Thornley & Wheatley Hill · County Durham · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Plot 42, Dunelm Stables, Thornley, Durham, DH6 3HY | 18 August 2025 | £165,000 |
| 41, Plot, Dunelm Stables, Thornley, Durham, DH6 3HY | 1 August 2025 | £125,000 |
| Plot 46, Dunelm Stables, Thornley, Durham, DH6 3HY | 2 May 2025 | £130,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Thornley Academy
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Wheatley Hill Community Primary School
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St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley
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Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
30 female, 32 male
921 residents
571 residents
1,402 residents
1,597 residents
1,198 residents
This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH6 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
4
within 5 km
BEVAN GROVE, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LQ
ODS code A83616
3.9 km
FRONT STREET, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LT
ODS code A83619
4.2 km
THE CARADOC SURGERY, FRONT STREET WEST, WINGATE, TS28 5PZ
ODS code A83057
5.0 km
FRONT STREET WEST, WINGATE, TS28 5PZ
ODS code A83610
5.0 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Dunelm Road
BCT · Thornley
RC Church
BCT · Thornley
Dunelm Road
BCT · Thornley
RC Church
BCT · Thornley
Crossways Court
BCT · Thornley
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 040B, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
8,192 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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £125,000 from 14 recorded sales in DH6 3HY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.
Published establishments
16 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Thornley Academy is the nearest published school at 862 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
379 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 120 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.