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DH7 7LS

Deerness · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Durham
Ward
Deerness
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 7LT 72 m
DH7 7NY 82 m
DH7 7NR 98 m
DH7 7LR 113 m
DH7 7QN 122 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 7LS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 7
Latitude
54.774916
Longitude
-1.632581
British National Grid easting
423,734
British National Grid northing
542,283

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Deerness · E05016171
Parish or community
E04010603
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00105128
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 026D · E01020714
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 026 · E02004310

Postcode source versions

Explore DH7

Property

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24 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
21, Valley View, Ushaw Moor, Durham, DH7 7LS 2 December 2025 £182,000
25, Valley View, Ushaw Moor, Durham, DH7 7LS 18 October 2024 £146,000
11, Valley View, Ushaw Moor, Durham, DH7 7LS 6 August 2024 £115,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
21
Secondary
4

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

    Academy converter

    694 m

  2. Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    769 m

  3. Durham Academy

    Academy converter

    813 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
853
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 365
  • Anti social behaviour 155
  • Criminal damage and arson 92
  • Shoplifting 59
  • Public order 45

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
57

31 female, 26 male

Postcode households
27
Residents per household
2.1
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

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH7 7 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+
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

6

within 5 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    976 m

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83022

    3.0 km

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    3.7 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    3.7 km

  • CLAYPATH & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    26 GILESGATE, DURHAM, DH1 1QW

    ODS code A83011

    4.2 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    5.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Valley View

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Valley View Garage

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Valley View

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Breckon Hill

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Broomhall Drive

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.2 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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £136,500 from 6 recorded sales in DH7 7LS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.

Schools

32 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw Moor is the nearest published school at 694 m.

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

Recorded crime

853 published events cover 12 months, averaging 71.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 365 events.

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