Royal Way Derby
14 addresses across 5 postcodes (DE24), about 470 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 10802761.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 A; Band D in Derby costs £2,306 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Derby, about 950 m (0.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Alvaston Park, is about 720 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 13.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 45 to 56 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 14 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Osmaston Surgery, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 590 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 36% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Derby in 2026-27: Band D £2,306 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,537 | £1,794 | £2,050 | £2,306 | £2,818 | £3,331 | £3,843 | £4,612 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (54% of about 1,710 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.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 25 September 2026: DERBY CITY COUNCIL, Utility asset works, some carriageway incursion, on the carriageway, footpath (minor works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 45 m and 56 m above sea level (46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE24 8AJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DE24 8BW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DE24 8JB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DE24 8JG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DE24 8XL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Derby 4.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
| Peartree 5,260 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Spondon 47,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 19 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Football Stadium Pride Park | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Derby | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hudson Way Car Park Derby - Green Parking | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 210 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 12.4 km (7.7 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osmaston Surgery | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Jardines Pharmacy | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chaddesden Dental Practice | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Florence Nightingale Community Hospital Cdc | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Police station | Derbyshire Police Cotton Lane Enquiry Office | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Cash machines | Wilmorton Convenience Store, Alvaston Cashzone | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Alvaston Park 33 ha | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 530 m² | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 33 ha | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Wilmorton Allotments 1.3 ha | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 41 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Former Engine Shed (Remains of the original Midland Region Railway Station), a listed building (Grade II*), 770 m (0.5 miles) west. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Former Engine Shed (Remains of the original Midland Region Railway Station) | Listed building, Grade II* | 770 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Former Carriage Shop at Derby Railway Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 770 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Former Railway Workshop at Derby Railway Works | Listed building, Grade II* | 830 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Nottingham Road Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Derby Arboretum | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mill Fleam | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Mossey Yard Plantation | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Half Moon Plantation | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Windmill Hill Plantation | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
| Holme Nook | Island | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) north |
| Markeaton Hill | Hill | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.1 | 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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 14 |
5 of the street's 14 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 Derby: see them on the Derby page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC Derby Pride Park | Secondary | 13–19 | 650 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Derby College | 16 plus | 16–99 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Zaytouna Primary School Muslim | Primary | 4–11 | 840 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Castleward Spencer Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Outstanding (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Lakeside Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Meadow Farm Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Rosehill Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St James' Church of England Aided Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| St James' Church of England Aided Infant School | Primary | 2–7 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Derwent Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Urgent improvement; Achievement: Urgent improvement; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Urgent improvement; Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Cherry Tree Hill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware North Companies DE24 8XL | Other catering premises | 110 m | 5 Very good | 5 Oct 2024 |
| Greggs plc DE24 8XL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 110 m | 5 Very good | 26 Apr 2023 |
| DCFC Megastore / Fanatics / Derby County Megastore DE24 8XL | Retailers - other | 110 m | Exempt | |
| Supplemental (Food Broker) DE24 8LZ | Retailers - other | 150 m | Exempt | |
| Asda Express PFS Pride Park DE24 8ZY | Retailers - other | 230 m | 4 Good | 14 Oct 2022 |
| Reach DE24 8JN | Other catering premises | 240 m | 5 Very good | 13 Dec 2024 |
| Starbucks DE24 8ZY | Other catering premises | 240 m | 5 Very good | 21 Mar 2024 |
| Frankie & Benny's / Bird Box / Stacks / Street Feud / Bella Italia DE24 8BW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 5 Very good | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Everlast Fitness Club DE24 8BW | Retailers - other | 290 m | 5 Very good | 24 Feb 2025 |
| Derby Arena / Cafe 42 DE24 8JB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Mezzo DE24 8AN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 15 Sep 2025 |
| East Midlands Railway - First Class On Board Catering Service DE24 8HG | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 340 m | 5 Very good | 23 Aug 2023 |
| Your Organic Health (Food Broker) DE24 8HG | Distributors/Transporters | 340 m | Exempt | |
| Oxygen Freejumping North East Ltd DE24 8BW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 360 m | 5 Very good | 11 Oct 2024 |
| Flint Bishop Business Cafe DE24 8HG | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 360 m | 5 Very good | 1 Jun 2023 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (derbyshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 36% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 11% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 13% | 17% |
| Private rented | 51% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 7% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 15% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 40% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 15% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 86% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 2 to 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.
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
- DE24 8XL: 10 addresses of 17 in the postcode
- DE24 8AJ: 1 address of 73 in the postcode
- DE24 8BW: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
- DE24 8JB: 1 address
- DE24 8JG: 1 address of 4 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Stadium View · Riverside Road · Derwent Parade · Millennium Way · Riverside Court · Murdoch Road · Locomotive Way · Victoria Way · Prospect Place · Centro Place · St Christopher's Way · Pride Place
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.