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DH7 0BN

Lanchester & Burnhope · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Lanchester & Burnhope
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 0DJ 85 m
DH7 0DN 90 m
DH7 0DQ 109 m
DH7 0AA 123 m
DH7 0AD 123 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 0BN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 March 2019
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 0
Latitude
54.828719
Longitude
-1.709550
British National Grid easting
418,758
British National Grid northing
548,247

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Lanchester & Burnhope · E05016180
Parish or community
E04010605
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104685
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 020A · E01020633
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 020 · E02004306

Postcode source versions

Explore DH7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
16
Secondary
2

  1. Burnhope Primary School

    Academy converter

    318 m

  2. Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.4 km

  3. St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
105
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 38
  • Criminal damage and arson 25
  • Anti social behaviour 16
  • Public order 10
  • Drugs 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH7 0 residents
5,727

Age bands in DH7 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

977 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.4%

434 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

1,147 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

1,646 residents

Age 65 and over
28%

1,634 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.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE HAVEN SURGERY

    THE HAVEN, BURNHOPE, DURHAM, DH7 0BD

    ODS code A83622

    438 m

  • LANCHESTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    DURHAM ROAD, LANCHESTER, DURHAM, DH7 0LP

    ODS code A83072

    2.1 km

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    3.5 km

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

    WEST ROAD SURGERY, 9 WEST ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7XT

    ODS code A83073

    3.7 km

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    4.1 km

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    4.6 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

    STANLEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, CLIFFORD ROAD, STANLEY, DH9 0AB

    ODS code A83023

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Post Office - Ivy Club

    BCT · Burnhope

    0.0 miles

  • Post Office - Ivy Club

    BCT · Burnhope

    0.0 miles

  • Whitehouse Avenue - Shops

    BCT · Burnhope

    0.1 miles

  • Whitehouse Avenue - Shops

    BCT · Burnhope

    0.1 miles

  • Cartwheel

    BCT · Burnhope

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 020A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,646 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Burnhope Primary School is the nearest published school at 318 m.

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

Recorded crime

105 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 38 events.

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