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DL14 7TF

Bishop Auckland · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Bishop Auckland
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL14 7BW 32 m
DL14 7BJ 45 m
DL14 7DA 59 m
DL14 7BA 65 m
DL14 7BD 69 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL14 7TF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1984
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 7
Latitude
54.660922
Longitude
-1.677138
British National Grid easting
420,926
British National Grid northing
529,584

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Bishop Auckland · E05016158
Parish or community
E04010595
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105944
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 056C · E01020872
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 056 · E02004353

Postcode source versions

Explore DL14

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
21
Secondary
3

  1. Etherley Lane Primary School

    Community school

    330 m

  2. Etherley Lane Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    400 m

  3. King James I Academy Bishop Auckland

    Academy converter

    454 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,282
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 793
  • Anti social behaviour 335
  • Shoplifting 274
  • Criminal damage and arson 273
  • Public order 161

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

5 female, 7 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
0.9
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 0.3% 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

    210 m

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    485 m

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83021

    1.4 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    3.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Princes St - Gibbon St

    BCT · Bishop Auckland

    0.0 miles

  • Bob Hardisty Drive - East Parade

    BCT · Bishop Auckland

    0.0 miles

  • Newgate St Methodist Ch

    BCT · Bishop Auckland

    0.1 miles

  • Newgate St Methodist Ch

    BCT · Bishop Auckland

    0.1 miles

  • Princes St - Gibbon St

    BCT · Bishop Auckland

    0.1 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
2
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
4
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

28 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 3 secondary schools. Etherley Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 330 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,282 published events cover 12 months, averaging 190.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 793 events.

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