Clay Cross

Clay Cross is covered by postcode district S45. It is in the North East Derbyshire council area, Derbyshire.

Typical price £185,500 Homes sold in Clay Cross, last 12 months. ▼ 4.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 221 of 260 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 16 of 263 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 55 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Clay Cross, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Clay Cross, by flood risk Of the 263 postcodes in Clay Cross that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 247 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Clay Cross. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A6175 S45 9AA: not on the flood risk listS45 9AD: not on the flood risk listS45 9AF: not on the flood risk listS45 9AG: not on the flood risk listS45 9AJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9AL: not on the flood risk listS45 9AQ: not on the flood risk listS45 9BB: not on the flood risk listS45 9BD: not on the flood risk listS45 9BE: not on the flood risk listS45 9BF: not on the flood risk listS45 9BG: not on the flood risk listS45 9BH: not on the flood risk listS45 9BJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9BN: not on the flood risk listS45 9BP: not on the flood risk listS45 9BS: not on the flood risk listS45 9BT: not on the flood risk listS45 9BU: not on the flood risk listS45 9BW: not on the flood risk listS45 9BY: not on the flood risk listS45 9BZ: not on the flood risk listS45 9DA: not on the flood risk listS45 9DB: not on the flood risk listS45 9DD: not on the flood risk listS45 9DE: not on the flood risk listS45 9DF: not on the flood risk listS45 9DH: not on the flood risk listS45 9DJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9DL: not on the flood risk listS45 9DN: not on the flood risk listS45 9DQ: not on the flood risk listS45 9DR: not on the flood risk listS45 9DW: not on the flood risk listS45 9DX: not on the flood risk listS45 9DY: not on the flood risk listS45 9DZ: not on the flood risk listS45 9EA: not on the flood risk listS45 9ED: not on the flood risk listS45 9EE: not on the flood risk listS45 9EG: not on the flood risk listS45 9EH: not on the flood risk listS45 9EJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9EL: not on the flood risk listS45 9EN: not on the flood risk listS45 9EQ: not on the flood risk listS45 9EX: not on the flood risk listS45 9EY: not on the flood risk listS45 9FA: not on the flood risk listS45 9FB: not on the flood risk listS45 9FD: not on the flood risk listS45 9FE: not on the flood risk listS45 9FG: not on the flood risk listS45 9FH: not on the flood risk listS45 9FJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9FL: not on the flood risk listS45 9FN: not on the flood risk listS45 9FQ: not on the flood risk listS45 9FR: not on the flood risk listS45 9FS: not on the flood risk listS45 9FT: not on the flood risk listS45 9FU: not on the flood risk listS45 9FW: not on the flood risk listS45 9FY: not on the flood risk listS45 9FZ: not on the flood risk listS45 9GA: not on the flood risk listS45 9GD: not on the flood risk listS45 9GE: not on the flood risk listS45 9GF: not on the flood risk listS45 9GH: not on the flood risk listS45 9GJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9GL: not on the flood risk listS45 9GQ: not on the flood risk listS45 9GW: not on the flood risk listS45 9GY: not on the flood risk listS45 9GZ: not on the flood risk listS45 9HA: not on the flood risk listS45 9HB: not on the flood risk listS45 9HD: not on the flood risk listS45 9HE: not on the flood risk listS45 9HF: not on the flood risk listS45 9HG: not on the flood risk listS45 9HH: not on the flood risk listS45 9HJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9HL: not on the flood risk listS45 9HN: not on the flood risk listS45 9HP: not on the flood risk listS45 9HQ: not on the flood risk listS45 9HR: not on the flood risk listS45 9HS: not on the flood risk listS45 9HT: not on the flood risk listS45 9HU: not on the flood risk listS45 9HW: not on the flood risk listS45 9HX: not on the flood risk listS45 9HY: not on the flood risk listS45 9HZ: not on the flood risk listS45 9JA: not on the flood risk listS45 9JB: not on the flood risk listS45 9JE: not on the flood risk listS45 9JF: not on the flood risk listS45 9JG: not on the flood risk listS45 9JH: not on the flood risk listS45 9JJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9JL: not on the flood risk listS45 9JN: not on the flood risk listS45 9JP: not on the flood risk listS45 9JQ: not on the flood risk listS45 9JR: not on the flood risk listS45 9JS: not on the flood risk listS45 9JT: not on the flood risk listS45 9JU: not on the flood risk listS45 9JW: not on the flood risk listS45 9JX: not on the flood risk listS45 9JY: not on the flood risk listS45 9JZ: not on the flood risk listS45 9LA: not on the flood risk listS45 9LB: not on the flood risk listS45 9LD: not on the flood risk listS45 9LE: not on the flood risk listS45 9LF: not on the flood risk listS45 9LG: not on the flood risk listS45 9LH: not on the flood risk listS45 9LJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9LL: not on the flood risk listS45 9LN: not on the flood risk listS45 9LP: not on the flood risk listS45 9LQ: not on the flood risk listS45 9LR: not on the flood risk listS45 9LS: not on the flood