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Derby | |
|---|---|
  DE | |
| Coordinates: 52°55′55″N 1°29′56″W / 52.932°N 1.499°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | DE |
| Postcode area name | Derby |
| Post towns | 11 |
| Postcode districts | 25 |
| Postcode sectors | 129 |
| Postcodes (live) | 17,235 |
| Postcodes (total) | 30,008 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
The DE postcode area, also known as the Derby postcode area,[2] is a group of 23 postcode districts in central England, within 11 post towns. These cover south and central Derbyshire (including Derby, Alfreton, Ashbourne, Bakewell, Belper, Heanor, Ilkeston, Matlock, Ripley and Swadlincote), parts of east Staffordshire (including Burton upon Trent) and north-west Leicestershire, and very small parts of Nottinghamshire.
Coverage
[edit]The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE1 | DERBY | Derby C Sector 1: City Centre SW Sector 2: City Centre SE Sector 3: City Centre N, West End, Little Chester Sector 9: Toyota Plant, Large Users Sector 0: non-geographic | Derby |
| DE3 | DERBY | Sector 9: Mickleover East Sector 0: Mickleover West | Derby, South Derbyshire |
| DE4 | MATLOCK | Sector 2: Darley Dale, Beeley, Rowsley, Winster, Darley Bridge, Elton, Bonsall Sector 3: Matlock, Matlock Bath, Cromford Sector 4: Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Wirksworth, Bolehill Sector 5: Crich, Holloway, Lea, Tansley | Derbyshire Dales, Amber Valley |
| DE5 | RIPLEY | Sector 3: Ripley, Pentrich, Lower Hartshay Sector 8: Denby, Marehay Sector 9: Codnor, Waingroves | Amber Valley |
| DE6 | ASHBOURNE | Ashbourne, Hulland Ward, Weston Underwood | Derbyshire Dales, Amber Valley, South Derbyshire, Derby, East Staffordshire |
| DE7 | ILKESTON | Horsley Woodhouse, Ilkeston, Morley, West Hallam | Erewash, Amber Valley, Broxtowe |
| DE11 | SWADLINCOTE | Swadlincote, Church Gresley, Woodville, Newhall, Hartshorne, Castle Gresley, Blackfordby, Albert Village | South Derbyshire, North West Leicestershire |
| DE12 | SWADLINCOTE | Appleby Magna, Donisthorpe, Linton, Measham, Overseal, Rosliston, Walton-on-Trent | North West Leicestershire, South Derbyshire |
| DE13 | BURTON-ON-TRENT | Alrewas, Barton-under-Needwood, Rolleston on Dove, Tutbury | East Staffordshire, Lichfield |
| DE14 | BURTON-ON-TRENT | Branston, Burton upon Trent | East Staffordshire, South Derbyshire |
| DE15 | BURTON-ON-TRENT | Bretby, Stapenhill, Newton Solney, Winshill | East Staffordshire, South Derbyshire |
| DE21 | DERBY | Derby NE Sector 2: Oakwood, Derby Sectors 4 and 6: Chaddesden, Derby Sector 5: Little Eaton, Breadsall, Coxbench Sector 7: Spondon, Derby | Derby, Erewash, Amber Valley |
| DE22 | DERBY | Derby NW Sector 1: Darley Abbey, Derby Sector 2: Allestree, Derby Sector 3: New Zealand, Derby Sector 4: Mackworth, Derby, Mackworth (village) Sector 5: Quarndon, Kedleston | Derby, Amber Valley |
| DE23 | DERBY | Derby SW Sectors 1 and 2: Sunny Hill, Derby Sector 3: Heatherton Village, Highfields Sectors 4 and 6: Littleover, Derby Sector 8: Normanton Derby, Pear Tree, Derby | Derby, South Derbyshire |
| DE24 | DERBY | Derby SE Sector 1: City Point Estate, Derby Sector 3: Stenson Fields Sector 5: Boulton Moor Sector 8: Pride Park, Wilmorton, Derby, Osmaston, Derby, Crewton Sector 9: Sinfin, Derby, Allenton, Derby, Shelton Lock, Derby Sector 0: Alvaston, Derby, Boulton, Derby | Derby, South Derbyshire |
| DE45 | BAKEWELL | Sector 1: Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell, Baslow, Chatsworth, Edensor, Hassop, Monyash, Youlgreave Sector 9: non-geographic | Derbyshire Dales |
| DE55 | ALFRETON | Sector 1: Swanwick, Leabrooks Sectors 2 and 3: South Normanton Sector 4: Riddings, Greenhill Lane, Somercotes Sector 5: Tibshelf, Newton, Blackwell, Hilcote Sector 6: Wessington, Higham, Stonebroom, Morton, Shirland Sector 7: Alfreton, South Wingfield | Amber Valley, Bolsover |
| DE56 | BELPER | Ambergate, Belper, Duffield, Heage, Holbrook, Kilburn, Milford | Amber Valley |
| DE65 | DERBY | Burnaston, Egginton, Etwall, Findern, Hatton, Hilton, Milton, Repton, Willington | South Derbyshire |
| DE72 | DERBY | Ambaston, Aston-on-Trent, Borrowash, Breaston, Church Wilne, Draycott, Elvaston, Ockbrook, Risley, Shardlow, Weston-on-Trent | Erewash, South Derbyshire, North West Leicestershire |
| DE73 | DERBY | Derby (Chellaston); Barrow upon Trent, Ingleby, Melbourne, Stanton by Bridge, Swarkestone, Ticknall | Derby, South Derbyshire |
| DE74 | DERBY | Castle Donington, Kegworth, Diseworth, Hemington, Lockington, East Midlands Airport | North West Leicestershire, Rushcliffe |
| DE75 | HEANOR | Heanor, Loscoe, Shipley | Amber Valley |
| DE99 | DERBY | non-geographic |
History
[edit]Until approximately 1992, most of the districts were different:
- There was a DE2, corresponding to current DE21 and DE24.
- DE3 covered DE22 and DE23 in addition to its current area.
- DE4 included DE45
- DE5 included DE55 and the bulk of DE56
- DE6 included DE65 and part of DE56
- DE7 included DE72-75
Map
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)