Whaley Bridge

Whaley Bridge is covered by postcode district SK23. It is in the High Peak council area, Derbyshire.

Typical price £300,000 Homes sold in Whaley Bridge, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Gigabit broadband 103 of 138 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 37 of 139 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 231 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Whaley Bridge, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Whaley Bridge, by flood risk Of the 139 postcodes in Whaley Bridge that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 17 are at low risk at worst and 102 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 11 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Whaley Bridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A5004A6 SK23 7AB: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AE: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AF: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AG: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AH: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AJ: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AL: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AN: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AP: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AQ: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AR: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AS: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AT: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AU: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AW: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AX: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AY: not on the flood risk listSK23 7AZ: not on the flood risk listSK23 7BA: not on the flood risk listSK23 7BB: not on the flood risk listSK23 7BD: not on the flood risk listSK23 7BE: not on the flood risk listSK23 7BG: not on the flood risk listSK23 7BH: not on the flood risk listSK23 7BL: not on the flood risk listSK23 7BP: not on the flood risk listSK23 7BQ: not on the flood risk listSK23 7BR: not on the flood risk listSK23 7BU: not on the flood risk listSK23 7DE: not on the flood risk listSK23 7DF: not on the flood risk listSK23 7DH: not on the flood risk listSK23 7DJ: not on the flood risk listSK23 7DL: not on the flood risk listSK23 7DN: not on the flood risk listSK23 7DP: not on the flood risk listSK23 7DR: not on the flood risk listSK23 7DS: not on the flood risk listSK23 7DT: not on the flood risk listSK23 7DW: not on the flood risk listSK23 7ED: not on the flood risk listSK23 7EF: not on the flood risk listSK23 7EG: not on the flood risk listSK23 7EL: not on the flood risk listSK23 7EP: not on the flood risk listSK23 7EQ: not on the flood risk listSK23 7EU: not on the flood risk listSK23 7EX: not on the flood risk listSK23 7EY: not on the flood risk listSK23 7EZ: not on the flood risk listSK23 7FA: not on the flood risk listSK23 7FY: not on the flood risk listSK23 7GA: not on the flood risk listSK23 7GB: not on the flood risk listSK23 7GD: not on the flood risk listSK23 7GF: not on the flood risk listSK23 7GG: not on the flood risk listSK23 7GP: not on the flood risk listSK23 7GQ: not on the flood risk listSK23 7GU: not on the flood risk listSK23 7GX: not on the flood risk listSK23 7GY: not on the flood risk listSK23 7GZ: not on the flood risk listSK23 7HA: not on the flood risk listSK23 7HE: not on the flood risk listSK23 7HG: not on the flood risk listSK23 7HH: not on the flood risk listSK23 7HJ: not on the flood risk listSK23 7HR: not on the flood risk listSK23 7HS: not on the flood risk listSK23 7HU: not on the flood risk listSK23 7HW: not on the flood risk listSK23 7HZ: not on the flood risk listSK23 7JD: not on the flood risk listSK23 7JF: not on the flood risk listSK23 7JH: not on the flood risk listSK23 7JL: not on the flood risk listSK23 7JP: not on the flood risk listSK23 7JR: not on the flood risk listSK23 7JS: not on the flood risk listSK23 7JT: not on the flood risk listSK23 7JU: not on the flood risk listSK23 7JX: not on the flood risk listSK23 7JY: not on the flood risk listSK23 7LA: not on the flood risk listSK23 7LB: not on the flood risk listSK23 7LD: not on the flood risk listSK23 7LE: not on the flood risk listSK23 7LF: not on the flood risk listSK23 7LG: not on the flood risk listSK23 7LJ: not on the flood risk listSK23 7LT: not on the flood risk listSK23 7PA: not on the flood risk listSK23 7RR: not on the flood risk listSK23 7RS: not on the flood risk listSK23 7RT: not on the flood risk listSK23 7RU: not on the flood risk listSK23 7RX: not on the flood risk listSK23 7RY: not on the flood risk listSK23 7RZ: not on the flood risk listSK23 7SA: not on the flood risk listSK23 7SB: not on the flood risk listSK23 7DB: low flood risk at worstSK23 7DD: low flood risk at worstSK23 7GE: low flood risk at worstSK23 7JA: low flood risk at worstSK23 7JB: low flood risk at worstSK23 7JN: low flood risk at worstSK23 7JQ: low flood risk at worstSK23 7JW: low flood risk at worstSK23 7JZ: low flood risk at worstSK23 7LH: low flood risk at worstSK23 7LR: low flood risk at worstSK23 7LS: low flood risk at worstSK23 7LU: low flood risk at worstSK23 7NA: low flood risk at worstSK23 7NB: low flood risk at worstSK23 7NT: low flood risk at worstSK23 7SR: low flood risk at worstSK23 7HP: medium flood risk at worstSK23 7LX: medium flood risk at worstSK23 7LY: medium flood risk at worstSK23 7LZ: medium flood risk at worstSK23 7SP: medium flood risk at worstSK23 7AA: high flood riskSK23 7AD: high flood riskSK23 7BJ: high flood riskSK23 7BW: high flood riskSK23 7DG: high flood riskSK23 7DQ: high flood riskSK23 7FZ: high flood riskSK23 7GH: high flood riskSK23 7HN: high flood riskSK23 7HT: high flood riskSK23 7HX: high flood riskSK23 7HY: high flood riskSK23 7JE: high flood riskSK23 7JG: high flood riskSK23 7LP: high flood risk Whaley Bridge 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to SK23 7AD, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk11 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Whaley Bridge, by flood risk Of the 139 postcodes in Whaley Bridge that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 17 are at low risk at worst and 102 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 11 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Whaley Bridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Whaley Bridge
  • A home or business at high risk: 15
  • At medium risk at worst: 5
  • At low risk at worst: 17
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 102
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 139 postcodes in Whaley Bridge that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 17 are at low risk at worst and 102 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.3260, longitude -1.9862. 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

15 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.