risk listS45 9LT: not on the flood risk listS45 9LU: not on the flood risk listS45 9LW: not on the flood risk listS45 9LX: not on the flood risk listS45 9LY: not on the flood risk listS45 9LZ: not on the flood risk listS45 9NA: not on the flood risk listS45 9NB: not on the flood risk listS45 9ND: not on the flood risk listS45 9NE: not on the flood risk listS45 9NF: not on the flood risk listS45 9NG: not on the flood risk listS45 9NH: not on the flood risk listS45 9NJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9NL: not on the flood risk listS45 9NN: not on the flood risk listS45 9NP: not on the flood risk listS45 9NQ: not on the flood risk listS45 9NR: not on the flood risk listS45 9NS: not on the flood risk listS45 9NT: not on the flood risk listS45 9NU: not on the flood risk listS45 9NW: not on the flood risk listS45 9NX: not on the flood risk listS45 9NY: not on the flood risk listS45 9NZ: not on the flood risk listS45 9PA: not on the flood risk listS45 9PB: not on the flood risk listS45 9PD: not on the flood risk listS45 9PE: not on the flood risk listS45 9PG: not on the flood risk listS45 9PJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9PL: not on the flood risk listS45 9PN: not on the flood risk listS45 9PP: not on the flood risk listS45 9PQ: not on the flood risk listS45 9PR: not on the flood risk listS45 9PS: not on the flood risk listS45 9PT: not on the flood risk listS45 9PU: not on the flood risk listS45 9PW: not on the flood risk listS45 9PX: not on the flood risk listS45 9PY: not on the flood risk listS45 9PZ: not on the flood risk listS45 9QB: not on the flood risk listS45 9QF: not on the flood risk listS45 9QG: not on the flood risk listS45 9QH: not on the flood risk listS45 9QJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9QL: not on the flood risk listS45 9QN: not on the flood risk listS45 9QP: not on the flood risk listS45 9QQ: not on the flood risk listS45 9QR: not on the flood risk listS45 9QS: not on the flood risk listS45 9QT: not on the flood risk listS45 9QU: not on the flood risk listS45 9QW: not on the flood risk listS45 9QX: not on the flood risk listS45 9QY: not on the flood risk listS45 9QZ: not on the flood risk listS45 9RA: not on the flood risk listS45 9RB: not on the flood risk listS45 9RD: not on the flood risk listS45 9RE: not on the flood risk listS45 9RF: not on the flood risk listS45 9RG: not on the flood risk listS45 9RH: not on the flood risk listS45 9RJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9RL: not on the flood risk listS45 9RN: not on the flood risk listS45 9RP: not on the flood risk listS45 9RR: not on the flood risk listS45 9RS: not on the flood risk listS45 9RT: not on the flood risk listS45 9RU: not on the flood risk listS45 9RW: not on the flood risk listS45 9RX: not on the flood risk listS45 9RY: not on the flood risk listS45 9RZ: not on the flood risk listS45 9SA: not on the flood risk listS45 9SB: not on the flood risk listS45 9SD: not on the flood risk listS45 9SF: not on the flood risk listS45 9SJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9SL: not on the flood risk listS45 9SN: not on the flood risk listS45 9SP: not on the flood risk listS45 9SQ: not on the flood risk listS45 9SR: not on the flood risk listS45 9SS: not on the flood risk listS45 9ST: not on the flood risk listS45 9SU: not on the flood risk listS45 9SW: not on the flood risk listS45 9SX: not on the flood risk listS45 9SY: not on the flood risk listS45 9SZ: not on the flood risk listS45 9TA: not on the flood risk listS45 9TB: not on the flood risk listS45 9TD: not on the flood risk listS45 9TE: not on the flood risk listS45 9TF: not on the flood risk listS45 9TG: not on the flood risk listS45 9TH: not on the flood risk listS45 9TJ: not on the flood risk listS45 9TL: not on the flood risk listS45 9TN: not on the flood risk listS45 9TR: not on the flood risk listS45 9TT: not on the flood risk listS45 9TU: not on the flood risk listS45 9TX: not on the flood risk listS45 9TY: not on the flood risk listS45 9TZ: not on the flood risk listS45 9UT: not on the flood risk listS45 9UU: not on the flood risk listS45 9UX: not on the flood risk listS45 9UY: not on the flood risk listS45 9BX: low flood risk at worstS45 9ER: low flood risk at worstS45 9ES: low flood risk at worstS45 9PH: low flood risk at worstS45 9QE: low flood risk at worstS45 9SE: low flood risk at worstS45 9ET: medium flood risk at worstS45 9SH: medium flood risk at worstS45 9AN: high flood riskS45 9AW: high flood riskS45 9BQ: high flood riskS45 9EP: high flood riskS45 9EW: high flood riskS45 9GX: high flood riskS45 9QD: high flood riskS45 9TW: high flood risk Clay Cross 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to S45 9EP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Clay Cross, by flood risk Of the 263 postcodes in Clay Cross that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 247 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Clay Cross. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Clay Cross
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 6
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 247
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 263 postcodes in Clay Cross that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 247 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 53.1665, longitude -1.4106. 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.

