DH7 9DS

Langley & Esh · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 9RR 520 m
DH7 9RP 604 m
DH7 9RS 624 m
DH7 9DH 706 m
DH7 9DQ 840 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 9DS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 9
Latitude
54.795061
Longitude
-1.715359
British National Grid easting
418,400
British National Grid northing
544,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010625
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00104822
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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    1.3 km
  2. Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School

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    1.4 km
  3. Langley Park Primary School

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    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
27
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Other theft 4
  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    3.0 km

  • LANCHESTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    DURHAM ROAD, LANCHESTER, DURHAM, DH7 0LP

    ODS code A83072

    3.1 km

  • THE HAVEN SURGERY

    THE HAVEN, BURNHOPE, DURHAM, DH7 0BD

    ODS code A83622

    3.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Bank foot

    BCT · Esh

    0.3 miles
  • Bank foot

    BCT · Esh

    0.3 miles
  • Clifford Bank Top

    BCT · Quebec

    0.5 miles
  • Clifford Bank Top

    BCT · Quebec

    0.6 miles
  • Aged Miners

    BCT · Quebec

    0.6 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.

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 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

27 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 10 events.

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