DE postcode area

Derby postcode area
DE
Postcode area	DE
Postcode area name	Derby
Post towns	11
Postcode districts	25
Postcode sectors	128
Postcodes (live)	16,634
Postcodes (total)	27,662
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The DE postcode area, also known as the Derby postcode area,^[2] is a group of postcode districts around Alfreton, Ashbourne, Bakewell, Belper, Burton upon Trent, Derby, Heanor, Ilkeston, Matlock, Ripley and Swadlincote in England.

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority area
DE1	DERBY	Derby city centre	Derby
DE3	DERBY	Derby (Mickleover)	Derby, South Derbyshire
DE4	MATLOCK	Sector 2:Darley Dale, Beeley, Rowsley, Winster, Darley Bridge, Elton, Bonsall Sector 3:Matlock, Matlock Bath, Cromford Sector 4: Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Wirksworth, Bolehill Sector 5: Crich, Holloway, Lea, Tansley	Derbyshire Dales, Amber Valley
DE5	RIPLEY	Codnor, Denby, Ripley	Amber Valley
DE6	ASHBOURNE	Ashbourne, Hulland Ward, Weston Underwood	Derbyshire Dales, Amber Valley, South Derbyshire, Derby
DE7	ILKESTON	Horsley Woodhouse, Ilkeston, Morley, West Hallam	Erewash, Amber Valley
DE11	SWADLINCOTE	Church Gresley, Hartshorne, Newhall, Swadlincote	South Derbyshire
DE12	SWADLINCOTE	Appleby Magna, Linton, Measham, Overseal, Rosliston, Walton-on-Trent	North West Leicestershire, South Derbyshire
DE13	BURTON-ON-TRENT	Alrewas, Barton-under-Needwood, Rolleston on Dove, Tutbury	East Staffordshire, Lichfield
DE14	BURTON-ON-TRENT	Branston, Burton upon Trent, Newton Solney, Winshill	East Staffordshire, South Derbyshire
DE15	BURTON-ON-TRENT	Bretby, Stapenhill	East Staffordshire, South Derbyshire
DE21	DERBY	Derby (Chaddesden, Oakwood, Spondon); Breadsall, Horsley, Little Eaton	Derby, Erewash, Amber Valley
DE22	DERBY	Derby (Allestree, Darley Abbey, Mackworth Estate); Kedleston, Mackworth (village), Quarndon	Derby, Amber Valley
DE23	DERBY	Derby (Heatherton Village, Littleover, Normanton, Pear Tree)	Derby, South Derbyshire
DE24	DERBY	Derby (Allenton, Alvaston, Boulton, Osmaston, Shelton Lock, Sinfin, Wilmorton); Stenson Fields	Derby, South Derbyshire
DE45	BAKEWELL	Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell, Baslow, Chatsworth, Edensor, Hassop, Monyash, Youlgreave	Derbyshire Dales
DE55	ALFRETON	Sector 1: Swanwick Sectors 2 and 3: South Normanton Alfreton Sector 4: Riddings, Leabrooks, Somercotes Sector 5: Tibshelf, Newton, Blackwell, Bolsover, Hilcote Sector 6: Wessington, Higham, Stonebroom, Morton, Derbyshire, Shirland Sector 7:Alfreton, South Wingfield	Amber Valley, Bolsover
DE56	BELPER	Ambergate, Belper, Duffield, Heage, Holbrook, Kilburn, Milford	Amber Valley
DE65	DERBY	Burnaston, Egginton, Etwall, Findern, Hatton, Hilton, Milton, Repton, Willington	South Derbyshire
DE72	DERBY	Ambaston, Aston-on-Trent, Borrowash, Breaston, Church Wilne, Draycott, Elvaston, Ockbrook, Risley, Shardlow, Weston-on-Trent	Erewash, South Derbyshire, North West Leicestershire,
DE73	DERBY	Derby (Chellaston); Barrow upon Trent, Ingleby, Melbourne, Stanton by Bridge, Swarkestone, Ticknall	Derby, South Derbyshire
DE74	DERBY	Castle Donington, Hemington, Kegworth	North West Leicestershire
DE75	HEANOR	Heanor, Loscoe	Amber Valley
DE99	DERBY	Non-geographic (Egg Banking plc)

Adjacent areas

Adjacent postcode areas
SK	S
ST	DE	NG
WS
B	CV	LE

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: NG (Nottingham), LE (Leicester), CV (Coventry), B (Birmingham), WS (Walsall), ST (Stoke-on-Trent), SK (Stockport), S (Sheffield).

See also

• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

References

1. ^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory" (PDF). Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)

Coordinates: 52°54′N 1°30′W / 52.9°N 1.5°W / 52.9; -1.5