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DH6 5LH

Bowburn & Coxhoe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Bowburn & Coxhoe
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH6 5LJ 479 m
DH6 5LB 511 m
DH6 5LD 610 m
DH6 5LQ 612 m
DH6 5LL 741 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 5LH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1984
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 5
Latitude
54.710969
Longitude
-1.545217
British National Grid easting
429,400
British National Grid northing
535,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Bowburn & Coxhoe · E05016160
Parish or community
E04010615
Westminster constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor · E14001382
Output area
E00105028
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 041B · E01020696
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 041 · E02004318

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
16
Secondary
2

  1. West Cornforth Primary School

    Community school

    2.0 km

  2. Coxhoe Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km

  3. Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
18
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Public order 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Drugs 2
  • Possession of weapons 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH6 5 residents
5,856

Age bands in DH6 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

1,002 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

559 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.1%

1,827 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

1,606 residents

Age 65 and over
17.7%

1,073 residents

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.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    1.7 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    2.5 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    2.7 km

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    3.0 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SENSIER HOUSE, ST. ANDREW'S LANE, SPENNYMOOR, DL16 6QA

    ODS code A83001

    3.6 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SPENNYMOOR HEALTH CENTRE, BISHOPS CLOSE, SPENNYMOOR, DL16 6ED

    ODS code A83052

    3.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Church

    BCT · Metal Bridge

    0.3 miles

  • Church

    BCT · Metal Bridge

    0.3 miles

  • Hett Road End

    BCT · Metal Bridge

    0.4 miles

  • Hett Road End

    BCT · Metal Bridge

    0.4 miles

  • Cornforth Lane

    BCT · Metal Bridge

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 041B, 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

7,772 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. West Cornforth Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

18 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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