DH7 0NU

Lanchester & Burnhope · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 0QE 64 m
DH7 0EH 91 m
DH7 0NT 94 m
DH7 0PL 108 m
DH7 0PF 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 0NU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 0
Latitude
54.822088
Longitude
-1.746296
British National Grid easting
416,400
British National Grid northing
547,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010655
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104850
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 020B · E01020664
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
10
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    195 m
  2. All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester

    Academy converter

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

    Academy converter

    709 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
176
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 71
  • Criminal damage and arson 39
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Public order 14
  • Other theft 12

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • LANCHESTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    DURHAM ROAD, LANCHESTER, DURHAM, DH7 0LP

    ODS code A83072

    551 m

  • THE HAVEN SURGERY

    THE HAVEN, BURNHOPE, DURHAM, DH7 0BD

    ODS code A83622

    2.2 km

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    3.9 km

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

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

    ODS code A83073

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Brook View

    BCT · Lanchester

    0.1 miles
  • Blue Bell Court

    BCT · Lanchester

    0.1 miles
  • Blue Bell Court

    BCT · Lanchester

    0.1 miles
  • Alderside Crescent

    BCT · Lanchester

    0.1 miles
  • Green

    BCT · Lanchester

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 020B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,598 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
3 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School is the nearest published school at 195 m.

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

Recorded crime

176 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 71 events.

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