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 33 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Bakewell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Bakewell
  • A home or business at high risk: 12
  • At medium risk at worst: 36
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 74
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 126 postcodes in Bakewell that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 36 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 160 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 53.2131, longitude -1.6765. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

DE45 1GS40 at high riskDE45 1GZ16 at high riskDE45 1GG12 at high riskDE45 1GH10 at high riskDE45 1BE7 at high riskDE45 1DX4 at high riskDE45 1GF4 at high riskDE45 1GU3 at high riskDE45 1AQ1 at high riskDE45 1EJ1 at high riskDE45 1BU1 at high riskDE45 1BN1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 33 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DE45 1DX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DE45 1BA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Bakewell?

Homes sold for a typical £362,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.7% on the 12 months before. At 35 of the 120 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 673 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 52 of its 126 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Grindleford, 10.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Bakewell?

Homes in Bakewell sold for a typical £362,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 40 sales, down 5.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£362,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£384,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 5.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £405,000 11 sales
  • Semi-detached £382,500 17 sales
  • Terraced 4 sales, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette £240,000 8 sales

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

Across the whole DE45 district, Bakewell's main postcode district: a typical £387,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bakewell: 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

Are new homes being built in Bakewell?

6 of the 126 postcodes now in use in Bakewell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 72 homes sold in Bakewell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE45 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

DE45 1PTsince November 2024DE45 1NGsince August 2024DE45 1NFsince January 2024DE45 9BPsince April 2023DE45 1GUsince December 2021DE45 1JYsince June 2021

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BakewellAcross the DE45 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 40 (0%) 0 of 86 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 72 (0%) 0 of 143 (0%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Bakewell?

Ofcom reports on 120 of the 126 postcodes in Bakewell. At 35 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit35 of 120
Postcodes where every home can get superfast102 of 120

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 Bakewell at risk of flooding?

52 of the 126 postcodes in Bakewell 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 673 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 52 of 126 postcodes High: 100Medium: 573Low: 209

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

Which schools are in Bakewell?

The open schools at the postcodes in Bakewell. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Bakewell?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bakewell is Grindleford Rail Station, 10.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Grindleford Rail Station Railway station 10.8 kmDrive
  • Matlock Rail Station Railway station 11.4 kmDrive
  • Hathersage Rail Station Railway station 12.6 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Bakewell?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Bakewell. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Bakewell safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 257 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bakewell over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 20 September 2025
  2. 18 October 2025
  3. 17 November 2025
  4. 21 December 2025
  5. 16 January 2026
  6. 12 February 2026
  7. 21 March 2026
  8. 22 April 2026
  9. 27 May 2026
  10. 28 June 2026
  11. 23 July 2026
  12. 32 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences87 reports
Public order37 reports
Anti-social behaviour36 reports
Shoplifting28 reports
Burglary23 reports
Other theft12 reports
Criminal damage and arson10 reports
Drugs9 reports

Also: vehicle crime 5, other crime 5, bicycle theft 3, robbery 1, possession of weapons 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Bakewell?

District, borough or city council
Derbyshire Dales
County council
Derbyshire
Parliamentary constituency
Derbyshire Dales
Police force area
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
John Whitby (Labour)

All 126 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Bakewell

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Bakewell postcodes

126 postcodes in use in Bakewell, by district:

DE45 postcode district,126 postcodes

That district is in the DE postcode area.

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Places near Bakewell

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bakewell's £362,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Darley Dale7.6 km, £256,500Tideswell9.7 km, £265,000Matlock11.4 km, £270,000Bradwell, High Peak13.6 km, £290,000Harpur Hill15.2 km, £263,000Chesterfield16.2 km, £205,000Wirksworth16.2 km, £253,500Buxton16.4 km, £250,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Bakewell

What is it like to live in Bakewell?
Homes sold for a typical £362,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.7% on the 12 months before. At 35 of the 120 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 673 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 52 of its 126 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Grindleford, 10.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Bakewell?
Bakewell is covered by postcode district DE45, across 126 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Bakewell in?
Bakewell is in the Derbyshire Dales council area, and Derbyshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Bakewell?
Bakewell is in the Derbyshire Dales parliamentary constituency. Its MP is John Whitby (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Bakewell?
Homes in Bakewell sold for a typical £362,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 40 sales, down 5.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Bakewell?
In Bakewell, primary schools at its postcodes include Bakewell CofE Infant School, St Anselm's School and Bakewell Methodist Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Lady Manners School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Bakewell have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bakewell is Grindleford, 10.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Bakewell?
Ofcom reports on 120 of the 126 postcodes in Bakewell. At 35 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Bakewell at risk of flooding?
52 of the 126 postcodes in Bakewell 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 673 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Bakewell?
6 of the 126 postcodes now in use in Bakewell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 72 homes sold in Bakewell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE45 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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