| Postcode | DE73 8LY | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Derby | 
| Nearest station | Peartree (8 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Quaker Close (SE) 
Cockshut Lane (NE) 
Lampad Close (NW) 
Cockshut Lane (SW) 
Derby Road (NW) 
Lampad Close (SE) 
                     | 
                  
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 12 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       1 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne 
                            1A Blackthorn Close, Melbourne 
                            3 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne 
                            4 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne 
                            5 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne 
                            7 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne 
                            9 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne 
                            11 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne 
                            17 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne 
                       | 
                  
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 52.826322 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.435045 | |
| Easting | 438164 | |
| Northing | 325571 | |
| Grid reference | SK381255 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 605442 5854098 | |
| what3words | albums.striving.material | |
| FixPhrase | croon lyrics shorty tying | |
| Plus code | 9C4WRHG7+GX | |
| Altitude | 79 metres (260 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:09 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:31 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 99.2 KMs (61.6 miles) | 
| Parish | Melbourne | E04002914 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Melbourne | E05008815 | 
| Local Authority District | South Derbyshire | E07000039 | 
| Local Authority | Derbyshire | E10000007 | 
| County | Derbyshire | E10000007 | 
| Constituency (2024) | South Derbyshire | E14001483 | 
| MP | Samantha Niblett | Labour | 
| Police force | Derbyshire | |
| Water company | Severn Trent | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | South and West Derbyshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East Midlands | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | September 2004 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Population (2011) | 38 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 11 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
                   | 
                |
| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
                     | 
                  |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | Melbourne (South Derbyshire) | E63009319 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00100467 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | South Derbyshire 006D | E01019855 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | South Derbyshire 006D | E01019855 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Melbourne, Ticknall & Hartshorne | E02004123 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Melbourne, Ticknall & Hartshorne | E02004123 | 
| Travel to work area | Derby | E30000200 | 
| Average property price in Derby | £239,882 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.2% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2025 | £430,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | May 2008 | £330,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jun 2007 | £285,000 | |
| 7 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne | Detached (freehold) | Nov 2024 | £485,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | May 2019 | £425,000 | |
| 1A Blackthorn Close, Melbourne | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2021 | £300,000 | 
| 3 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2012 | £320,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Apr 1999 | £165,000 | |
| 9 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne | Detached (freehold) | May 2009 | £345,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Dec 1999 | £179,950 | |
| 4 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2007 | £353,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Apr 1996 | £127,500 | |
| 17 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2006 | £359,950 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 2001 | £200,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 1995 | £123,000 | |
| 5 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne | Detached (freehold) | Dec 1998 | £161,000 | 
| 11 Blackthorn Close, Melbourne | Detached (freehold) | Feb 1997 | £112,000 |