Eckington

Eckington is covered by postcode district S21. It is in the North East Derbyshire council area, Derbyshire.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Eckington (North East Derbyshire).

Typical price £220,000 Homes sold in Eckington, last 12 months. ▲ 18.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 142 of 164 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 4 of 164 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 36 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Eckington, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Eckington, by flood risk Of the 164 postcodes in Eckington that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 160 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Eckington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A6135 S21 4AA: not on the flood risk listS21 4AB: not on the flood risk listS21 4AD: not on the flood risk listS21 4AE: not on the flood risk listS21 4AF: not on the flood risk listS21 4AG: not on the flood risk listS21 4AH: not on the flood risk listS21 4AJ: not on the flood risk listS21 4AN: not on the flood risk listS21 4AP: not on the flood risk listS21 4AQ: not on the flood risk listS21 4AR: not on the flood risk listS21 4AS: not on the flood risk listS21 4AT: not on the flood risk listS21 4AU: not on the flood risk listS21 4AW: not on the flood risk listS21 4AX: not on the flood risk listS21 4AY: not on the flood risk listS21 4AZ: not on the flood risk listS21 4BA: not on the flood risk listS21 4BB: not on the flood risk listS21 4BD: not on the flood risk listS21 4BE: not on the flood risk listS21 4BF: not on the flood risk listS21 4BG: not on the flood risk listS21 4BJ: not on the flood risk listS21 4BL: not on the flood risk listS21 4BN: not on the flood risk listS21 4BP: not 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the flood risk listS21 4JU: not on the flood risk listS21 4JW: not on the flood risk listS21 4JX: not on the flood risk listS21 4JY: not on the flood risk listS21 4JZ: not on the flood risk listS21 4LA: not on the flood risk listS21 4LB: not on the flood risk listS21 4LE: not on the flood risk listS21 4LF: not on the flood risk listS21 4LG: not on the flood risk listS21 4LH: not on the flood risk listS21 4LJ: not on the flood risk listS21 4LL: not on the flood risk listS21 4LQ: not on the flood risk listS21 4LT: not on the flood risk listS21 4WZ: not on the flood risk listS21 4YF: not on the flood risk listS21 4BH: low flood risk at worstS21 4FH: high flood riskS21 4HL: high flood riskS21 4LN: high flood risk Eckington Map of every postcode in Eckington, by flood risk Of the 164 postcodes in Eckington that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 160 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Eckington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Eckington
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 160

Of the 164 postcodes in Eckington that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 160 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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.3074, longitude -1.3645. 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.

S21 4HL17 at high riskS21 4FH6 at high riskS21 4LN3 at high risk

What is it like to live in Eckington?

Homes sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 18.9% on the 12 months before. At 142 of the 164 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 36 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 164 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 Woodhouse, 6.3 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 Eckington?

Homes in Eckington sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 76 sales, up 18.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£220,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£185,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 18.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £331,500 30 sales
  • Semi-detached £177,500 23 sales
  • Terraced £163,500 19 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole S21 district, Eckington's main postcode district: a typical £217,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Eckington: 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 Eckington?

2 of the 164 postcodes now in use in Eckington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 96 homes sold in Eckington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S21 district, 5%.

The newest postcodes

S21 4LTsince December 2024S21 4LQsince January 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 EckingtonAcross the S21 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 76 (0%) 8 of 212 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 96 (0%) 12 of 264 (5%)

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 Eckington?

Ofcom reports on 164 of the 164 postcodes in Eckington. At 142 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit142 of 164
Postcodes where every home can get superfast163 of 164

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 Eckington at risk of flooding?

4 of the 164 postcodes in Eckington 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 36 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4 of 164 postcodes High: 26Medium: 10Low: 1

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 Eckington?

The open schools at the postcodes in Eckington. 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

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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 Eckington?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Eckington is Woodhouse Rail Station, 6.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Woodhouse Rail Station Railway station 6.3 kmDrive
  • Dronfield Rail Station Railway station 7.0 kmDrive
  • Kiveton Bridge Rail Station Railway station 7.5 kmDrive
  • Halfway Underground, metro or tram 2.7 kmCycle

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 Eckington?

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

Police.uk records 608 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Eckington 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. 62 September 2025
  2. 52 October 2025
  3. 41 November 2025
  4. 35 December 2025
  5. 56 January 2026
  6. 48 February 2026
  7. 54 March 2026
  8. 51 April 2026
  9. 47 May 2026
  10. 50 June 2026
  11. 57 July 2026
  12. 55 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences271 reports
Anti-social behaviour115 reports
Public order42 reports
Criminal damage and arson40 reports
Shoplifting37 reports
Other theft30 reports
Other crime19 reports
Vehicle crime18 reports

Also: burglary 17, drugs 14, theft from the person 2, robbery 2, 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 Eckington?

District, borough or city council
North East Derbyshire
County council
Derbyshire
Parliamentary constituency
North East Derbyshire
Police force area
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Louise Sandher-Jones (Labour)

All 164 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 Eckington

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

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Eckington postcodes

164 postcodes in use in Eckington, by district:

S21 postcode district,164 postcodes

That district is in the S postcode area.

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Places near Eckington

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Eckington's £220,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Killamarsh3.5 km, £225,000Staveley5.1 km, £180,000Barlborough5.6 km, £236,500Brimington6.5 km, £180,000Harthill7.1 km, £307,500Swallownest and Aston7.1 km, £210,000Kiveton Park7.3 km, £200,000Dronfield7.4 km, £303,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Eckington

What is it like to live in Eckington?
Homes sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 18.9% on the 12 months before. At 142 of the 164 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 36 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 164 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 Woodhouse, 6.3 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 Eckington?
Eckington is covered by postcode district S21, across 164 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Eckington in?
Eckington is in the North East Derbyshire council area, and Derbyshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Eckington?
Eckington is in the North East Derbyshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Louise Sandher-Jones (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Eckington?
Homes in Eckington sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 76 sales, up 18.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Eckington?
In Eckington, primary schools at its postcodes include Eckington Junior School, Camms CofE (Aided) Primary School and Birk Hill Infant & Nursery School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Eckington School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Eckington have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Eckington is Woodhouse, 6.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Eckington?
Ofcom reports on 164 of the 164 postcodes in Eckington. At 142 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Eckington at risk of flooding?
4 of the 164 postcodes in Eckington 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 36 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 Eckington?
2 of the 164 postcodes now in use in Eckington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 96 homes sold in Eckington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S21 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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