Delves Lane · County Durham · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 69, The Chequers, Consett, DH8 7EQ | 24 April 2026 | £195,000 |
| 37, The Chequers, Consett, DH8 7EQ | 31 July 2025 | £83,000 |
| 73, The Chequers, Consett, DH8 7EQ | 15 May 2025 | £200,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Derwentside College
Further education
Delves Lane Primary School
Community school
Delta Independent School
Other independent school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
77 female, 75 male
1,650 residents
966 residents
2,197 residents
2,566 residents
1,736 residents
This postcode contained 1.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH8 7 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
3
within 5 km
STATION YARD, CONSETT, DH8 5YA
ODS code A83018
798 m
GEORGE EWEN HOUSE, WATLING STREET, LEADGATE, CONSETT, DH8 6DP
ODS code A83636
2.5 km
83 QUEENS ROAD, CONSETT, DH8 0BW
ODS code A83049
2.5 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
The Chequers
BCT · Templetown
Temple Gardens
BCT · Templetown
Temple Gardens
BCT · Templetown
Temple Alwyn Gardens
BCT · Templetown
Hownsgill Industrial Estate
BCT · Templetown
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 010B, 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
11,734 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 £175,000 from 19 recorded sales in DH8 7EQ. 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
21 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 1 secondary schools. Derwentside College is the nearest published school at 577 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
1,738 published events cover 12 months, averaging 144.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 630 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.