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DH7 7PH

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 7PS 37 m
DH7 7RF 65 m
DH7 7PQ 75 m
DH7 7BT 84 m
DH7 7PA 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 7PH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 7
Latitude
54.778746
Longitude
-1.648280
British National Grid easting
422,722
British National Grid northing
542,704

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
E00105121
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 031D · E01034494
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 031 · E02004316

Postcode source versions

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Property

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29 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Cooks Cottages, Ushaw Moor, Durham, DH7 7PH 27 September 2024 £96,100
4, Cooks Cottages, Ushaw Moor, Durham, DH7 7PH 27 May 2022 £70,000
14, Cooks Cottages, Ushaw Moor, Durham, DH7 7PH 28 January 2022 £111,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
20
Secondary
4

  1. Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    328 m

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

    Academy converter

    403 m

  3. Durham Academy

    Academy converter

    752 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
876
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 371
  • Anti social behaviour 161
  • Criminal damage and arson 98
  • Shoplifting 59
  • Public order 45

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

21 female, 15 male

Postcode households
17
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 0.4% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    939 m

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    2.8 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83022

    3.6 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    4.4 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    4.7 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

  • St Lukes Church

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Temperance Terrace

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.1 miles

  • St Lukes Church

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Flass Inn

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Flass Inn

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 031D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,720 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
8 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.

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 £96,100 from 3 recorded sales in DH7 7PH. 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

30 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 4 secondary schools. Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 328 m.

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

Recorded crime

876 published events cover 12 months, averaging 73 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 371 events.

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