Where is DE72?

DE72 spans the counties of Derbyshire and Leicestershire. It is 5km south-west of the town of Sandiacre, and contains Shardlow, Risley, Breaston, Weston-on-Trent, and Borrowash. DE72 is 9km east of the city of Derby. DE72 is a postcode district, also known as an outcode or outbound code.

DE72 on a map

The below map shows where DE72 is, and the boundary of the DE72 postcode district:

Postal Boundaries © GEOLYTIX copyright and database right 2012

What county is DE72 in?

DE72 lies within the counties of Derbyshire and Leicestershire. The below table and chart shows the split by area:

County% Area
Derbyshire96%
Leicestershire4%

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This data was derived from the below datasets:
Source: GEOLYTIX Postal Geometries
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Source: Ordnance Survey Ceremonial Counties
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Which cities, towns and villages are in DE72?

ShardlowVillage
RisleyVillage
BreastonVillage
Weston-on-TrentVillage
BorrowashVillage
Aston-on-TrentVillage
OckbrookVillage
DraycottVillage
ElvastonVillage
ThulstonVillage
Church WilneSettlement
AmbastonVillage
Great WilneHamlet

What are the nearest towns to DE72?

Position of DE72 relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of DE72 to the centre of the town.

south-west5km
DE72 is 5km south-west of Sandiacre
west6km
DE72 is 6km west of Long Eaton
south-west7km
DE72 is 7km south-west of Stapleford
south9km
DE72 is 9km south of Ilkeston
west10km
DE72 is 10km west of Beeston
south13km
DE72 is 13km south of Heanor
south-west13km
DE72 is 13km south-west of Kimberley
south14km
DE72 is 14km south of Eastwood
north14km
DE72 is 14km north of Shepshed
west16km
DE72 is 16km west of West Bridgford

What are the nearest cities to DE72?

Position of DE72 relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of DE72 to the centre of the city.

east9km
DE72 is 9km east of Derby
south-west15km
DE72 is 15km south-west of Nottingham
north-west33km
DE72 is 33km north-west of Leicester
north-east40km
DE72 is 40km north-east of Lichfield
south55km
DE72 is 55km south of Sheffield
north55km
DE72 is 55km north of Coventry
east57km
DE72 is 57km east of Stoke-on-Trent
north-east59km
DE72 is 59km north-east of Birmingham
north-east63km
DE72 is 63km north-east of Wolverhampton
south-west66km
DE72 is 66km south-west of Lincoln

More DE72 data

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