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DH7 8BA

Brandon · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Brandon
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 8AZ 91 m
DH7 8BB 111 m
DH7 8BP 135 m
DH7 8UL 155 m
DH7 8UF 181 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 8BA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 8
Latitude
54.745905
Longitude
-1.637674
British National Grid easting
423,423
British National Grid northing
539,053

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
E00104990
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 038B · E01020686
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 038 · E02004317

Postcode source versions

Explore DH7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
11
Secondary
2

  1. Brandon Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    768 m

  2. Browney Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km

  3. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Langley Moor

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
913
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 365
  • Anti social behaviour 133
  • Criminal damage and arson 129
  • Public order 71
  • Shoplifting 50

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
55

27 female, 28 male

Postcode households
41
Residents per household
1.3
DH7 8 residents
10,521

Age bands in DH7 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,706 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,128 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.9%

2,756 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

2,951 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

2,120 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH7 8 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

2

within 5 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83022

    624 m

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    4.2 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

  • Grove Rd - Sainsburys

    BCT · Brandon

    0.1 miles

  • Briar Avenue - Blackthorn Close

    BCT · Brandon

    0.2 miles

  • Red Barns Farm

    BCT · Brandon

    0.2 miles

  • Grove Rd - Murray Chapel

    BCT · Brandon

    0.2 miles

  • Briar Avenue-Bell Meadow

    BCT · Brandon

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 038B, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

3,195 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
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

18 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Brandon Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 768 m.

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

Recorded crime

913 published events cover 12 months, averaging 76.083 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.