SK23 7AD39 at high riskSK23 7DQ28 at high riskSK23 7AA23 at high riskSK23 7BJ12 at high riskSK23 7HT8 at high riskSK23 7HX6 at high riskSK23 7GH6 at high riskSK23 7FZ5 at high riskSK23 7HY5 at high riskSK23 7DG4 at high riskSK23 7LP3 at high riskSK23 7JE2 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SK23 7AD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Whaley Bridge?

Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 103 of the 138 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 231 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 37 of its 139 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Whaley Bridge, 500 metres 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 Whaley Bridge?

Homes in Whaley Bridge sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 68 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£300,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£300,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Detached £472,025 20 sales
  • Semi-detached £307,500 26 sales
  • Terraced £245,000 21 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole SK23 district, Whaley Bridge's main postcode district: a typical £273,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Whaley Bridge: 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 Whaley Bridge?

7 of the 139 postcodes now in use in Whaley Bridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 16 of the 107 homes sold in Whaley Bridge were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SK23 district, 8%.

The newest postcodes

SK23 7SPsince May 2025SK23 7GUsince September 2023SK23 7GQsince March 2023SK23 7GPsince June 2022SK23 7HHsince February 2022SK23 7HJsince February 2022

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 Whaley BridgeAcross the SK23 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 68 (1%) 3 of 266 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 16 of 107 (15%) 25 of 329 (8%)

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 Whaley Bridge?

Ofcom reports on 138 of the 139 postcodes in Whaley Bridge. At 103 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit103 of 138
Postcodes where every home can get superfast127 of 138

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Whaley Bridge at risk of flooding?

37 of the 139 postcodes in Whaley Bridge 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 231 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 37 of 139 postcodes High: 144Medium: 87Low: 260

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 Whaley Bridge?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Whaley Bridge. 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

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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 Whaley Bridge?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Whaley Bridge is Whaley Bridge Rail Station, 500 m away in a straight line.

  • Whaley Bridge Rail Station Railway station 500 mWalk
  • Furness Vale Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
  • Chinley Rail Station Railway station 3.2 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 Whaley Bridge?

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

Police.uk records 299 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Whaley Bridge 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. 27 September 2025
  2. 35 October 2025
  3. 18 November 2025
  4. 26 December 2025
  5. 16 January 2026
  6. 19 February 2026
  7. 28 March 2026
  8. 25 April 2026
  9. 26 May 2026
  10. 23 June 2026
  11. 28 July 2026
  12. 28 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences126 reports
Anti-social behaviour39 reports
Public order35 reports
Shoplifting32 reports
Criminal damage and arson19 reports
Other theft18 reports
Burglary8 reports
Vehicle crime6 reports

Also: drugs 5, other crime 4, robbery 3, theft from the person 2, possession of weapons 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 Whaley Bridge?

District, borough or city council
High Peak
County council
Derbyshire
Parliamentary constituency
High Peak
Police force area
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Jon Pearce (Labour)

All 139 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

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Whaley Bridge postcodes

139 postcodes in use in Whaley Bridge, by district:

SK23 postcode district,139 postcodes

That district is in the SK postcode area.

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Places near Whaley Bridge

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Whaley Bridge's £300,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Chinley3.4 km, £325,000Chapel-en-le-Frith4.7 km, £260,000New Mills4.7 km, £255,000Disley4.8 km, £292,500Hayfield6.5 km, £275,000High Lane6.9 km, £395,000Bollington8.5 km, £330,000Buxton9.2 km, £250,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Whaley Bridge

What is it like to live in Whaley Bridge?
Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 103 of the 138 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 231 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 37 of its 139 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Whaley Bridge, 500 metres 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 Whaley Bridge?
Whaley Bridge is covered by postcode district SK23, across 139 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Whaley Bridge in?
Whaley Bridge is in the High Peak council area, and Derbyshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Whaley Bridge?
Whaley Bridge is in the High Peak parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jon Pearce (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Whaley Bridge?
Homes in Whaley Bridge sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 68 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Whaley Bridge?
In Whaley Bridge, primary schools at its postcodes include Whaley Bridge Primary School and Taxal and Fernilee CofE Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is High Peak School, 2.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Whaley Bridge have a railway station?
Yes: Whaley Bridge is 500 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Whaley Bridge, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Whaley Bridge?
Ofcom reports on 138 of the 139 postcodes in Whaley Bridge. At 103 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Whaley Bridge at risk of flooding?
37 of the 139 postcodes in Whaley Bridge 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 231 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 Whaley Bridge?
7 of the 139 postcodes now in use in Whaley Bridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 16 of the 107 homes sold in Whaley Bridge were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SK23 district, 8%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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