DE postcode area

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.

Template:Attached KML/DE postcode area

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Derby
Postcode area
DE
Coordinates: 52.932°N 1.499°W / 52.932; -1.499
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]

Coverage

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

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

Template:Attached KML/DE postcode area

KML is from Wikidata

DE postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby B, CV, LE, NG, S, SK, ST and WS postcode areas.

See also

• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom
• Postcode Address File