Map of the DE postcode area
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Overview
This page brings together mapped and statistical information for the DE postcode area, also known as the Derby postal area.
The DE postcode area covers Derby and nearby parts of the East Midlands.
The postcode area borders the following neighbouring postcode areas: CV - Coventry, LE - Leicester, B - Birmingham, WS - Walsall, ST - Stoke-on-Trent, SK - Stockport, NG - Nottingham and S - Sheffield and is located inland.
The postcode area falls within the following counties: Derbyshire (82.74%), Staffordshire (13.15%), Leicestershire (4.06%), Nottinghamshire (0.05%).
Quick facts
| Width east to west | 25.77 mi |
|---|---|
| Height north to south | 42.19 mi |
| Area | 682.20 mi² |
| Maximum width | 43.36 mi |
| Perimeter | 203.58 mi |
| Postcode districts | 24 |
| Postcode sectors | 96 |
| Post towns | 11 |
| Postcodes | 17,413 |
| Population | 730,620 |
The DE postcode area has a population of 730,620 and covers 1,766,908 hectares. Roughly 1.12% of the population of Great Britain lives here.
Post towns and postcode districts
Where is the DE postcode area?
How built up is the postcode area?
This compares building footprint coverage against the total land area across each postcode district. The least urban district is DE45 and the most urban is DE1.
| Postcode district | Total area (m²) | Footprint area (m²) | Built percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE45 | 128,954,436 | 908,753 | 0.70% |
| DE6 | 413,682,824 | 3,388,121 | 0.82% |
| DE4 | 192,172,201 | 2,535,766 | 1.32% |
| DE73 | 70,821,404 | 1,185,645 | 1.67% |
| DE12 | 102,697,793 | 1,782,845 | 1.74% |
| DE13 | 155,676,556 | 3,108,878 | 2.00% |
| DE72 | 60,417,965 | 1,308,317 | 2.17% |
| DE65 | 95,666,073 | 2,122,829 | 2.22% |
| DE56 | 95,050,351 | 2,396,430 | 2.52% |
| DE15 | 34,323,047 | 1,141,729 | 3.33% |
| DE74 | 45,851,213 | 1,765,581 | 3.85% |
| DE55 | 88,226,733 | 3,678,012 | 4.17% |
| DE5 | 31,041,505 | 1,433,938 | 4.62% |
| DE7 | 58,749,401 | 2,825,324 | 4.81% |
| DE22 | 36,802,798 | 2,176,298 | 5.91% |
| DE11 | 36,880,448 | 2,280,812 | 6.18% |
| DE21 | 43,391,106 | 3,051,743 | 7.03% |
| DE75 | 13,069,947 | 929,951 | 7.12% |
| DE3 | 11,700,723 | 845,056 | 7.22% |
| DE14 | 15,290,526 | 2,350,970 | 15.38% |
| DE24 | 18,773,448 | 2,915,931 | 15.53% |
| DE23 | 13,649,609 | 2,199,996 | 16.12% |
| DE1 | 4,021,521 | 917,553 | 22.82% |
| Total | 1,766,911,628 | 47,250,478 | 2.67% |
Area measurements
| Hectares | 1,766,908 |
|---|---|
| Square miles | 6,822.07 |
| Square feet | 190,188,210,212.00 |
| Square kilometres | 17,669.08 |
Postal delivery offices
- Alfreton Delivery Office
- Ashbourne Delivery Office
- Bakewell Delivery Office
- Belper Delivery Office
- Burton On Trent Delivery Office
- Castle Delivery Office Nington Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Derby Provincial Delivery Office
- Derby Town Delivery Office
- Hatton Delivery Office
- Heanor Delivery Office
- Ilkeston Delivery Office
- Kegworth Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Matlock Delivery Office
- Ripley (de) Delivery Office
- Swadlincote Delivery Office
Tourist attractions within the area
We found 16 visitor attractions within the Derby postcode area.
