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DH7 7JU

Brandon · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Brandon
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 7EZ 40 m
DH7 7EY 222 m
DH7 7QA 253 m
DH7 7PZ 260 m
DH7 7EF 357 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 7JU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 7
Latitude
54.773328
Longitude
-1.651778
British National Grid easting
422,500
British National Grid northing
542,100

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Brandon · E05016161
Parish or community
E04010603
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00105112
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 026D · E01020714
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 026 · E02004310

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
3

  1. New Brancepeth Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    599 m

  2. Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    701 m

  3. Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw Moor

    Academy converter

    732 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
642
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 281
  • Anti social behaviour 99
  • Criminal damage and arson 70
  • Shoplifting 41
  • Public order 36

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH7 7 residents
8,123

Age bands in DH7 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

1,457 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

867 residents

Age 25 to 44
27%

2,236 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

2,277 residents

Age 65 and over
17.5%

1,453 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

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    1.5 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

    ADRIAN CLARK HOUSE, SAWMILLS LANE, MEADOWFIELD, DURHAM, DH7 8NH

    ODS code A83022

    3.1 km

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    3.2 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Station Hotel

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Plantation View

    BCT · New Brancepeth

    0.1 miles

  • Plantation View

    BCT · New Brancepeth

    0.2 miles

  • Station Hotel

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.2 miles

  • Waltons Terrace

    BCT · New Brancepeth

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 026D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,667 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
8 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 3 secondary schools. New Brancepeth Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 599 m.

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

Recorded crime

642 published events cover 12 months, averaging 53.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 281 events.

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