S40 2ED Chesterfield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Rother. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Derby Road, Chesterfield: 17 addresses
- Sherwood Street, Chesterfield: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Chesterfield in 2026-27: Band D £2,339 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,560 | £1,820 | £2,080 | £2,339 | £2,859 | £3,379 | £3,899 | £4,679 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (64% of about 850 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
- Burlington House, Burlington Street, Chesterfield, S40 1RX: up to 42 homes, permissioned (1.0 km)
- 9A - 11 High Street, Chesterfield, S40 1PS: up to 7 homes, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 10 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 11 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 10 low and 0 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 76 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 92%, gigabit 92% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Chesterfield 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km |
| Dronfield 230,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.8 km | |
| Dore and Totley 240,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 56 within 800 m; nearest Hawthorne Street Birdholme | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Clay Cross | 6.7 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Beetwell Street Multi-Storey | 760 m |
| EV charging points | 8 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 370 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 44.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Royal Primary Care Chesterfield | 1.1 km |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 1.0 km |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Chapel Hall Dental Surgery | 240 m |
| Hospital | Walton Hospital | 1.3 km |
| Police station | Chesterfield Police Station | 790 m |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 340 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Queen's Park 7.7 ha | 770 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Chesterfield Skatepark 540 m² | 600 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 580 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 8,080 m² | 310 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 7.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bank Close (T I Guest House Sports and Social Club), a listed building (Grade II*), 290 m east. 51 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 5 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bank Close (T I Guest House Sports and Social Club) | Listed building, Grade II* | 290 m east |
| 9 Beetwell Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 800 m north |
| 42, St Mary's Gate | Listed building, Grade II* | 870 m north |
| Queen's Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 940 m north-west |
| The Royal Oak Inn | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| McGregor's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km south |
| The Goit | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km north-west |
| Hady Wood | Wood | 1.5 km north-east |
| Hady Plantation | Wood | 1.6 km east |
| Riggott's Plantation | Wood | 1.9 km south-west |
| Furnace Hillock | Hill | 2.2 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are 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 | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 45% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 25% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 18% | 17% |
| Private rented | 38% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 15% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 67% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 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 Derby Road.