Benfieldside · County Durham · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 18, Benfield Close, Consett, DH8 0RH | 2 July 2026 | £170,000 |
| 45, Benfield Close, Consett, DH8 0RH | 26 September 2025 | £175,000 |
| 40, Benfield Close, Consett, DH8 0RH | 7 August 2025 | £145,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Shotley Bridge Primary School
Community school
Benfieldside Primary School
Community school
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Blackhill
Academy converter
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
49 female, 53 male
1,084 residents
619 residents
1,587 residents
2,129 residents
1,740 residents
This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH8 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
4
within 5 km
83 QUEENS ROAD, CONSETT, DH8 0BW
ODS code A83049
588 m
STATION YARD, CONSETT, DH8 5YA
ODS code A83018
2.4 km
GEORGE EWEN HOUSE, WATLING STREET, LEADGATE, CONSETT, DH8 6DP
ODS code A83636
3.1 km
HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7SB
ODS code A83618
4.6 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Rosedale Avenue
BCT · Shotley Bridge
Rosedale Avenue - Shops
BCT · Shotley Bridge
Rosedale Avenue
BCT · Shotley Bridge
Benfieldside Road
BCT · Shotley Bridge
Rosedale Avenue - Shops
BCT · Shotley Bridge
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 003C, 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
17,507 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £160,000 from 11 recorded sales in DH8 0RH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.
Published establishments
22 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 1 secondary schools. Shotley Bridge Primary School is the nearest published school at 550 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
613 published events cover 12 months, averaging 51.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 259 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.