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DH7 9DD

Langley & Esh · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Langley & Esh
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 9DE 116 m
DH7 9DG 380 m
DH7 9RX 391 m
DH7 9DQ 471 m
DH7 9BW 482 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 9DD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 9
Latitude
54.788263
Longitude
-1.729526
British National Grid easting
417,492
British National Grid northing
543,740

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Langley & Esh · E05016181
Parish or community
E04010625
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00104817
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 024D · E01020660
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 024 · E02004307

Postcode source versions

Explore DH7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1

  1. St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Esh Village

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    2.2 km

  2. Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School

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    2.3 km

  3. Esh Winning Academy

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    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
34
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Violence and sexual offences 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Vehicle crime 4
  • Other theft 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
DH7 9 residents
9,652

Age bands in DH7 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

1,527 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

892 residents

Age 25 to 44
23%

2,184 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

2,834 residents

Age 65 and over
21.7%

2,056 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH7 9 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+
0%
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

  • LANCHESTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    DURHAM ROAD, LANCHESTER, DURHAM, DH7 0LP

    ODS code A83072

    3.6 km

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    4.1 km

  • THE HAVEN SURGERY

    THE HAVEN, BURNHOPE, DURHAM, DH7 0BD

    ODS code A83622

    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

  • Marleys Cottages

    BCT · Quebec

    0.1 miles

  • Marleys Cottages

    BCT · Quebec

    0.1 miles

  • Aged Miners

    BCT · Quebec

    0.2 miles

  • Aged Miners

    BCT · Quebec

    0.2 miles

  • Terrace

    BCT · Wilks Hill

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 024D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,264 of 33,755

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

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Esh Village is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

34 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 8 events.

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