DL14 8BE

Spennymoor · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL14 8BG 215 m
DL14 8BB 259 m
DL14 8BA 334 m
DL14 8BQ 441 m
DL14 8DF 496 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL14 8BE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1996
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 8
Latitude
54.699705
Longitude
-1.675682
British National Grid easting
421,000
British National Grid northing
533,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105947
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 051B · E01020875
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 051 · E02004351

Postcode source versions

Explore DL14

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
13
Secondary
3
  1. Byers Green Primary School

    Community school

    990 m
  2. Parkside Academy

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  3. St Stephen's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
674
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 281
  • Criminal damage and arson 109
  • Anti social behaviour 106
  • Other crime 42
  • Public order 37

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL14 8 residents
7,203

Age bands in DL14 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,327 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

800 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.9%

1,782 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

2,142 residents

Age 65 and over
18.7%

1,392 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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • WILLINGTON MEDICAL GROUP

    CHAPEL STREET, WILLINGTON, CROOK, DL15 0EQ

    ODS code A83003

    1.7 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    4.5 km

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    4.8 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    4.9 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    5.0 km

  • NORTH HOUSE SURGERY

    HOPE STREET, CROOK, DL15 9HU

    ODS code A83020

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • High Row

    BCT · Newfield

    0.1 miles
  • High Row

    BCT · Newfield

    0.1 miles
  • Wear View

    BCT · Todhills

    0.2 miles
  • Wear View

    BCT · Todhills

    0.2 miles
  • Primrose Hill

    BCT · Newfield

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 051B, 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

9,703 of 33,755

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

20 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Byers Green Primary School is the nearest published school at 990 m.

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

Recorded crime

674 published events cover 12 months, averaging 56.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 281 events.

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