Chesterfield
Chesterfield is covered by postcode districts S40, S41, S42, S43, S44 and S49. It is mostly in the Chesterfield council area: 2,182 of its 2,212 postcodes. The others are in North East Derbyshire.
Every postcode in Chesterfield, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 62
- At medium risk at worst: 26
- At low risk at worst: 87
- At very low risk only: 10
- Not on the at-risk list: 2,027
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 2,212 postcodes in Chesterfield that ONS places, 62 have a home or business at high risk, 26 are at medium risk at worst, 87 are at low risk at worst, 10 are at very low risk only and 2,027 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 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 53.2415, longitude -1.4373. 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
62 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 27 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. S40 3BL, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. S40 2EG, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. S41 0FS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Chesterfield?
Homes sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 1,669 of the 2,100 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 639 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 185 of its 2,212 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chesterfield, 1.2 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 Chesterfield?
Homes in Chesterfield sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 975 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £330,000 299 sales
- Semi-detached £200,000 395 sales
- Terraced £147,000 205 sales
- Flat or maisonette £115,500 76 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole S40 district, Chesterfield's main postcode district: a typical £210,125.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Chesterfield: 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 Chesterfield?
68 of the 2,212 postcodes now in use in Chesterfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 27 of the 1,129 homes sold in Chesterfield were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S40 district, 2%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Chesterfield | Across the S40 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 32 of 975 (3%) | 32 of 490 (7%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 27 of 1,129 (2%) | 10 of 501 (2%) |
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 Chesterfield?
Ofcom reports on 2,100 of the 2,212 postcodes in Chesterfield. At 1,669 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Chesterfield at risk of flooding?
185 of the 2,212 postcodes in Chesterfield 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 639 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Chesterfield?
The open schools at the postcodes in Chesterfield (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- St Mary's Catholic Primary250 m 433 pupils, 420 places
- Abercrombie Primary School550 m 253 pupils, 210 places
- Brampton Primary School700 m 286 pupils, 343 places
- Christ Church CofE Primary School850 m 198 pupils, 210 places
- Brockwell Junior School950 m 245 pupils, 238 places
- Brockwell Nursery and Infant School950 m 198 pupils, 180 places
- Highfield Hall Primary School1.0 km 375 pupils, 460 places
- William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School1.3 km 192 pupils, 210 places
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 Chesterfield?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chesterfield is Chesterfield Rail Station, 1.2 km away in a straight line.
- Chesterfield Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmCycle
- Dronfield Rail Station Railway station 7.0 kmDrive
- Dore & Totley Rail Station Railway station 10.9 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 Chesterfield?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Chesterfield, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Royal Primary Care Chesterfield West Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01246 232946 350 mWalk
- Inspire Health - Avenue House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01246 244040 450 mWalk
- The Surgery at Wheatbridge Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01246 277287 850 mWalk
- Newbold Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01246 277381 1.9 kmCycle
- Whittington Moor Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report May 2024 · Phone 01246 456938 2.2 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Chesterfield safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,597 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Chesterfield 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
- 444 September 2025
- 473 October 2025
- 483 November 2025
- 443 December 2025
- 511 January 2026
- 413 February 2026
- 509 March 2026
- 456 April 2026
- 401 May 2026
- 493 June 2026
- 451 July 2026
- 520 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 125, other crime 90, robbery 79, possession of weapons 52, theft from the person 47, bicycle theft 21.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Chesterfield?
- Councils
- Chesterfield (2,182) and North East Derbyshire (30)
- County council
- Derbyshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Chesterfield (2,082) and North East Derbyshire (130)
- Police force area
- Derbyshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Chesterfield
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Chesterfield is in Chesterfield; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Chesterfield about council tax Council tax, on chesterfield.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Chesterfield
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Chesterfield postcodes
2,212 postcodes in use in Chesterfield, by district:
Those districts are all in the S postcode area.
Check a Chesterfield postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Chesterfield
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Chesterfield's £205,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Chesterfield
- What is it like to live in Chesterfield?
- Homes sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 1,669 of the 2,100 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 639 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 185 of its 2,212 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chesterfield, 1.2 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 Chesterfield?
- Chesterfield is covered by postcode districts S40, S41, S42, S43, S44 and S49, across 2,212 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Chesterfield?
- Homes in Chesterfield sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 975 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Chesterfield?
- In Chesterfield, primary schools at its postcodes include St Mary's Catholic Primary, Abercrombie Primary School and Brampton Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Outwood Academy Newbold, Parkside Community School and Ashgate Croft School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Chesterfield have a railway station?
- Yes: Chesterfield is 1.2 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Chesterfield, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Chesterfield?
- Ofcom reports on 2,100 of the 2,212 postcodes in Chesterfield. At 1,669 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Chesterfield at risk of flooding?
- 185 of the 2,212 postcodes in Chesterfield 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 639 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 Chesterfield?
- 68 of the 2,212 postcodes now in use in Chesterfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 27 of the 1,129 homes sold in Chesterfield were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S40 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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