DL14 7SQ

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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL14 7SH 75 m
DL14 7RY 141 m
DL14 7RN 146 m
DL14 7RR 153 m
DL14 7RS 188 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL14 7SQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 7
Latitude
54.672750
Longitude
-1.695016
British National Grid easting
419,767
British National Grid northing
530,895

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
E00105924
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 055B · E01020869
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 055 · E02004352

Postcode source versions

Explore DL14

20 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Sherwood Court, Toronto, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7SQ 12 January 2026 £205,000
7, Sherwood Court, Toronto, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7SQ 2 September 2024 £146,000
8, Sherwood Court, Toronto, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7SQ 21 February 2023 £180,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
22
Secondary
4
  1. Etherley Lane Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km
  2. Etherley Lane Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.7 km
  3. Hunwick Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
386
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 146
  • Anti social behaviour 61
  • Criminal damage and arson 53
  • Public order 35
  • Other theft 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

12 female, 7 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
1.7
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

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL14 7 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

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    1.9 km

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    2.1 km

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83021

    2.9 km

  • WILLINGTON MEDICAL GROUP

    CHAPEL STREET, WILLINGTON, CROOK, DL15 0EQ

    ODS code A83003

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Addison Road

    BCT · Toronto

    0.1 miles
  • Police House

    BCT · Toronto

    0.1 miles
  • Addison Road

    BCT · Toronto

    0.1 miles
  • Police House

    BCT · Toronto

    0.1 miles
  • St Pauls Church

    BCT · Toronto

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 055B, 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

3,440 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
6 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

Property market

The five-year median is £180,000 from 3 recorded sales in DL14 7SQ. 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

31 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 4 secondary schools. Etherley Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

386 published events cover 12 months, averaging 32.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 146 events.

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