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DH7 9UW

Langley & Esh · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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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 9UN 74 m
DH7 9UL 111 m
DH7 9UR 146 m
DH7 9UH 182 m
DH7 9UP 247 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 9UW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2015
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 9
Latitude
54.799766
Longitude
-1.684574
British National Grid easting
420,377
British National Grid northing
545,032

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
E00104826
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
16
Primary
14
Secondary
1

  1. Langley Park Primary School

    Academy converter

    855 m

  2. Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

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

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
418
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 169
  • Anti social behaviour 76
  • Criminal damage and arson 62
  • Shoplifting 33
  • Public order 19

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
69

39 female, 30 male

Postcode households
27
Residents per household
2.6
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 0.7% 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+
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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    955 m

  • THE HAVEN SURGERY

    THE HAVEN, BURNHOPE, DURHAM, DH7 0BD

    ODS code A83622

    3.3 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    3.6 km

  • LANCHESTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    DURHAM ROAD, LANCHESTER, DURHAM, DH7 0LP

    ODS code A83072

    4.1 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Finings Avenue

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.1 miles

  • Finings Avenue

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.1 miles

  • Stringer Terrace

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.2 miles

  • Stringer Terrace

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.2 miles

  • Clifford Street

    BCT · Langley Park

    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

16 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 1 secondary schools. Langley Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 855 m.

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

Recorded crime

418 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 169 events.

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