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DL13 1HP

Weardale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Weardale
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL13
Postcode sector
DL13 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL13 1HL 119 m
DL13 1HW 300 m
DL13 1HS 335 m
DL13 1HT 370 m
DL13 1HN 486 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL13 1HP
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 2008
Terminated
1 October 2020
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL13
Postcode sector
DL13 1
Latitude
54.744668
Longitude
-2.226318
British National Grid easting
385,529
British National Grid northing
538,879

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

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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

    760 m

  2. St John's Chapel Primary School

    Community school

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.1% 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.

Nearby transport

  • Vedra Close

    BCT · Wearhead

    0.4 miles

  • Vedra Close

    BCT · Wearhead

    0.4 miles

  • Post Office

    BCT · Wearhead

    0.4 miles

  • Post Office

    BCT · Wearhead

    0.4 miles

  • Lane End

    BCT · Ireshopeburn

    0.6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Wearhead Primary School is the nearest published school at 760 m.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 3 events.

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