DE75 7LS Amber Valley
Live postcode, introduced August 1992. Ward: Heanor West & Loscoe. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Grandfield Street, Heanor: 29 addresses
- Corfield Close, Heanor: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Amber Valley in 2026-27: Band D £2,408 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,605 | £1,873 | £2,140 | £2,408 | £2,943 | £3,478 | £4,013 | £4,815 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (38% of about 970 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Loscoe Miners Welfare, 2, High Street, Heanor: up to 68 homes, permissioned (100 m)
- Land at Taylor Lane Loscoe: up to 250 homes, pending decision (340 m)
- Former Loscoe Miners Welfare Loscoe: up to 68 homes, pending decision (520 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is 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.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Langley Mill 100,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km |
| Ilkeston 203,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.1 km | |
| Belper 219,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 14 within 800 m; nearest Grandfield Street Loscoe | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Wood Street Ilkeston | 7.0 km |
| Car parks | Wilmot Street Car Park | 1.8 km |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 3.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 21.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Kelvingrove Medical Centre | 1.9 km |
| Pharmacies | Rowlands Pharmacy | 1.9 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.1 km |
| Hospital | Heanor Memorial Hospital 2 | 2.2 km |
| Police station | Heanor and Langley Mill Police SNT | 1.6 km |
| Cash machines | Hopkins Solicitors | 1.7 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 6,530 m² | 1.1 km |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 750 m² | 360 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Charles Hill Playing Fields 9.0 ha | 220 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6,560 m² | 690 m |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.1 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 93% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 62% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 70% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 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 Grandfield Street.