Pasteur Avenue Ripley, Amber Valley
49 addresses across 2 postcodes (DE5), about 200 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 601193.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £145,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 46 homes have an energy certificate (A: 2, B: 12, C: 21, D: 11).
- Flood: 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Amber Valley costs £2,408 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ambergate, about 4.7 km (2.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Crossley Park, is about 310 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 130 to 142 m above sea level.
- Noise: 15 of its 49 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ripley Medical Centre, about 670 m (0.4 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 220 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 33% of households owned their home and 17% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 95 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £145,000 | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £44,500 | £44,500 | £44,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Dec 2023 | 16 DE5 3SH | Terraced | £145,000 | |
| 18 Apr 2000 | 16 DE5 3SH | Terraced | £44,500 |
Energy performance certificates
46 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 49 m². Most common: Maisonette, not recorded (12); Bungalow, mid-terrace (8); Maisonette, semi-detached (8). Built: 1967-1975 (28); 1976-1982 (17); 1930-1949 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (34); owner-occupied (12).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
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 street: most are in band C (38% of about 580 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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 km (0.6 miles)
- All Saints Church Hall Site Moseley Street Ripley: up to 10 homes, permissioned (250 m)
- Land south of 33 South Place, Ripley: up to 6 homes, permissioned (420 m (0.3 miles))
- The Willows Slack Lane Ripley: up to 10 homes, permissioned (460 m (0.3 miles))
- Land off Butterley Hill Ripley: up to 16 homes, permissioned (680 m (0.4 miles))
- All Saints Church Hall, Moseley Street, Ripley, permissioned (800 m (0.5 miles))
- Asher Lane, Ripley: up to 63 homes, not permissioned (930 m (0.6 miles))
- Asher Lane Business Park (South) Ripley: up to 95 homes, not permissioned (930 m (0.6 miles))
- Butterley Works, Butterley Hill, Ripley: up to 80 homes, not permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 30 October 2026: SEVERN TRENT WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE5 3SH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 5 | unlikely |
| DE5 3SF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 3 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 49 addresses are between 130 m and 142 m above sea level (136 m on average); the ground rises about 11 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE5 3SF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DE5 3SH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ambergate 39,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Belper 219,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.6 miles) | |
| Alfreton 383,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6 km (3.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 15 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 51 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Jura Avenue Ripley | 0 m |
| Bus or coach station | Alfreton Bus Station | 5.1 km (3.1 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Church Street Car Park | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 340 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 25.3 km (16 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ripley Medical Centre | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hurst Chemist | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Nottingham Road Dental Practice | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Ripley Hospital Utc | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Heanor and Langley Mill Police SNT | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Central England Co-op - Maple Avenue, Maple Ave | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Crossley Park 1.7 ha | 310 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Pit Top 21 ha | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,650 m² | 260 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.8 ha | 250 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 25 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Padley Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 700 m (0.4 miles) north. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Padley Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 700 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Butterley Works blast furnaces, canal tunnel and underground wharf | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Derwent Valley Mills | World Heritage Site | 6.4 km (4 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Carr Wood | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Butterley Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Butterley Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Forty Horse Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Golden Valley | Valley | 3.2 km (2 miles) east |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 11 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 34 | 49 |
15 of the street's 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lons Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 120 m | No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Ripley Nursery School | Nursery | 3–5 | 550 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Ripley Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 890 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Ripley Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Ripley Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clowns Day Nursery DE5 3FP | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 120 m | 5 Very good | 14 Apr 2026 |
| Central England Co-operative DE5 3GU | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 170 m | 5 Very good | 8 May 2025 |
| Lons County Infant School DE5 3SE | School/college/university | 200 m | 5 Very good | 5 Dec 2023 |
| Cushty Bargains DE5 3BU | Retailers - other | 360 m | 5 Very good | 16 Apr 2025 |
| Candlemaker DE5 3BU | Other catering premises | 360 m | 5 Very good | 11 Jun 2026 |
| Market Place Cafe DE5 3FJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 370 m | 4 Good | 23 Jan 2026 |
| White Lion DE5 3BR | Pub/bar/nightclub | 370 m | 5 Very good | 25 Jan 2024 |
| The Three Horse Shoes DE5 3BR | Pub/bar/nightclub | 370 m | 4 Good | 31 Jan 2025 |
| The Red Lion DE5 3BR | Pub/bar/nightclub | 370 m | 5 Very good | 25 Oct 2023 |
| Thorn Tree DE5 3HA | Pub/bar/nightclub | 390 m | 5 Very good | 5 Sep 2024 |
| Kathmandu Ghurka DE5 3BU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 18 Mar 2025 |
| Cock Hotel/Association DE5 3BU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 8 Apr 2025 |
| Good Food Inn DE5 3BU | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 4 Good | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Shapla Spice DE5 3BU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Brewed Awakening DE5 3BU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 27 Aug 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 34 |
| Shoplifting | 24 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 9 |
| Other theft | 7 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Supermarket (34); On or near Jura Avenue (13); On or near Ledo Avenue (10); On or near Church Croft (9); On or near Pasteur Avenue (7).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 33% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 21% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 60% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 11% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 14% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 17% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 34% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: SEVERN TRENT WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 30 October 2026 to 2 November 2026 (give and take) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Jura Avenue · Ledo Avenue · Cromford Road · Harvester Close · Cobden Street · Bideford Close · Springfield View · Church Croft · Old Hartshay Hill · Henry Street · Victoria Road · Heage Road
All the streets in DE5 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.
- 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.