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DH3 4LA

Lumley & West Rainton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chester Le Street
Ward
Lumley & West Rainton
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH3
Postcode sector
DH3 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH3 4JZ 77 m
DH3 4LB 93 m
DH3 4JY 100 m
DH3 4JX 118 m
DH3 4JU 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH3 4LA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH3
Postcode sector
DH3 4
Latitude
54.838583
Longitude
-1.537137
British National Grid easting
429,827
British National Grid northing
549,404

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Lumley & West Rainton · E05016183
Parish or community
E04010635
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104563
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 015C · E01020608
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 015 · E02004295

Postcode source versions

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Esk Avenue, Great Lumley, Chester Le Street, DH3 4LA 4 September 2020 £105,000
7, Esk Avenue, Great Lumley, Chester Le Street, DH3 4LA 18 December 2015 £107,474
13, Esk Avenue, Great Lumley, Chester Le Street, DH3 4LA 26 February 2007 £101,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
23
Secondary
3

  1. Lumley Junior School

    Community school

    264 m

  2. Lumley Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    432 m

  3. Woodlea Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
228
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 95
  • Anti social behaviour 33
  • Criminal damage and arson 29
  • Burglary 16
  • Vehicle crime 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

15 female, 9 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
1.5
DH3 4 residents
5,901

Age bands in DH3 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

819 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

518 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.8%

1,082 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,679 residents

Age 65 and over
29%

1,671 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH3 4 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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.

GP practices

12

within 5 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, FRONT STREET, GREAT LUMLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 4LE

    ODS code A83029

    412 m

  • MIDDLE CHARE MEDICAL GROUP

    MIDDLE CHARE SURGERY, MIDDLE CHARE, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3QD

    ODS code A83028

    3.0 km

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    3.3 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, WOODLAND VIEW, WEST RAINTON, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 6RQ

    ODS code A83024

    3.7 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    3.8 km

  • GRANGEWOOD SURGERY

    CHESTER ROAD, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RB

    ODS code A89028

    4.0 km

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP

    KELSO GROVE, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RW

    ODS code A89030

    4.1 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    4.2 km

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4DN

    ODS code A89023

    4.4 km

  • HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE

    ODS code A89009

    4.6 km

  • RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH

    ODS code A89616

    4.7 km

  • I J HEALTHCARE

    3 SWISS COTTAGES, VIGO LANE, WASHINGTON, NE38 9AB

    ODS code A89617

    4.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Don Crescent

    BCT · Great Lumley

    0.1 miles

  • Sevenacres

    BCT · Great Lumley

    0.1 miles

  • Windsor Terrace

    BCT · Great Lumley

    0.1 miles

  • Don Crescent

    BCT · Great Lumley

    0.1 miles

  • Sevenacres

    BCT · Great Lumley

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 015C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,092 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

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.

Flood risk

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.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

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.

Evidence in context

Schools

28 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 3 secondary schools. Lumley Junior School is the nearest published school at 264 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

228 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 95 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.