Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe · County Durham · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeWithin 3.1 miles of this postcode
Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
Bowburn Primary School
Academy converter
Strawberry Lane
Other independent special school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
1 female, 4 male
1,234 residents
1,099 residents
1,851 residents
2,006 residents
2,077 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH1 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
5
within 5 km
BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL
ODS code A83635
1.5 km
26 GILESGATE, DURHAM, DH1 1QW
ODS code A83011
3.8 km
THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW
ODS code A83055
4.2 km
BROOMSIDE LANE, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2QW
ODS code A83014
4.2 km
1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH
ODS code A83027
4.4 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Shincliffe Station
BCT · High Shincliffe Station
Shincliffe Station
BCT · High Shincliffe Station
High-Low Grange Farms
BCT · Bowburn
The Avenue
BCT · High Shincliffe
The Avenue
BCT · High Shincliffe
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 041D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
10 of 10
Overall England rank
30,488 of 33,755
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
25 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 2 secondary schools. Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School is the nearest published school at 756 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
295 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 124 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.