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On Riversdale, in Ambergate, Heage & Idridgehay
What it's like at DE56 2EU: every home that has sold on Riversdale since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Riversdale; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 27 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, RiversdaleDetached | Jun 2025 | £490,000 | 199 m² | £2,462/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, RiversdaleDetached | Mar 2026 | £340,000 | 123 m² | £2,764/m² | 2 |
| 1b, RiversdaleDetached | Oct 2011 | £240,000 | 131 m² | £1,832/m² | 1 |
| 1d, RiversdaleDetached | Jan 2017 | £370,000 | 283 m² | £1,307/m² | 1 |
| 2, RiversdaleSemi-detached | Nov 2017 | £163,000 | 73 m² | £2,233/m² | 4 |
| 3, RiversdaleOther | Nov 2024 | £4,000 | 96 m² | £42/m² | 3 |
| 5, RiversdaleSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £250,000 | 103 m² | £2,427/m² | 2 |
| 6, RiversdaleSemi-detached | May 2008 | £95,000 | 71 m² | £1,338/m² | 3 |
| 7, RiversdaleDetached | Dec 2018 | £227,500 | 99 m² | £2,298/m² | 4 |
| 8, RiversdaleSemi-detached | May 2014 | £101,000 | 78 m² | £1,295/m² | 4 |
| 9, RiversdaleDetached | May 2012 | £155,000 | 76 m² | £2,039/m² | 3 |
| 10, RiversdaleSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £128,950 | 75 m² | £1,719/m² | 2 |
| 12, RiversdaleSemi-detached | Sept 2009 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, RiversdaleSemi-detached | Jun 2001 | £79,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, RiversdaleSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £175,000 | 62 m² | £2,823/m² | 2 |
| 15, RiversdaleOther | Aug 2019 | £267,500 | 137 m² | £1,953/m² | 2 |
| 16, RiversdaleTerraced | Mar 2022 | £160,000 | 61 m² | £2,623/m² | 3 |
| 16a, RiversdaleTerraced | Dec 2015 | £94,000 | 64 m² | £1,469/m² | 3 |
| 17, RiversdaleSemi-detached | Jan 2022 | £260,000 | 76 m² | £3,421/m² | 1 |
| 18, RiversdaleTerraced | Jun 2026 | £145,000 | 52 m² | £2,788/m² | 3 |
| 18a, RiversdaleTerraced | Oct 2022 | £166,000 | 59 m² | £2,814/m² | 4 |
| 20, RiversdaleSemi-detached | Sept 2010 | £82,000 | 53 m² | £1,547/m² | 1 |
| 21, RiversdaleSemi-detached | Feb 1999 | £48,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22a, RiversdaleTerraced | May 2002 | £38,000 | 55 m² | £691/m² | 1 |
| 23, RiversdaleSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £299,950 | 143 m² | £2,098/m² | 2 |
| 24, RiversdaleTerraced | Nov 2022 | £295,000 | 128 m² | £2,305/m² | 2 |
| 26, RiversdaleSemi-detached | Jul 2014 | £132,500 | 111 m² | £1,194/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ambergate, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 39k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Derby.
The nearest bus stop is New Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 55 minutes on weekdays (routes 142, 141, 147, 319); 7 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 55 minutes away by public transport (25 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km); 60% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Belper School and Sixth Form Centre, 4.3 km away; Attainment 8: 44.3 · 5.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 3.6 km away, with Sawmills Post Office closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Crich Medical Practice (2.6 km), with Crich Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.6 km).
For a haircut, Finlays is 2.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Derby Hospital, 15 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 7 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Anila is the closest café or restaurant (950 m), and Canal Inn Bullbridge the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 125 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 57% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 297 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Belper River Gardens, 3.8 km away; for exercise, Fit Pit (4.0 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, East Midlands is 27 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 62 km.
3 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Crich Junction Bridge (SPC8/46) | II | 140 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Amber Valley constituency: Linsey Farnsworth MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,554 (8.4%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Reform UK 29%, Conservative 25%, Green Party 5%.
9 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near DE56 2EU →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 56% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Riversdale in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 85 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 23 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.7% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 88.7% | 94.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.4% | 1.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.1% | 3.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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