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DH8 9AX

Lanchester & Burnhope · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Lanchester & Burnhope
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH8 9HF 156 m
DH8 9HE 510 m
DH8 9HG 683 m
DH8 9BY 832 m
DH8 9HD 956 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH8 9AX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2010
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 9
Latitude
54.817932
Longitude
-1.844749
British National Grid easting
410,075
British National Grid northing
547,019

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Lanchester & Burnhope · E05016180
Parish or community
E04010655
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104856
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 020B · E01020664
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 020 · E02004306

Postcode source versions

Explore DH8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
9
Secondary
1

  1. Castleside Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km

  2. Moorside Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    3.0 km

  3. Delves Lane Primary School

    Community school

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH8 9 residents
2,914

Age bands in DH8 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.5%

348 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

283 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.9%

498 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.1%

920 residents

Age 65 and over
26.3%

733 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+
0%
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

1

within 5 km

  • CONSETT MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION YARD, CONSETT, DH8 5YA

    ODS code A83018

    3.9 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

  • Pondfield Villa

    BCT · Castleside

    0.2 miles

  • Pondfield Villa

    BCT · Castleside

    0.2 miles

  • Oliver Ford

    BCT · Castleside

    0.4 miles

  • Oliver Ford

    BCT · Castleside

    0.4 miles

  • Lyar Dene

    BCT · Castleside

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 020B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,598 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Castleside Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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