DL14 6TZ

Bishop Auckland · 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
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL14 6TY 35 m
DL14 6UA 45 m
DL14 6UB 50 m
DL14 6TX 60 m
DL14 6TT 88 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL14 6TZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 6
Latitude
54.656055
Longitude
-1.685577
British National Grid easting
420,384
British National Grid northing
529,040

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010595
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105930
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 056C · E01020872
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 056 · E02004353

Postcode source versions

Explore DL14

44 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
42, Escomb Road, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6TZ 14 July 2026 £215,000
96, Escomb Road, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6TZ 30 April 2026 £280,000
80, Escomb Road, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6TZ 20 February 2026 £213,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
20
Secondary
3
  1. Evergreen Primary School

    Community special school

    118 m
  2. St Anne's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    323 m
  3. Etherley Lane Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    431 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,851
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 992
  • Anti social behaviour 431
  • Criminal damage and arson 373
  • Shoplifting 320
  • Public order 198

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
82

39 female, 43 male

Postcode households
36
Residents per household
2.3
DL14 6 residents
11,070

Age bands in DL14 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

2,008 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,212 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

2,493 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

3,074 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

2,679 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL14 6 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    477 m

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    692 m

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

    THE OLD FIRE HOUSE, WATLING ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6RP

    ODS code A83021

    983 m

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    3.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Grove Road

    BCT · Bishop Auckland

    0.0 miles
  • Grove Road

    BCT · Bishop Auckland

    0.0 miles
  • Warwick Road school

    BCT · Bishop Auckland

    0.1 miles
  • Warwick Road school

    BCT · Bishop Auckland

    0.1 miles
  • Bishop Auckland West Weardale Rail Station

    RSE · Bishop Auckland

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 056C, 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

9,212 of 33,755

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

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
3
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 £182,500 from 12 recorded sales in DL14 6TZ. 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

27 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. Evergreen Primary School is the nearest published school at 118 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,851 published events cover 12 months, averaging 237.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 992 events.

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