S45 9EP19 at high riskS45 9AW6 at high riskS45 9EW6 at high riskS45 9BQ5 at high riskS45 9QD4 at high riskS45 9GX2 at high riskS45 9AN1 at high riskS45 9TW1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. S45 9EP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Clay Cross?

Homes sold for a typical £185,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.9% on the 12 months before. At 221 of the 260 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 55 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 263 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Alfreton, 7.8 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 Clay Cross?

Homes in Clay Cross sold for a typical £185,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 80 sales, down 4.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£185,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£195,000
12 months to August 2026
£185,500

▼ down 4.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£260,500 22 sales
Semi-detached£187,500 34 sales
Terraced£145,000 21 sales
Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole S45 district, Clay Cross's main postcode district: a typical £216,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Clay Cross: 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 Clay Cross?

27 of the 263 postcodes now in use in Clay Cross came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 108 homes sold in Clay Cross were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S45 district, 18%.

The newest postcodes

S45 9GDsince June 2026S45 9UYsince April 2025S45 9UXsince February 2024S45 9PBsince January 2024S45 9GFsince December 2023S45 9TZsince December 2023

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 Clay CrossAcross the S45 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 80 (0%) 10 of 143 (7%)
The 12 months to August 2025 2 of 108 (2%) 44 of 244 (18%)

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 Clay Cross?

Ofcom reports on 260 of the 263 postcodes in Clay Cross. At 221 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit221 of 260
Postcodes where every home can get superfast251 of 260
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 260

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 Clay Cross at risk of flooding?

16 of the 263 postcodes in Clay Cross 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 55 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 16 of 263 postcodes High: 44Medium: 11Low: 53

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 Clay Cross?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Clay Cross. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Clay Cross?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Clay Cross is Alfreton Rail Station, 7.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Alfreton Rail Station Railway station 7.8 kmDrive
  • Chesterfield Rail Station Railway station 8.0 kmDrive
  • Matlock Rail Station Railway station 10.4 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 Clay Cross?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Clay Cross. 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 Clay Cross safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,184 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Clay Cross 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. 114 September 2025
  2. 128 October 2025
  3. 74 November 2025
  4. 85 December 2025
  5. 71 January 2026
  6. 70 February 2026
  7. 91 March 2026
  8. 92 April 2026
  9. 116 May 2026
  10. 98 June 2026
  11. 130 July 2026
  12. 115 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences566 reports
Anti-social behaviour180 reports
Public order85 reports
Criminal damage and arson79 reports
Shoplifting72 reports
Other theft71 reports
Vehicle crime33 reports
Burglary27 reports

Also: other crime 25, drugs 23, possession of weapons 15, theft from the person 6, bicycle theft 2.

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 Clay Cross?

District, borough or city council
North East Derbyshire
County council
Derbyshire
Parliamentary constituencies
North East Derbyshire (254) and Bolsover (9)
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 Clay Cross

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

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Clay Cross postcodes

263 postcodes in use in Clay Cross, by district:

S45 postcode district,263 postcodes

That district is in the S postcode area.

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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 Clay Cross

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Clay Cross's £185,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Old Tupton2.1 km, £230,000Pilsley3.0 km, £182,000North Wingfield and Holmewood3.2 km, £180,000Grassmoor3.7 km, £184,000Wingerworth4.2 km, £290,000Shirland and Stonebroom4.5 km, £218,000Tibshelf5.3 km, £197,500Newton and Blackwell6.3 km, £184,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Clay Cross

What is it like to live in Clay Cross?
Homes sold for a typical £185,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.9% on the 12 months before. At 221 of the 260 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 55 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 263 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Alfreton, 7.8 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 Clay Cross?
Clay Cross is covered by postcode district S45, across 263 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Clay Cross in?
Clay Cross is in the North East Derbyshire council area, and Derbyshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Clay Cross?
Homes in Clay Cross sold for a typical £185,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 80 sales, down 4.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Clay Cross?
In Clay Cross, primary schools at its postcodes include Sharley Park Community Primary School and Holmgate Primary School and Nursery; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Tupton Hall School, 1.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Clay Cross have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Clay Cross is Alfreton, 7.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Clay Cross?
Ofcom reports on 260 of the 263 postcodes in Clay Cross. At 221 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 Clay Cross at risk of flooding?
16 of the 263 postcodes in Clay Cross 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 55 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 Clay Cross?
27 of the 263 postcodes now in use in Clay Cross came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 108 homes sold in Clay Cross were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S45 district, 18%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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