DH8 6BH

Consett North · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Consett
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH8 6BJ 50 m
DH8 6FF 116 m
DH8 6FD 214 m
DH8 6DQ 217 m
DH8 6FE 226 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH8 6BH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 6
Latitude
54.858700
Longitude
-1.823096
British National Grid easting
411,455
British National Grid northing
551,559

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
Blaydon and Consett · E14001106
Output area
E00104726
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 010C · E01020641
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 010 · E02004303

Postcode source versions

Explore DH8

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Villa Real Road, Consett, DH8 6BH 15 September 2023 £247,000
10, Villa Real Road, Consett, DH8 6BH 14 October 2022 £205,000
Newbell House Villa, 30, Villa Real Road, Consett, DH8 6BH 11 February 2022 £582,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
17
Secondary
1
  1. Villa Real School

    Community special school

    162 m
  2. Consett Junior School

    Community school

    212 m
  3. Beechdale Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    224 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,926
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 679
  • Shoplifting 286
  • Anti social behaviour 254
  • Criminal damage and arson 204
  • Public order 130

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

12 female, 14 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.4
DH8 6 residents
6,702

Age bands in DH8 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,020 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

595 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.5%

1,588 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

1,962 residents

Age 65 and over
23.6%

1,593 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH8 6 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+
93.3%
Gigabit-capable
86.7%
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 straight-line

  • CONSETT MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION YARD, CONSETT, DH8 5YA

    ODS code A83018

    875 m

  • LEADGATE SURGERY

    GEORGE EWEN HOUSE, WATLING STREET, LEADGATE, CONSETT, DH8 6DP

    ODS code A83636

    1.1 km

  • QUEENS ROAD SURGERY

    83 QUEENS ROAD, CONSETT, DH8 0BW

    ODS code A83049

    1.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Adult Training Centre

    BCT · Consett

    0.0 miles
  • Adult Training Centre

    BCT · Consett

    0.1 miles
  • Grove Cottage

    BCT · Consett

    0.2 miles
  • Grove Cottage

    BCT · Consett

    0.2 miles
  • Werdohl Way

    BCT · Consett

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 010C, 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

11,803 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £247,000 from 3 recorded sales in DH8 6BH. 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.

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 1 secondary schools. Villa Real School is the nearest published school at 162 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,926 published events cover 12 months, averaging 160.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 679 events.

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