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DL14 8ES

Shildon & Dene Valley · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Shildon & Dene Valley
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL14 8ET 343 m
DL14 8ER 416 m
DL14 8GA 421 m
DL14 8EW 475 m
DL14 8HN 494 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL14 8ES
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1987
Terminated
1 May 2004
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 8
Latitude
54.667610
Longitude
-1.610416
British National Grid easting
425,226
British National Grid northing
530,350

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
E43000254
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105949
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
31
Primary
21
Secondary
3

  1. Victoria Lane Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

  2. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

  3. Kirk Merrington Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
301
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 113
  • Criminal damage and arson 62
  • Anti social behaviour 52
  • Public order 16
  • Vehicle crime 16

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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    3.7 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    3.7 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    4.2 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    4.3 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    4.4 km

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    4.5 km

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

    COBBLERS HALL, CARERS WAY, BURN LANE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 4SE

    ODS code A83066

    4.7 km

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83021

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Brickworks

    BCT · Leasingthorne

    0.3 miles

  • Brickworks

    BCT · Leasingthorne

    0.3 miles

  • Eden Terrace

    BCT · Leasingthorne

    0.3 miles

  • Eden Terrace

    BCT · Leasingthorne

    0.3 miles

  • Hereford Street

    BCT · Leeholme

    0.3 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

31 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 3 secondary schools. Victoria Lane Academy is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

301 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 113 events.

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