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On Matlock Road, in Belper Town
What it's like at DE56 2JD: every home that has sold on Matlock Road 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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Sales and extensions on Matlock Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 48 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| St. Elizabeths House, Matlock RoadOther | Oct 2019 | £650,000 | – | – | 1 |
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From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Belper, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 219k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Derby.
The nearest bus stop is St Elizabeths Primary School, under 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 137); 13 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Elizabeth's Catholic Voluntary Academy, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 67% 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, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 44.3 · 5.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Central England Co-operative, 900 m away, with Far Laund News closer still (800 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Riversdale Surgery (800 m), with Belper Pharmacy & Health Clinic the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Sienna is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Derby Hospital, 12 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 42 restaurants and cafés and 29 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Park Life Café At The Swiss Tea Rooms is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Queens Head the nearest pub (500 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (12 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 86 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 63% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Belper and Milford).
There are 209 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 16% flats and 18% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
It's growing: about 174 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Belper River Gardens, 200 m away; for exercise, Fit Pit (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 23 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 65 km.
Most households own their home, 21% rent privately.
27 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 |
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| St Elizabeth House | II | 10 m |
| Matlock Road Bridge (SPC8 35) | II | 80 m |
| Bandstand in River Gardens | II | 200 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.
Mid Derbyshire constituency: Jonathan Davies MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,878 (4.0%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Conservative 33%, Reform UK 18%, Green Party 8%.
13 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 2JD →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
On this street: 0 of 37 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.2% | 94.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 1.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.4% | 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.
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.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 48 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 83 min
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