Wright Drive Swanwick, Amber Valley
7 addresses across 2 postcodes (DE55), about 180 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 631064.
- Sales: 19 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £373,995 across 10 sales.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (B: 6).
- Flood: No postcode centre on the street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; 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 Alfreton, about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 580 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 109 to 115 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 7 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Parkside Surgery, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 330 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 89% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | £373,995 | £303,495 | £494,995 |
| 2024 | 8 | £372,495 | £304,995 | £499,995 |
| 2023 | 1 | £305,995 | £305,995 | £305,995 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2025 | 2 DE55 1FN | Detached | £444,995 | New build. |
| 22 Aug 2025 | 6 DE55 1FN | Detached | £374,995 | New build. |
| 27 Jun 2025 | 14 DE55 1FN | Detached | £373,995 | New build. |
| 27 Jun 2025 | 4 DE55 1FN | Detached | £324,995 | New build. |
| 19 May 2025 | 12 DE55 1FN | Detached | £494,995 | New build. |
| 28 Mar 2025 | 10 DE55 1FN | Detached | £303,495 | New build. |
| 21 Mar 2025 | 18 DE55 1FN | Detached | £373,995 | New build. |
| 28 Feb 2025 | 16 DE55 1FN | Detached | £373,995 | New build. |
| 28 Feb 2025 | 3 DE55 1FN | Detached | £344,995 | New build. |
| 27 Feb 2025 | 24 DE55 1FN | Detached | £355,995 | New build. |
| 25 Nov 2024 | 1 DE55 1FN | Detached | £309,995 | New build. |
| 15 Nov 2024 | 15 DE55 1FN | Detached | £499,995 | New build. |
| 31 Oct 2024 | 22 DE55 1FN | Detached | £372,495 | New build. |
| 23 Sep 2024 | 7 DE55 1FN | Detached | £372,495 | New build. |
| 16 Aug 2024 | 26 DE55 1FN | Detached | £304,995 | New build. |
| 15 Aug 2024 | 5 DE55 1FN | Detached | £469,995 | New build. |
| 5 Jul 2024 | 9 DE55 1FN | Detached | £369,995 | New build. |
| 17 May 2024 | 11 DE55 1FN | Detached | £494,995 | New build. |
| 8 Dec 2023 | 17 DE55 1FN | Detached | £305,995 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 156 m². Most common: House, detached (6). Built: 2023 (6). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6).
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 D (40% of about 720 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
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this street's postcodes yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 109 m and 115 m above sea level (112 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE55 1FN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DE55 1FP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Alfreton 383,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Ambergate 39,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) | |
| Whatstandwell 28,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Old Swanwick Colliery Road Alfreton | 170 m |
| Bus or coach station | Alfreton Bus Station | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 28.6 km (18 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Parkside Surgery | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Swanwick Pharmacy | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Swanwick Dental Practice | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Ripley Hospital Utc | 4.3 km (2.6 miles) |
| Police station | Heanor and Langley Mill Police SNT | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Esso Swanwick, Derby Road Cashzone | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 840 m² | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 90 m² | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ewart Watchorn Recreation Ground 1.1 ha | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,190 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Castle Hill camp, a scheduled monument, 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Castle Hill camp | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Derwent Valley Mills | World Heritage Site | 9.4 km (5.8 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bowley Wood | Wood | 550 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Damstead Wood | Wood | 600 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Bullock Wood | Wood | 670 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Pennytown Ponds | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) east |
| Golden Valley | Valley | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 7 |
1 of the street's 7 addresses is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfreton Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Swanwick Hall School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Woodbridge Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Croft Infant School | Primary | 5–7 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Swanwick Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | 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 |
| David Nieper Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Somercotes Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greggs - Swanwick Service Station DE55 1HJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Burger King DE55 1HJ | Other catering premises | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 22 Apr 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 13 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Drugs | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Park/Open Space (26).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 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 | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 61% | 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) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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
Nearby streets
Woods Drive · Meadowfields View · Wilson Drive · Hill Top Drive · Elliot Drive · Turners Close · Lily Street Farm Way · Derby Road · Taylor Way · Old Swanwick Colliery Road · Old Toll Bar Drive · Owen Close
All the streets in DE55 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.