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DL14 6XP

Shildon & Dene Valley · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Shildon & Dene Valley
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL14 6TB 56 m
DL14 6TD 67 m
DL14 6SY 85 m
DL14 6TA 86 m
DL14 6SJ 117 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL14 6XP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 6
Latitude
54.645919
Longitude
-1.662396
British National Grid easting
421,885
British National Grid northing
527,919

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Shildon & Dene Valley · E05016193
Parish or community
E04010617
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105988
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 055E · E01020881
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 055 · E02004352

Postcode source versions

Explore DL14

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
18
Secondary
4

  1. St Andrew's Academy

    Academy converter

    613 m

  2. Prince Bishops Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    878 m

  3. Cockton Hill Infant School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,817
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 716
  • Criminal damage and arson 313
  • Anti social behaviour 265
  • Public order 102
  • Other theft 79

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83021

    1.1 km

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    1.6 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    1.7 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    1.7 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Rosemount Road

    BCT · South Church

    0.1 miles

  • Rosemount Road

    BCT · South Church

    0.1 miles

  • Rosemount Garage

    BCT · South Church

    0.1 miles

  • Rosemount Garage

    BCT · South Church

    0.1 miles

  • Red Alligator

    BCT · South Church

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 055E, 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

10,725 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 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

27 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Andrew's Academy is the nearest published school at 613 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,817 published events cover 12 months, averaging 151.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 716 events.

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