DH7 6TS

Langley & Esh · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Durham
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 6TJ 104 m
DH7 6TL 145 m
DH7 6TN 181 m
DH7 9TW 529 m
DH7 9TN 587 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 6TS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 6
Latitude
54.806275
Longitude
-1.655882
British National Grid easting
422,218
British National Grid northing
545,765

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010625
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00104818
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 024D · E01020660
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 024 · E02004307

Postcode source versions

Explore DH7

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Kaysburn Service Station, Witton Gilbert, Durham, DH7 6TS 4 February 2021 £795,000
West Hall, Witton Gilbert, Durham, DH7 6TS 10 May 2019 £510,576

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
15
Secondary
3
  1. Witton Gilbert Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  2. Langley Park Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  3. Sacriston Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
456
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 181
  • Criminal damage and arson 69
  • Anti social behaviour 67
  • Shoplifting 49
  • Other theft 25

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

2 female, 3 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH7 6 residents
8,717

Age bands in DH7 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,391 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

923 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.8%

2,161 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

2,412 residents

Age 65 and over
20.9%

1,815 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH7 6 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+
0%
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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    1.1 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    2.3 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KELVIN HOUSE, 1-2 VICTOR TERRACE, BEARPARK, DURHAM, DH7 7DG

    ODS code A83030

    2.8 km

  • THE HAVEN SURGERY

    THE HAVEN, BURNHOPE, DURHAM, DH7 0BD

    ODS code A83622

    4.2 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Road End

    BCT · Witton Gilbert

    0.0 miles
  • Road End

    BCT · Witton Gilbert

    0.0 miles
  • Road End

    BCT · Witton Gilbert

    0.1 miles
  • Road End

    BCT · Witton Gilbert

    0.1 miles
  • Travellers Rest

    BCT · Witton Gilbert

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 024D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,264 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

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

20 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. Witton Gilbert Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

456 published events cover 12 months, averaging 38 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 181 events.

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