DE75 7QA Amber Valley
Live postcode, introduced August 1992. Ward: Heanor West & Loscoe. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Gregg Avenue, Heanor: 13 addresses
- Garden 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 A (55% of about 650 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
- Land off Whysall Street Heanor: up to 76 homes, not permissioned (190 m)
- Land off Whysall Street, Heanor: up to 59 homes, not permissioned (200 m)
- 19 Church Street Heanor: up to 12 homes, permissioned (290 m)
- 19 Church Street, Heanor: up to 9 homes, permissioned (290 m)
- M&A Manufacturing, 5 Loscoe Road, Heanor: up to 11 homes, permissioned (510 m)
- Memory Lane Inn 72 Derby Road Heanor: up to 13 homes, permissioned (620 m)
- Land to Rear of The Butchers Arms Hands Road Heanor: up to 11 homes, permissioned (780 m)
- Delves Court Heanor: up to 30 homes, permissioned (870 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 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 | 1.5 km |
| Ilkeston 203,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km | |
| Belper 219,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m, 35 within 800 m; nearest Gladstone Avenue Heanor | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Wood Street Ilkeston | 5.6 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Wilmot Street Car Park | 470 m |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 3.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 20.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Kelvingrove Medical Centre | 420 m |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Rowlands Pharmacy | 420 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 690 m |
| Hospital | Heanor Memorial Hospital 2 | 770 m |
| Police station | Heanor and Langley Mill Police SNT | 300 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Hopkins Solicitors | 330 m |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 15% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 13% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 11% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 4 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 Gregg Avenue.