DE postcode area

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Postcode area within the United Kingdom

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::summary Postcode area within the United Kingdom ::

The DE postcode area, also known as the Derby postcode area, is a group of 23 postcode districts in central England, within 11 post towns. These cover south and central Derbyshire (including Derby, Alfreton, Ashbourne, Bakewell, Belper, Heanor, Ilkeston, Matlock, Ripley and Swadlincote), parts of east Staffordshire (including Burton upon Trent) and north-west Leicestershire, and very small parts of Nottinghamshire.

Mail for the DE postcode area is processed at Nottingham Mail Centre, along with mail for the NG postcode area.

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

|- ! DE1 | DERBY | Derby C Sector 1: City Centre SW Sector 2: City Centre SE Sector 3: City Centre N, West End, Little Chester Sector 9: Toyota Plant, Large Users Sector 0: non-geographic

Derby
! DE3
DERBY
Sector 9: Mickleover East
Sector 0: Mickleover West
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
Sector 3: Ripley, Pentrich, Lower Hartshay
Sector 8: Denby, Marehay
Sector 9: Codnor, Waingroves
Amber Valley
-
! DE6
ASHBOURNE
Ashbourne, Hulland Ward, Weston Underwood
Derbyshire Dales, Amber Valley, South Derbyshire, Derby, East Staffordshire
-
! DE7
ILKESTON
Horsley Woodhouse, Ilkeston, Morley, West Hallam
Erewash, Amber Valley, Broxtowe
-
! DE11
SWADLINCOTE
Swadlincote, Church Gresley, Woodville, Newhall, Hartshorne, Castle Gresley, Blackfordby, Albert Village
South Derbyshire, North West Leicestershire
-
! DE12
SWADLINCOTE
Appleby Magna, Donisthorpe, 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
East Staffordshire, South Derbyshire
-
! DE15
BURTON-ON-TRENT
Bretby, Stapenhill, Newton Solney, Winshill
East Staffordshire, South Derbyshire
-
! DE21
DERBY
Derby NE
Sector 2: Oakwood, Derby
Sectors 4 and 6: Chaddesden, Derby
Sector 5: Little Eaton, Breadsall, Coxbench
Sector 7: Spondon, Derby
Derby, Erewash, Amber Valley
-
! DE22
DERBY
Derby NW
Sector 1: Darley Abbey, Derby
Sector 2: Allestree, Derby
Sector 3: New Zealand, Derby
Sector 4: Mackworth, Derby, Mackworth (village)
Sector 5: Quarndon, Kedleston
Derby, Amber Valley
-
! DE23
DERBY
Derby SW
Sectors 1 and 2: Sunny Hill, Derby
Sector 3: Heatherton Village, Highfields
Sectors 4 and 6: Littleover, Derby
Sector 8: Normanton Derby, Pear Tree, Derby
Derby, South Derbyshire
-
! DE24
DERBY
Derby SE
Sector 1: City Point Estate, Derby
Sector 3: Stenson Fields
Sector 5: Boulton Moor
Sector 8: Pride Park, Wilmorton, Derby, Osmaston, Derby, Crewton
Sector 9: Sinfin, Derby, Allenton, Derby, Shelton Lock, Derby
Sector 0: Alvaston, Derby, Boulton, Derby
Derby, South Derbyshire
-
! DE45
BAKEWELL
Sector 1: Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell, Baslow, Chatsworth, Edensor, Hassop, Monyash, Youlgreave
Sector 9: non-geographic
Derbyshire Dales
-
! DE55
ALFRETON
Sector 1: Swanwick, Leabrooks
Sectors 2 and 3: South Normanton
Sector 4: Riddings, Greenhill Lane, Somercotes
Sector 5: Tibshelf, Newton, Blackwell, Hilcote
Sector 6: Wessington, Higham, Stonebroom, Morton, 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, Kegworth, Diseworth, Hemington, Lockington, East Midlands Airport
North West Leicestershire, Rushcliffe
-
! DE75
HEANOR
Heanor, Loscoe, Shipley
Amber Valley
-
! DE99
DERBY

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History

Until approximately 1992, most of the districts were different:

  • There was a DE2, corresponding to current DE21 and DE24.
  • DE3 covered DE22 and DE23 in addition to its current area.
  • DE4 included DE45
  • DE5 included DE55 and the bulk of DE56
  • DE6 included DE65 and part of DE56
  • DE7 included DE72-75

Map

References

References

  1. Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)

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