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DH8 6EX

Derwent & Pont Valley · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Derwent & Pont Valley
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH8 6ET 29 m
DH8 6EZ 82 m
DH8 6ES 83 m
DH8 6HA 88 m
DH8 6EP 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH8 6EX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 May 2001
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 6
Latitude
54.864134
Longitude
-1.803707
British National Grid easting
412,698
British National Grid northing
552,167

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Derwent & Pont Valley · E05016173
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
Blaydon and Consett · E14001106
Output area
E00104865
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 012E · E01020669
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 012 · E02004304

Postcode source versions

Explore DH8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
18
Secondary
1

  1. Our Lady and St Joseph Brooms Catholic Primary School, Leadgate

    Academy converter

    526 m

  2. Leadgate Primary School - Split Site

    Community school

    789 m

  3. Villa Real School

    Community special school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
469
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 186
  • Anti social behaviour 59
  • Criminal damage and arson 54
  • Shoplifting 30
  • Vehicle crime 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • LEADGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83636

    423 m

  • CONSETT MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION YARD, CONSETT, DH8 5YA

    ODS code A83018

    2.1 km

  • QUEENS ROAD SURGERY

    83 QUEENS ROAD, CONSETT, DH8 0BW

    ODS code A83049

    2.6 km

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

    WEST ROAD SURGERY, 9 WEST ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7XT

    ODS code A83073

    4.3 km

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    4.5 km

  • OAKFIELDS HEALTH GROUP

    HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7SB

    ODS code A83618

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Pont Head Estate - Tweed Avenue

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.1 miles

  • Pont Head Estate - Tweed Avenue

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.1 miles

  • Pont Head Estate - Pont Road

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.1 miles

  • Pont Head Estate - Tunstall Grove

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.1 miles

  • Pont Head Estate - Pont Road

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 012E, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,597 of 33,755

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

26 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 1 secondary schools. Our Lady and St Joseph Brooms Catholic Primary School, Leadgate is the nearest published school at 526 m.

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

Recorded crime

469 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 186 events.

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