DH8 6JN

Derwent & Pont Valley · 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 6JL 28 m
DH8 6JQ 72 m
DH8 6JF 89 m
DH8 6JE 113 m
DH8 6JW 143 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH8 6JN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 6
Latitude
54.868051
Longitude
-1.814330
British National Grid easting
412,015
British National Grid northing
552,601

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
E00104879
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 010F · E01020667
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 010 · E02004303

Postcode source versions

Explore DH8

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
28, Fourth Street, Leadgate, Consett, DH8 6JN 14 March 2022 £85,000
25, Fourth Street, Consett, DH8 6JN 23 July 2021 £145,000
32, Fourth Street, Leadgate, Consett, DH8 6JN 14 November 2018 £72,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
16
Secondary
1
  1. Hassockfield Secure Training Centre

    Secure units

    988 m
  2. Villa Real School

    Community special school

    1.0 km
  3. Leadgate Primary School - Split Site

    Community school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
637
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 277
  • Anti social behaviour 73
  • Criminal damage and arson 68
  • Public order 39
  • Burglary 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

6 female, 8 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.8
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 0.2% 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+
87.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
87.5%
Gigabit-capable
87.5%
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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • LEADGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83636

    990 m

  • QUEENS ROAD SURGERY

    83 QUEENS ROAD, CONSETT, DH8 0BW

    ODS code A83049

    1.9 km

  • CONSETT MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION YARD, CONSETT, DH8 5YA

    ODS code A83018

    2.1 km

  • OAKFIELDS HEALTH GROUP

    HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7SB

    ODS code A83618

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Clark Terrace

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.1 miles
  • Clark Terrace

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.1 miles
  • Pont View

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.1 miles
  • Pont View

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.1 miles
  • Bradley Cottages

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 010F, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,815 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
3
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 £85,000 from 1 recorded sale in DH8 6JN. 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

24 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 1 secondary schools. Hassockfield Secure Training Centre is the nearest published school at 988 m.

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

Recorded crime

637 published events cover 12 months, averaging 53.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 277 events.

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