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DH8 7FP

Delves Lane · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Consett
Ward
Delves Lane
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH8 7FN 146 m
DH8 7BW 155 m
DH8 7FL 162 m
DH8 7PE 179 m
DH8 7DD 192 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH8 7FP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 7
Latitude
54.836546
Longitude
-1.809570
British National Grid easting
412,330
British National Grid northing
549,096

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Delves Lane · E05016172
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
Blaydon and Consett · E14001106
Output area
E00104777
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 012B · E01020651
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 012 · E02004304

Postcode source versions

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Property

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14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
14, Majesty Close, Consett, DH8 7FP 29 September 2025 £285,000
6, Majesty Close, Consett, DH8 7FP 26 September 2025 £380,000
12, Majesty Close, Consett, DH8 7FP 26 September 2025 £303,050

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
16
Secondary
2

  1. Delves Lane Primary School

    Community school

    990 m

  2. Derwentside College

    Further education

    2.3 km

  3. Leadgate Primary School - Split Site

    Community school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
398
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 191
  • Criminal damage and arson 50
  • Anti social behaviour 49
  • Public order 28
  • Other crime 22

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH8 7 residents
9,312

Age bands in DH8 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.1%

1,650 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

966 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.1%

2,197 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

2,566 residents

Age 65 and over
19%

1,736 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

  • CONSETT MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION YARD, CONSETT, DH8 5YA

    ODS code A83018

    2.0 km

  • LEADGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83636

    2.7 km

  • QUEENS ROAD SURGERY

    83 QUEENS ROAD, CONSETT, DH8 0BW

    ODS code A83049

    4.0 km

  • LANCHESTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    DURHAM ROAD, LANCHESTER, DURHAM, DH7 0LP

    ODS code A83072

    4.9 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

  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Delves

    0.0 miles

  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Delves

    0.1 miles

  • Greenways

    BCT · Delves

    0.1 miles

  • Greenways

    BCT · Delves

    0.2 miles

  • Broadway

    BCT · Delves

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 012B, 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

10,031 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Property market

The five-year median is £311,525 from 14 recorded sales in DH8 7FP. 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 2 secondary schools. Delves Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 990 m.

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

Recorded crime

398 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 191 events.

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