| Sudbury Hall |
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| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| Tissington Hall |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| National Memorial Arboretum |
| Visitor Centres |
| Heritage / Visitor Centre |
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| Caudwell's Mill and Craft Centre |
| Workplace |
| Industrial / Craft Workplace |
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| Chatsworth |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| Claymills Victorian Pumping Station |
| Historic Properties |
| Other Historic Property |
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| Conkers |
| Leisure / Theme Parks |
| Leisure / Theme Park |
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| Kedleston Hall |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| Strutt's North Mill |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Pickford's House Museum |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| Heage Windmill |
| Visitor Centres |
| Heritage / Visitor Centre |
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| Calke Abbey |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| Wingfield Manor |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| Alfreton and District Heritage Centre |
| Visitor Centres |
| Heritage / Visitor Centre |
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| The Station |
| Visitor Centres |
| Heritage / Visitor Centre |
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| Shardlow Heritage Centre |
| Visitor Centres |
| Heritage / Visitor Centre |
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Towns and villages within the area
- Acresford — village
- Alderwasley — village
- Alfreton — town
- Alrewas — village
- Alstonefield — village
- Ambergate — village
- Anslow — village
- Appleby Magna — village
- Ashbourne — town
- Ashford in the Water — village
- Aston-on-Trent — village
- Atlow — otherSettlement
- Bakewell — town
- Bargate — village
- Barrow upon Trent — village
- Barton Gate — village
- Barton Turn — village
- Barton-under-Needwood — village
- Baslow — village
- Beeley — village
- Belper — town
- Birchover — village
- Blackbrook — village
- Blackfordby — village
- Blackwell — village
- Bolehill — village
- Bonsall — village
- Borrowash — village
- Boylestone — village
- Brackenfield — village
- Brailsford — village
- Brassington — village
- Breadsall — village
- Breaston — village
- Breedon on the Hill — village
- Bretby — village
- Bullbridge — village
- Burnaston — village
- Burton upon Trent — town
- Carsington — village
- Castle Donington — village
- Castle Gresley — village
- Chilcote — village
- Church Broughton — village
- Clifton — village
- Coton in the Elms — village
- Cowers Lane — village
- Coxbench — village
- Crich — village
- Cromford — village
- Dale Abbey — village
- Darley Bridge — village
- Darley Dale — town
- Denby Bottles — village
- Denby Common — village
- Denby Village — village
- Derby — city
- Diseworth — village
- Donisthorpe — village
- Doveridge — village
- Draycott — village
- Draycott in the Clay — village
- Ednaston — village
- Egginton — village
- Ellastone — village
- Elton — village
- Elvaston — village
- Etwall — village
- Fauld — village
- Fenny Bentley — village
- Findern — village
- Foston — village
- Fritchley — village
- Great Longstone — village
- Hanbury — village
- Hanbury Woodend — village
- Hartshorne — village
- Hatton — village
- Hazelwood — village
- Heage — village
- Heanor — town
- Hemington — village
- High Cross Bank — village
- Higham — village
- Hilcote — village
- Hilton — village
- Hoar Cross — village
- Hognaston — village
- Holbrook — village
- Hollington — village
- Holloway — village
- Horsley — village
- Horsley Woodhouse — village
- Hulland Village — village
- Hulland Ward — village
- Idridgehay — village
- Ilkeston — town
- Kegworth — village
- Kilburn — village
- King's Bromley — village
- King's Newton — village
- Kirk Ireton — village
- Kirk Langley — village
- Kniveton — village
- Langley Common — village
- Lea — village
- Leabrooks — village
- Linton — village
- Little Eaton — village
- Lockington — village
- Longford — village
- Lower Kilburn — village
- Lullington — village
- Lumsdale — village
- Mackworth — village
- Makeney — village
- Mapperley — village
- Marston Montgomery — village
- Matlock — town
- Matlock Bath — village
- Mayfield — village
- Measham — village
- Melbourne — village
- Middleton — village
- Milford — village
- Moira — village
- Monyash — village
- Morley — village
- Morton — village
- Mount Pleasant — village
- Mugginton — village
- Nether Heage — village
- Netherseal — village
- Newborough — village
- Newton — village
- Newton Solney — village
- Oaker — village
- Oakerthorpe — village
- Oakthorpe — village
- Ockbrook — village
- Over Haddon — village
- Overseal — village
- Parwich — village
- Pentrich — village
- Pilsley — village
- Pye Bridge — village
- Quarndon — village
- Ratcliffe on Soar — village
- Rawson Green — village
- Repton — village
- Riddings — village
- Ridgeway — village
- Ripley — town
- Risley — village
- Rodsley — otherSettlement
- Rolleston on Dove — village
- Rosliston — village
- Roston — village
- Rowsley — village
- Sandiacre — town
- Scropton — village
- Shardlow — village
- Shipley — village
- Shirland — village
- Shirley — village
- Short Heath — village
- Smalley — village
- Snarestone — village
- Somercotes — Settlement
- South Normanton — village
- South Wingfield — village
- Spring Cottage — village
- Stanhope Bretby — village
- Stanley — village
- Stanley Common — village
- Stanton — village
- Stanton — village
- Stanton by Bridge — village
- Stanton in Peak — village
- Stanton-by-Dale — village
- Starkholmes — village
- Stonebroom — village
- Stretton — village
- Stretton — village
- Sudbury — village
- Sutton Bonington — village
- Swadlincote — town
- Swanwick — village
- Swarkestone — village
- Tansley — village
- Tatenhill — village
- Thorpe — village
- Thulston — village
- Tibshelf — village
- Ticknall — village
- Tonge — village
- Turnditch — village
- Tutbury — village
- Upper Hackney — village
- Walton-on-Trent — village
- Weaverslake — village
- Wensley — village
- Wessington — village
- West Hallam — village
- Westhouses — village
- Weston Underwood — village
- Weston-on-Trent — village
- Whatstandwell — village
- Willington — village
- Wilson — village
- Winster — village
- Wirksworth — town
- Woodhouses — village
- Woodville — village
- Woolley Moor — village
- Wychnor — village
- Yeaveley — village
- Youlgreave / Youlgrave — village
- Yoxall — village