A38 Amber Valley
5 addresses across 3 postcodes (DE5,DE56), about 8.7 km (5.4 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 601101.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Amber Valley cost £232,141 in August 2026 (+2.7% on a year); private rents averaged £807 a month.
- Flood: 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: 1 of its postcodes is in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Storm overflows: 3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 26 times (66 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 3 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Derby Road - Solar Panels, is 850 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A38, carries 51,096 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Amber Valley costs £2,408 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 51% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Belper, about 3.3 km (2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 113 to 148 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 5 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Whitemoor Medical Centre, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 930 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 89% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Amber Valley
A typical home in Amber Valley cost £232,141 in August 2026, 2.7% more than a year before. That is 19% more than five years earlier and 52% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £335,368 |
| Semi-detached | £219,702 |
| Terraced | £174,717 |
| Flat or maisonette | £135,362 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £205,248 |
Private renters in Amber Valley paid £807 a month on average in September 2026, 5.2% more than a year before. That is 38% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £589 |
| Two bedrooms | £749 |
| Three bedrooms | £923 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,292 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 15,401 kWh of it on average in 2024, 28% more than the district's 12,045 kWh, and 3,858 kWh of electricity, 13% more than the district's 3,422 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE56 2HW | 37 11 Economy 7 | 2,939 kWh | 32 | 11,686 kWh |
| DE5 3GH | 50 13 Economy 7 | 2,438 kWh | 58 | 13,734 kWh |
| DE56 2BP | 24 8 Economy 7 | 2,087 kWh | 23 | 11,024 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is DE56.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (35% of about 1,350 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 9.
- 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: yes, Amber Valley.
Listed buildings
- FURNACES AT MORLEY PARK IRON WORKS, MORLEY PARK, grade II*
- Park Hall Farmhouse, grade II*
- CROWTREES FARMHOUSE, grade II
- GATEPIERS AND GARDEN WALLS TO PARK HALL FARMHOUSE, grade II
- HARTSAY HALL, grade II
- MILEPOST 20 METRES WEST OF DENBY POTTERY WORKS, grade II
- STARVEHIMVALLEY BRIDGE, grade II
- Two pairs of gates and adjoining wall at Hartsay Hall, grade II
- YEW TREE FARMHOUSE, grade II
Energy projects nearby
3 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 3 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Road - Solar Panels Amber Valley AVA/2024/0877 | Solar farm | 38 MW | Planning application made Mar 2025 | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Derby Road - Battery Energy Storage System Amber Valley AVA/2024/0877 | Battery storage | 40 MW | Planning application made Mar 2025 | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hl Plastics Extrusions, Flamstead House Hall Road - Solar Panels Amber Valley PDR/2024/0008 | Solar farm | 4.1 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Apr 2024 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 8 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE56 2HW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
| DE5 3GH | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 5 | unlikely |
| DE56 2BP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 26 times, for 66 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Coppice Brook, Rea Brook, Downmeadow Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heage - Sotshole (Sso) Severn Trent Water | Coppice Brook | 26 | 66 | 240 m |
| Ripley - Amber Heights (Sso) Severn Trent Water | Rea Brook | 0 | 0 | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Heage - Brook Street 3 Cso Severn Trent Water | Downmeadow Brook | 0 | 0 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
1 of the street's 3 postcodes is in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground. 2 more are elsewhere in the coalfield, at low risk.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 5 to 10%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
By postcode centre: less than 1% (1); 5 to 10% (3).
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 5 addresses are between 113 m and 148 m above sea level (131 m on average); the ground rises about 36 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE5 3GH | 97% | 51% | 51% | 0% |
| DE56 2BP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DE56 2HW | 92% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Belper 219,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Ambergate 39,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Duffield 67,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Pumping Station Heage | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Garage Belper | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Car parks | Church Street Car Park | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 23.9 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Whitemoor Medical Centre Good Nov 2025 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Peak Pharmacy | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Nottingham Road Dental Practice | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Ripley Hospital Utc | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Care homes | Maple Leaf House Requires improvement Nov 2022 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Police station | Belper, Kilburn, Heage and Duffield Police SNT | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Fourways Stores | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1,520 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 270 m² | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5,740 m² | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 6,190 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Morley Park Works, a scheduled monument, 420 m (0.3 miles) north-east. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Morley Park Works | Scheduled monument | 420 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Furnaces at Morley Park Iron Works, Morley Park | Listed building, Grade II* | 430 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Belper Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) west |
| Derwent Valley Mills | World Heritage Site | 4 km (2.5 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Morrell's Wood | Wood | 730 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Ticknall Hill | Hill | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south |
| Kilburn Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| High Wood | Wood | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Swinney Wood | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) west |
| Golden Valley | Valley | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 5 |
3 of the street's 5 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Amber Valley: see them on the Amber Valley page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Street Lane Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 900 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection | 77% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 80% in 2024 and 85% in 2023) |
| Belper School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 43.3 (44.3 in 2025 and 45.2 in 2024); 47.3% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C; 8.3% AAB or better; progress below average |
| Pottery Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 23% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 26% in 2024 and 52% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 276 childminders and 28 home childcarers (nannies) in Derbyshire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Parking Area (1).
Road safety
2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. Most were on roads with a 40 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Nov 2024 12:03 | Serious | 1 person | B6374, 30 mph | Wet road |
| 5 Mar 2023 16:39 | Slight | 2 people | B6374, 40 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A38 between A38(T) and A610, with 51,096 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 460 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6374 | Not recorded | 6,826 counted 2025 | 1% | 310 m | |
| A38 | A38(T) to A610 | 51,096 counted 2025 | 9% | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 8 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- DE56 2HW: 3 addresses of 59 in the postcode
- DE5 3GH: 1 address of 152 in the postcode
- DE56 2BP: 1 address of 32 in the postcode
All the streets in DE5, DE56 and across Amber Valley.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.