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DH8 6TT

Consett North · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Consett North
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH8 6TW 95 m
DH8 6SZ 178 m
DH8 6TS 183 m
DH8 6BP 258 m
DH8 6TJ 260 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH8 6TT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 6
Latitude
54.861520
Longitude
-1.821915
British National Grid easting
411,530
British National Grid northing
551,873

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Consett North · E05016166
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

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
18
Secondary
1

  1. Villa Real School

    Community special school

    181 m

  2. Consett Junior School

    Community school

    535 m

  3. Beechdale Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    546 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,548
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 571
  • Anti social behaviour 200
  • Shoplifting 191
  • Criminal damage and arson 166
  • Public order 111

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.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • LEADGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83636

    1.0 km

  • CONSETT MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION YARD, CONSETT, DH8 5YA

    ODS code A83018

    1.2 km

  • QUEENS ROAD SURGERY

    83 QUEENS ROAD, CONSETT, DH8 0BW

    ODS code A83049

    1.5 km

  • OAKFIELDS HEALTH GROUP

    HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7SB

    ODS code A83618

    4.7 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Ind Est Werdohl Way

    BCT · Number One Industrial Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Ind Est Werdohl Way

    BCT · Number One Industrial Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Adult Training Centre

    BCT · Consett

    0.2 miles

  • Adult Training Centre

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

26 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 1 secondary schools. Villa Real School is the nearest published school at 181 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,548 published events cover 12 months, averaging 129 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 571 events.

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