DL13 3AD

Weardale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL13
Postcode sector
DL13 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL13 3HJ 344 m
DL13 4PJ 460 m
DL13 4PL 487 m
DL13 3HH 663 m
DL13 3HQ 806 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL13 3AD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2016
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL13
Postcode sector
DL13 3
Latitude
54.741407
Longitude
-1.863122
British National Grid easting
408,911
British National Grid northing
538,501

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Weardale · E05016200
Parish or community
E04010719
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00106108
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 042E · E01020906
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 042 · E02004348

Postcode source versions

Explore DL13

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Wolsingham Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  2. Wolsingham School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km
  3. Tow Law Millennium Primary School

    Community school

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
79
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 25
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Burglary 9
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Other theft 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL13 3 residents
2,987

Age bands in DL13 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

435 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.7%

236 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.6%

507 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.3%

956 residents

Age 65 and over
30.1%

921 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+
0%
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

  • Redgate Head

    BCT · Wolsingham

    0.2 miles
  • Redgate Head

    BCT · Wolsingham

    0.2 miles
  • Redgate House Farm

    BCT · Wolsingham

    0.4 miles
  • Redgate House Farm

    BCT · Wolsingham

    0.4 miles
  • New Row Road End

    BCT · Tow Law

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 042E, 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

13,907 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
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

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Wolsingham Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

79 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 25 events.

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