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DH7 8YY

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 8PE 47 m
DH7 8LL 67 m
DH7 8LW 67 m
DH7 8PD 123 m
DH7 8LX 150 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 8YY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 8
Latitude
54.759726
Longitude
-1.611490
British National Grid easting
425,100
British National Grid northing
540,600

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
E00104961
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 033I · E01034499
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
31
Primary
21
Secondary
4

  1. Langley Moor Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    11 m

  2. Langley Moor Primary School

    Community school

    67 m

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

    Academy converter

    528 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
790
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 288
  • Anti social behaviour 136
  • Criminal damage and arson 82
  • Shoplifting 61
  • Public order 61

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83022

    1.7 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    3.1 km

  • CLAYPATH & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    26 GILESGATE, DURHAM, DH1 1QW

    ODS code A83011

    3.5 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Nursery School

    BCT · Langley Moor

    0.0 miles

  • Nursery School

    BCT · Langley Moor

    0.0 miles

  • Shops

    BCT · Langley Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Boyne Hotel - High Street

    BCT · Langley Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Boyne Hotel - Front Street

    BCT · Langley Moor

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 033I, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,567 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Langley Moor Nursery School is the nearest published school at 11 m.

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

Recorded crime

790 published events cover 12 months, averaging 65.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 288 events.

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