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DH9 8HS

Annfield Plain & Tanfield · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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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 9AZ 42 m
DH9 9BA 83 m
DH9 8UX 103 m
DH9 9AY 161 m
DH9 8FL 173 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH9 8HS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 8
Latitude
54.875117
Longitude
-1.750638
British National Grid easting
416,100
British National Grid northing
553,400

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
E00104715
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 006C · E01020639
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 006 · E02004300

Postcode source versions

Explore DH9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
20
Secondary
2

  1. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton

    Academy converter

    279 m

  2. Collierley Nursery and Primary School

    Academy converter

    768 m

  3. Croft Community School

    Community special school

    880 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
544
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 210
  • Anti social behaviour 95
  • Criminal damage and arson 65
  • Public order 44
  • Vehicle crime 34

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

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

    ODS code A83073

    2.1 km

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    2.3 km

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    3.2 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83023

    3.4 km

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

    CEDAR CRESCENT, BURNOPFIELD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 6HU

    ODS code A83038

    3.5 km

  • LEADGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83636

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • St Patricks Church

    BCT · Harelaw

    0.1 miles

  • St Patricks Church

    BCT · Harelaw

    0.1 miles

  • Bank Top

    BCT · Harelaw

    0.2 miles

  • Bank Top

    BCT · Harelaw

    0.2 miles

  • Bank Top

    BCT · Harelaw

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 006C, 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

3,901 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
3 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

Schools

26 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton is the nearest published school at 279 m.

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

Recorded crime

544 published events cover 12 months, averaging 45.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 210 events.

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