Somercotes and Swanwick

Somercotes and Swanwick is covered by postcode district DE55. It is in the Amber Valley council area, Derbyshire.

Every postcode in Somercotes and Swanwick, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Somercotes and Swanwick, by flood risk Of the 344 postcodes in Somercotes and Swanwick that ONS places, 344 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Somercotes and Swanwick. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 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4TE: not on the flood risk listDE55 4TF: not on the flood risk listDE55 4TG: not on the flood risk listDE55 4TH: not on the flood risk listDE55 4TJ: not on the flood risk listDE55 4TL: not on the flood risk listDE55 4TQ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FA: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FQ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GN: not on the flood risk listDE55 7RA: not on the flood risk listDE55 7RB: not on the flood risk listDE55 7RL: not on the flood risk list Somercotes and Swanwick Map of every postcode in Somercotes and Swanwick, by flood risk Of the 344 postcodes in Somercotes and Swanwick that ONS places, 344 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Somercotes and Swanwick. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Somercotes and Swanwick
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 344

Of the 344 postcodes in Somercotes and Swanwick that ONS places, 344 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.0770, longitude -1.3773. 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

What is it like to live in Somercotes and Swanwick?

Homes sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5% on the 12 months before. At 243 of the 316 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 344 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Alfreton, 2.6 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 Somercotes and Swanwick?

Homes in Somercotes and Swanwick sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 177 sales, down 5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£190,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£200,000
12 months to August 2026
£190,000

▼ down 5% on the 12 months before

Detached£285,000 59 sales
Semi-detached£182,500 72 sales
Terraced£130,000 45 sales
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole DE55 district, Somercotes and Swanwick's main postcode district: a typical £190,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Somercotes and Swanwick: 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 Somercotes and Swanwick?

23 of the 344 postcodes now in use in Somercotes and Swanwick came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 18 of the 231 homes sold in Somercotes and Swanwick were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE55 district, 18%.

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

PeriodIn Somercotes and SwanwickAcross the DE55 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 177 (Under 1%) 10 of 624 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 18 of 231 (8%) 167 of 935 (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 Somercotes and Swanwick?

Ofcom reports on 316 of the 344 postcodes in Somercotes and Swanwick. At 243 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit243 of 316
Postcodes where every home can get superfast294 of 316

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 Somercotes and Swanwick at risk of flooding?

None of the 344 postcodes in Somercotes and Swanwick is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Somercotes and Swanwick?

The open schools at the postcodes in Somercotes and Swanwick. 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.

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 Somercotes and Swanwick?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Somercotes and Swanwick is Alfreton Rail Station, 2.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Alfreton Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
  • Ambergate Rail Station Railway station 7.1 kmDrive
  • Langley Mill Rail Station Railway station 7.2 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 Somercotes and Swanwick?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Somercotes and Swanwick. 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 Somercotes and Swanwick safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,413 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Somercotes and Swanwick 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. 105 September 2025
  2. 90 October 2025
  3. 109 November 2025
  4. 107 December 2025
  5. 116 January 2026
  6. 116 February 2026
  7. 152 March 2026
  8. 105 April 2026
  9. 110 May 2026
  10. 119 June 2026
  11. 155 July 2026
  12. 129 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences619 reports
Anti-social behaviour210 reports
Public order116 reports
Criminal damage and arson109 reports
Shoplifting96 reports
Other theft71 reports
Burglary50 reports
Vehicle crime36 reports

Also: other crime 35, drugs 33, possession of weapons 17, robbery 11, theft from the person 7, bicycle theft 3.

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 Somercotes and Swanwick?

District, borough or city council
Amber Valley
County council
Derbyshire
Parliamentary constituency
Amber Valley
Police force area
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Linsey Farnsworth (Labour)

All 344 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 Somercotes and Swanwick

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Somercotes and Swanwick postcodes

344 postcodes in use in Somercotes and Swanwick, by district:

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Places near Somercotes and Swanwick

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Somercotes and Swanwick's £190,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Questions about Somercotes and Swanwick

What is it like to live in Somercotes and Swanwick?
Homes sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5% on the 12 months before. At 243 of the 316 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 344 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Alfreton, 2.6 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 Somercotes and Swanwick?
Somercotes and Swanwick is covered by postcode district DE55, across 344 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Somercotes and Swanwick in?
Somercotes and Swanwick is in the Amber Valley council area, and Derbyshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Somercotes and Swanwick?
Somercotes and Swanwick is in the Amber Valley parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Linsey Farnsworth (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Somercotes and Swanwick?
Homes in Somercotes and Swanwick sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 177 sales, down 5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Somercotes and Swanwick?
In Somercotes and Swanwick, primary schools at its postcodes include Somercotes Infant and Nursery School, Somerlea Park Junior School and Swanwick School and Sports College; secondary schools at its postcodes include Swanwick School and Sports College and Swanwick Hall School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Somercotes and Swanwick have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Somercotes and Swanwick is Alfreton, 2.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Somercotes and Swanwick?
Ofcom reports on 316 of the 344 postcodes in Somercotes and Swanwick. At 243 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Somercotes and Swanwick at risk of flooding?
None of the 344 postcodes in Somercotes and Swanwick is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Somercotes and Swanwick?
23 of the 344 postcodes now in use in Somercotes and Swanwick came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 18 of the 231 homes sold in Somercotes and Swanwick were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE55 district, 18%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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