DL13 1DD

Weardale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bishop Auckland
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL13
Postcode sector
DL13 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL13 1DE 67 m
DL13 1DB 100 m
DL13 1JG 158 m
DL13 1DA 159 m
DL13 1JF 163 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL13 1DD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL13
Postcode sector
DL13 1
Latitude
54.759503
Longitude
-2.227396
British National Grid easting
385,465
British National Grid northing
540,530

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Weardale · E05016200
Parish or community
E04010698
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00106029
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 042A · E01020889
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 042 · E02004348

Postcode source versions

Explore DL13

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3a, Burtreeford, Cowshill, Bishop Auckland, DL13 1DD 25 March 2024 £205,000
Spring Wells House, 1a, Burtreeford, Cowshill, Bishop Auckland, DL13 1DD 18 June 2021 £380,000
3a, Burtreeford, Cowshill, Bishop Auckland, DL13 1DD 12 September 2018 £129,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Wearhead Primary School

    Community school

    926 m
  2. St John's Chapel Primary School

    Community school

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Public order 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

11 female, 10 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
1.9
DL13 1 residents
1,470

Age bands in DL13 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.9%

160 residents

Age 15 to 24
5.7%

84 residents

Age 25 to 44
14.7%

216 residents

Age 45 to 64
38.4%

563 residents

Age 65 and over
30.2%

443 residents

This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL13 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
78.6%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Hotel

    BCT · Cowshill

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Wearhead

    0.7 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Wearhead

    0.7 miles
  • Vedra Close

    BCT · Wearhead

    0.8 miles
  • Vedra Close

    BCT · Wearhead

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 042A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,373 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
1
Low risk addresses
5
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

Property market

The five-year median is £205,000 from 1 recorded sale in DL13 1DD. 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Wearhead Primary School is the nearest published school at 926 m.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 2 events.

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