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DL14 8FS

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 8FR 73 m
DL14 8FT 93 m
DL14 8FB 189 m
DL14 8FU 200 m
DL14 8GU 202 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL14 8FS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 8
Latitude
54.651530
Longitude
-1.657033
British National Grid easting
422,228
British National Grid northing
528,545

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
E04010617
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105988
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 055E · E01020881
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 055 · E02004352

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
18
Secondary
3

  1. Prince Bishops Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    546 m

  2. St Andrew's Academy

    Academy converter

    763 m

  3. Cockton Hill Infant School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,776
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 633
  • Criminal damage and arson 272
  • Anti social behaviour 247
  • Shoplifting 168
  • Public order 119

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

4

within 5 km

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83021

    1.5 km

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    1.5 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    1.5 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    2.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bone Mill Bank Hail and Ride

    BCT · South Church

    0.2 miles

  • Bone Mill Bank Hail and Ride

    BCT · South Church

    0.2 miles

  • Grange Avenue

    BCT · Auckland Park

    0.2 miles

  • Grange Avenue

    BCT · Auckland Park

    0.2 miles

  • Garage

    BCT · Auckland Park

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 055E, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,725 of 33,755

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

25 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 3 secondary schools. Prince Bishops Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 546 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,776 published events cover 12 months, averaging 148 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 633 events.

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