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DH9 8GA

Annfield Plain & Tanfield · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Stanley
Ward
Annfield Plain & Tanfield
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH9 8NR 37 m
DH9 8UG 97 m
DH9 8PP 103 m
DH9 8UE 103 m
DH9 8FA 110 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH9 8GA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 8
Latitude
54.857464
Longitude
-1.748893
British National Grid easting
416,219
British National Grid northing
551,436

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Annfield Plain & Tanfield · E05016152
Parish or community
E04010699
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104647
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 009B · E01020625
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 009 · E02004302

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Willows, Ambrose Court, Stanley, DH9 8GA 18 February 2026 £400,000
The Willows, Ambrose Court, Stanley, DH9 8GA 4 July 2014 £249,999
7, Ambrose Court, Stanley, DH9 8GA 3 September 2010 £225,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
22
Secondary
3

  1. Catchgate Primary School

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    461 m

  2. Annfield Plain Infant School

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    694 m

  3. Annfield Plain Junior School

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    862 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
961
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 414
  • Criminal damage and arson 143
  • Anti social behaviour 120
  • Public order 71
  • Vehicle crime 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

12 female, 14 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
3.3
DH9 8 residents
7,254

Age bands in DH9 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.2%

1,281 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

730 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.2%

1,774 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

1,847 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

1,402 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH9 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

7

within 5 km

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

    WEST ROAD SURGERY, 9 WEST ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7XT

    ODS code A83073

    726 m

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    863 m

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    3.4 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

    STANLEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, CLIFFORD ROAD, STANLEY, DH9 0AB

    ODS code A83023

    3.6 km

  • LEADGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83636

    3.7 km

  • LANCHESTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    DURHAM ROAD, LANCHESTER, DURHAM, DH7 0LP

    ODS code A83072

    4.2 km

  • THE HAVEN SURGERY

    THE HAVEN, BURNHOPE, DURHAM, DH7 0BD

    ODS code A83622

    4.3 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Road End

    BCT · Greencroft

    0.0 miles

  • Road End

    BCT · Greencroft

    0.0 miles

  • Road End

    BCT · Greencroft

    0.1 miles

  • Derwent Terrace

    BCT · Annfield Plain

    0.1 miles

  • Westview Terrace

    BCT · Greencroft

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 009B, 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

5,630 of 33,755

Income
3 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
5 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.

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
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £400,000 from 1 recorded sale in DH9 8GA. 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

Published establishments

29 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. Catchgate Primary School is the nearest published school at 461 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

961 published events cover 12 months, averaging 80.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 414 events.

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