DE7 5LE postcode in Ilkeston, Derbyshire

DE7 5LE is a postcode in Ilkeston, in the Larklands ward of Erewash. It is in the Erewash parliamentary constituency and the Derbyshire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at DE7 5LE can get it Across Erewash: 96% Typical price £171,250 Homes sold in DE7 5, last 12 months. ▲ 1.3% on the year before Nearest station Ilkeston 850 m in a straight line

Where DE7 5LE is, and what is near it

Map of DE7 5LE and what is near it Map of DE7 5LE: its centre point, with the 242 other postcodes in the DE7 5 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 14 bus stops and 1 EV charging point. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. DE7 5AA: also in DE7 5DE7 5ET: also in DE7 5DE7 5EU: also in DE7 5DE7 5EW: also in DE7 5DE7 5EX: also in DE7 5DE7 5GG: also in DE7 5DE7 5GY: also in DE7 5DE7 5GZ: also in DE7 5DE7 5HA: also in DE7 5DE7 5HB: also in DE7 5DE7 5HD: also in DE7 5DE7 5HE: also in DE7 5DE7 5HF: also in DE7 5DE7 5HG: also in DE7 5DE7 5HH: also in DE7 5DE7 5HN: also in DE7 5DE7 5HS: also in DE7 5DE7 5HT: also in DE7 5DE7 5HU: also in DE7 5DE7 5HX: also in DE7 5DE7 5HY: also in DE7 5DE7 5JA: also in DE7 5DE7 5JB: also in DE7 5DE7 5JD: also in DE7 5DE7 5JG: also in DE7 5DE7 5JH: also in DE7 5DE7 5JJ: also in DE7 5DE7 5JL: also in DE7 5DE7 5JN: also in DE7 5DE7 5JP: also in DE7 5DE7 5JQ: also in DE7 5DE7 5JR: also in DE7 5DE7 5JS: also in DE7 5DE7 5JY: also in DE7 5DE7 5LD: also in DE7 5DE7 5LF: also in DE7 5DE7 5LG: also in DE7 5DE7 5LH: also in DE7 5DE7 5LJ: also in DE7 5DE7 5LL: also in DE7 5DE7 5LN: also in DE7 5DE7 5LP: also in DE7 5DE7 5LQ: also in DE7 5DE7 5LR: also in DE7 5DE7 5LS: also in DE7 5DE7 5LT: also in DE7 5DE7 5LU: also in DE7 5DE7 5LW: also in DE7 5DE7 5LX: also in DE7 5DE7 5LZ: also in DE7 5DE7 5PS: also in DE7 5DE7 5PX: also in DE7 5DE7 5QA: also in DE7 5DE7 5QB: also in DE7 5DE7 5TB: also in DE7 5DE7 5TD: also in DE7 5DE7 5TE: also in DE7 5DE7 5TF: also in DE7 5DE7 5TG: also in DE7 5DE7 5TN: also in DE7 5DE7 5TS: also in DE7 5DE7 5TT: also in DE7 5DE7 5TW: also in DE7 5 School 1.2 kmLangley Mill station 5.0 kmIlkeston DE7 5LE Map of DE7 5LE and what is near it Map of DE7 5LE: its centre point, with the 242 other postcodes in the DE7 5 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 14 bus stops and 1 EV charging point. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. School 1.2 kmIlkeston DE7 5LE
  • DE7 5LE
  • Other postcodes in DE7 5: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 14 bus stops
  • 1 EV charging point
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.9755, longitude -1.3053)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; charging points: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after DE7 5LE?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at DE7 5LE?

Every home and business at DE7 5LE can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

DE7 5LE 100% Erewash 96%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

DE7 5LE 100% Erewash Over 99%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at DE7 5LE?

BinDayBuddy reads bin days from councils' own collection systems. It may have the days for DE7 5LE.

Check the bin days for DE7 5LE on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is DE7 5LE at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include DE7 5LE.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Erewash

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for DE7 5LE: 1,300 properties in Erewash are at high risk (2.1% of all its properties). All the figures for Erewash

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of DE7 5LE is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near DE7 5LE?

Homes in DE7 5 sold for a typical £171,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 108 sales, up 1.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£171,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£169,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £270,750 22 sales
  • Semi-detached £190,000 40 sales
  • Terraced £135,000 38 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £93,500 8 sales

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

Across the whole DE7 district: a typical £200,000 from 566 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in DE7 5LE

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in DE7 5LE from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 19 January 2024. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near DE7 5LE?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 870 homes in the neighbourhood around DE7 5LE. Over half of them (90%) are in council tax band A. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (61%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around DE7 5LE

Band D in Erewash for 2026‑27: £2,361. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,574 (band A) to £2,098 (band C); band A, the most common, is £1,574.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 780 (90%)£1,574
Band Babout 70 (8%)£1,836
Band Cabout 20 (2%)£2,098
Band Dwithheld£2,361
Band Ewithheld£2,885
Band Ffewer than 5£3,410
Band Gfewer than 5£3,934
Band Hfewer than 5£4,721

When the homes were built

  1. 61% Before 1900
  2. 8% 1900 to 1918
  3. 3% 1919 to 1939
  4. 4% 1945 to 1964
  5. 7% 1965 to 1982
  6. 11% 1983 to 1999
  7. 1% 2000 to 2009
  8. 3% 2010 to 2019
  9. 1% 2020 or later

Averages for Erewash before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of DE7 5LE is in (ONS area E01019662), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near DE7 5LE?

The nearest open schools to DE7 5LE, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near DE7 5LE, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to DE7 5LE?

The nearest railway station to the centre of DE7 5LE is Ilkeston Rail Station, 850 metres away in a straight line.

  • Ilkeston Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk
  • Langley Mill Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

14 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Wood Street, 29 m away.

More stations near DE7 5LE, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near DE7 5LE?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of DE7 5LE, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near DE7 5LE?

1 within 1 km 4 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of DE7 5LE, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Bp Pulse Charging point · No details mapped 550 mWalk
  • A charging point Charging point · No details mapped 2.5 kmCycle
  • Gridserve Charging point · 4 chargers · Type 2, CCS, CHAdeMO · up to 50 kW 2.9 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near DE7 5LE?

The nearest to the centre of DE7 5LE, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to DE7 5LE?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near DE7 5LE?

The nearest care homes to the centre of DE7 5LE, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near DE7 5LE?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of DE7 5LE, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near DE7 5LE?

The nearest vets to the centre of DE7 5LE on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is DE7 5LE in a conservation area?

The centre of DE7 5LE is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near DE7 5LE?

Police.uk records 295 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of DE7 5LE in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences129 reports
Anti-social behaviour55 reports
Public order26 reports
Shoplifting20 reports
Criminal damage and arson18 reports
Other theft11 reports

Also: vehicle crime 8, drugs 8, robbery 6, other crime 6, burglary 4, possession of weapons 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for DE7 5LE

Ward
Larklands
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Built-up area
Ilkeston
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

DE7 8GU60 mDE7 5JR80 mDE7 5JQ80 mDE7 8GE120 mDE7 8RF120 mDE7 5LH120 m
All of DE7

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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