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DH7 9WU

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 9UZ 0 m
DH7 9FB 52 m
DH7 9UY 54 m
DH7 9FD 69 m
DH7 9FA 81 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 9WU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 March 2003
Terminated
1 November 2003
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 9
Latitude
54.798238
Longitude
-1.681226
British National Grid easting
420,593
British National Grid northing
544,863

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
E00104819
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 024C · E01020659
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 024 · E02004307

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
12
Secondary
1

  1. Langley Park Primary School

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    594 m

  2. Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School

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    1.2 km

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

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    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
435
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 173
  • Anti social behaviour 82
  • Criminal damage and arson 67
  • Shoplifting 33
  • Public order 19

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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    774 m

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    3.3 km

  • THE HAVEN SURGERY

    THE HAVEN, BURNHOPE, DURHAM, DH7 0BD

    ODS code A83622

    3.6 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    4.2 km

  • LANCHESTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    DURHAM ROAD, LANCHESTER, DURHAM, DH7 0LP

    ODS code A83072

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Finings Avenue

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.0 miles

  • Finings Avenue

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.1 miles

  • Clifford Street

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.1 miles

  • Clifford Street

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.2 miles

  • Stringer Terrace

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 024C, 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

19,538 of 33,755

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

14 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Langley Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 594 m.

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

Recorded crime

435 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 173 events.

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