DH9 9LX

Annfield Plain & Tanfield · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Stanley
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH9 9LY 62 m
DH9 9NN 62 m
DH9 9NW 145 m
DH9 9PA 151 m
DH9 9LZ 152 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH9 9LX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 February 2024
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 9
Latitude
54.881523
Longitude
-1.713332
British National Grid easting
418,491
British National Grid northing
554,122

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010699
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104919
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 006E · E01020677
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 006 · E02004300

Postcode source versions

Explore DH9

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Epworth Residential Home, Tanfield Lea, Stanley, DH9 9LX 19 May 2017 £125,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
19
Secondary
2
  1. Tanfield Lea Community Primary School

    Community school

    256 m
  2. Tanfield School

    Academy sponsor led

    637 m
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
702
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 275
  • Anti social behaviour 125
  • Criminal damage and arson 87
  • Public order 41
  • Vehicle crime 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH9 9 residents
6,698

Age bands in DH9 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

1,023 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

578 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.3%

1,492 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.1%

2,020 residents

Age 65 and over
23.7%

1,589 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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    1.5 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83023

    1.6 km

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

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

    ODS code A83073

    3.1 km

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    3.1 km

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83038

    3.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Park

    BCT · Tanfield Lea

    0.0 miles
  • Park

    BCT · Tanfield Lea

    0.0 miles
  • Road End

    BCT · Tanfield Lea

    0.1 miles
  • Road End

    BCT · Tanfield Lea

    0.1 miles
  • West Street

    BCT · Tanfield Lea

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 006E, 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

7,191 of 33,755

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

23 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. Tanfield Lea Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 256 m.

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

Recorded crime

702 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 275 events.

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