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DL15 8AP

Willington & Hunwick · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Willington & Hunwick
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DL15
Postcode sector
DL15 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL15 8AW 402 m
DL15 0XL 497 m
DL15 0JJ 547 m
DL15 0XW 549 m
DL15 0JG 554 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL15 8AP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL15
Postcode sector
DL15 8
Latitude
54.686439
Longitude
-1.718709
British National Grid easting
418,233
British National Grid northing
532,412

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Willington & Hunwick · E05016202
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00106022
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 057B · E01020888
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 057 · E02004354

Postcode source versions

Explore DL15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
19
Secondary
4

  1. Hunwick Primary School

    Academy converter

    837 m

  2. Sunnybrow Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

  3. Howden-le-Wear Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
98
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 36
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Criminal damage and arson 14
  • Vehicle crime 7
  • Other crime 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
DL15 8 residents
5,225

Age bands in DL15 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

929 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

513 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.6%

1,184 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

1,446 residents

Age 65 and over
22.3%

1,171 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL15 8 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

5

within 5 km

  • WILLINGTON MEDICAL GROUP

    CHAPEL STREET, WILLINGTON, CROOK, DL15 0EQ

    ODS code A83003

    3.1 km

  • NORTH HOUSE SURGERY

    HOPE STREET, CROOK, DL15 9HU

    ODS code A83020

    3.9 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    4.1 km

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    4.2 km

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83021

    5.0 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hunwick Road Ends

    BCT · Pixley Hill

    0.2 miles

  • Hunwick Road Ends

    BCT · Pixley Hill

    0.2 miles

  • Reservoir

    BCT · North Bitchburn

    0.3 miles

  • Reservoir

    BCT · North Bitchburn

    0.3 miles

  • Green Rising

    BCT · Hunwick

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 057B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,715 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

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

Schools

27 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Hunwick Primary School is the nearest published school at 837 m.

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

Recorded crime

98 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 36 events.

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