DE6 1RA Derbyshire Dales
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Dovedale, Parwich & Brassington. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Station Cottage, Tissington: 22 addresses
- Darfield Lane, Tissington: 21 addresses
- Rakes Lane, Derbyshire Dales: 19 addresses
- The Foot, Tissington: 19 addresses
- The Avenue, Derbyshire Dales: 9 addresses
- Darfield Lane, Derbyshire Dales: 6 addresses
- Chapel Lane, Derbyshire Dales: 5 addresses
- A515, Derbyshire Dales: 3 addresses
- Unnamed street near Station Cottage, Tissington: 3 addresses
- Unnamed street near Station Cottage, Tissington: 2 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Derbyshire Dales in 2026-27: Band D £2,445 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,630 | £1,901 | £2,173 | £2,445 | £2,988 | £3,531 | £4,075 | £4,889 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (21% of about 750 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Tissington (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 12.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade II*
- BARN NORTH EAST OF OLD VICARAGE, grade II
- Church House and garden wall, grade II
- FERN COTTAGE JASMINE COTTAGE, grade II
- GATE PIERS, WALLS AND ENTRANCE GATEWAY AND GATES TO HALL, grade II
- HALL WELL, grade II
- OLD VICARAGE AND GARDEN WALL, grade II
- STABLEBLOCK TO TISSINGTON HALL, grade II
- STAFF QUARTERS AND OUTBUILDING AT TISSINGTON HALL, grade II
- THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, grade II
- YEW TREE COTTAGE, grade II
- YEW TREE WELL, grade II
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 109 addresses are between 218 m and 265 m above sea level (232 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 91%, ultrafast 91%, gigabit 91% of premises; 4% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Matlock Bath 84,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.7 km |
| Cromford 50,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.7 km | |
| Matlock 227,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 10 within 800 m; nearest The Green Tissington | 50 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Ashbourne | 5.8 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Tissington Car Park | 280 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest Roam Charging Station | 1.4 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 38.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Henmore Health - Ashbourne Surgery | 6.0 km |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 5.6 km |
| NHS dentists | Oswald House Dental Practice | 5.7 km |
| Hospital | St Oswalds Hospital | 6.1 km |
| Police station | Matlock Police Station | 14.8 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,380 m² | 270 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 2,130 m² | 2.4 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5,320 m² | 2.4 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade II*), 80 m east. 32 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 80 m east |
| Civil War redoubt 150m east of Tissington Hall | Scheduled monument | 90 m north-east |
| Tissington Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 140 m north-west |
| Boars Low bowl barrow | Scheduled monument | 720 m north-west |
| Bassett Wood bowl barrow | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Mill Pond Plantation | Wood | 530 m south |
| Square Plantation | Wood | 590 m south-east |
| Wibben Hill | Hill | 800 m east |
| Darfield Plantation | Wood | 1.0 km south-east |
| Hunger Hill | Hill | 1.0 km north |
| Lin Dale | Valley | 2.4 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 7 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 42 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 58 | 109 |
51 of the postcode's 109 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 60 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 38% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 38% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 27% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 63% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 51% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 42% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 33% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Station Cottage.