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DH7 8RF

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 8XD 4 m
DH7 8TP 200 m
DH7 8XQ 213 m
DH7 8RD 214 m
DH7 8HH 282 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 8RF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 2015
Terminated
1 November 2015
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 8
Latitude
54.751108
Longitude
-1.608667
British National Grid easting
425,287
British National Grid northing
539,642

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
E00104963
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 033G · E01034497
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 033 · E02004315

Postcode source versions

Explore DH7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
14
Secondary
3

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

    Academy converter

    553 m

  2. Browney Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    724 m

  3. Langley Moor Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    974 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
779
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 290
  • Anti social behaviour 131
  • Criminal damage and arson 81
  • Shoplifting 61
  • Public order 59

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83022

    1.3 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    4.0 km

  • CLAYPATH & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    26 GILESGATE, DURHAM, DH1 1QW

    ODS code A83011

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Littleburn Road

    BCT · Littleburn

    0.1 miles

  • Littleburn Road

    BCT · Littleburn

    0.1 miles

  • Mill Road

    BCT · Littleburn

    0.3 miles

  • Mill Road

    BCT · Littleburn

    0.3 miles

  • RC School

    BCT · Langley Moor

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 033G, 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

22,105 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
7 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

22 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Langley Moor is the nearest published school at 553 m.

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

Recorded crime

779 published events cover 12 months, averaging 64.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 290 events.

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