DH8 7RJ

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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH8 7RL 43 m
DH8 7QW 68 m
DH8 7QL 113 m
DH8 7QX 128 m
DH8 7RH 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH8 7RJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 7
Latitude
54.858312
Longitude
-1.804140
British National Grid easting
412,672
British National Grid northing
551,519

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
E00104874
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 012D · E01020668
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 012 · E02004304

Postcode source versions

Explore DH8

24 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
24, Durham Road, Leadgate, Consett, DH8 7RJ 30 April 2026 £128,000
22, Durham Road, Leadgate, Consett, DH8 7RJ 6 February 2024 £56,000
24, Durham Road, Leadgate, Consett, DH8 7RJ 31 October 2023 £63,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
19
Secondary
2
  1. Leadgate Primary School - Split Site

    Community school

    181 m
  2. Our Lady and St Joseph Brooms Catholic Primary School, Leadgate

    Academy converter

    482 m
  3. Villa Real School

    Community special school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
573
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 235
  • Anti social behaviour 68
  • Criminal damage and arson 67
  • Other theft 37
  • Vehicle crime 37

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

17 female, 15 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.0
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

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH8 7 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+
78.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
78.3%
Gigabit-capable
78.3%
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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • LEADGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83636

    278 m

  • CONSETT MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION YARD, CONSETT, DH8 5YA

    ODS code A83018

    1.7 km

  • QUEENS ROAD SURGERY

    83 QUEENS ROAD, CONSETT, DH8 0BW

    ODS code A83049

    2.7 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

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Leadgate House

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.0 miles
  • Leadgate House

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.1 miles
  • opposite Co-op

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.1 miles
  • Watling Street

    BCT · Leadgate

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 012D, 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

5,152 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
3 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
2
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
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 £109,000 from 6 recorded sales in DH8 7RJ. 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

28 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. Leadgate Primary School - Split Site is the nearest published school at 181 m.

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

Recorded crime

573 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 235 events.

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