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DH9 9QF

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH9 9BS 53 m
DH9 9BU 71 m
DH9 9BT 82 m
DH9 9BW 101 m
DH9 9AT 135 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH9 9QF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 February 2017
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 9
Latitude
54.887876
Longitude
-1.705835
British National Grid easting
418,969
British National Grid northing
554,831

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
E00104914
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 001E · E01020676
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 001 · E02004297

Postcode source versions

Explore DH9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
22
Secondary
2

  1. Tanfield Lea Community Primary School

    Community school

    980 m

  2. Tanfield School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

  3. Shield Row Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
461
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 170
  • Anti social behaviour 88
  • Criminal damage and arson 52
  • Other theft 36
  • Vehicle crime 32

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.

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+
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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    2.0 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83023

    2.0 km

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83038

    3.0 km

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

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

    ODS code A83073

    3.9 km

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    4.0 km

  • SUNNISIDE SURGERY

    8 DEWHURST TERRACE, SUNNISIDE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 5LP

    ODS code A85617

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Tanfield Lea

    0.2 miles

  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Tanfield Lea

    0.2 miles

  • Maud Terrace

    BCT · Tanfield

    0.4 miles

  • Maud Terrace

    BCT · Tanfield

    0.4 miles

  • Old Rectory Close

    BCT · Tanfield

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 001E, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,878 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

26 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 2 secondary schools. Tanfield Lea Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 980 m.

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

Recorded crime

461 published events cover 12 months, averaging 38.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 170 events.

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