DL14 7EB

Ferryhill · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL17 8HS 74 m
DL17 8ER 80 m
DL17 8EP 81 m
DL17 8HP 129 m
DL17 8DJ 157 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL14 7EB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 March 1982
Terminated
1 December 1986
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 7
Latitude
54.684027
Longitude
-1.550171
British National Grid easting
429,100
British National Grid northing
532,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Ferryhill · E05016177
Parish or community
E04010628
Output area
E00105548
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 053F · E01034505
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 053 · E02004338

Postcode source versions

Explore DL14

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
16
Secondary
2
  1. Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School

    Community school

    432 m
  2. The Woodlands

    Pupil referral unit

    432 m
  3. Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    737 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,581
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 595
  • Criminal damage and arson 205
  • Shoplifting 195
  • Anti social behaviour 157
  • Public order 119

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL14 7 residents
4,741

Age bands in DL14 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

636 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

459 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.6%

945 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.8%

1,305 residents

Age 65 and over
23.5%

1,027 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.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    778 m

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    2.8 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SENSIER HOUSE, ST. ANDREW'S LANE, SPENNYMOOR, DL16 6QA

    ODS code A83001

    3.6 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SPENNYMOOR HEALTH CENTRE, BISHOPS CLOSE, SPENNYMOOR, DL16 6ED

    ODS code A83052

    3.6 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Lime Road - Dean Road

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.0 miles
  • Lime Road - Dean Road

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.0 miles
  • Lime Road - Elm Road

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.2 miles
  • Lime Road - Elm Road

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.2 miles
  • Rutherford Terrace

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 053F, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,406 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School is the nearest published school at 432 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,581 published events cover 12 months, averaging 131.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 595 events.

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