DL16 6DB

Tudhoe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Spennymoor
Ward
Tudhoe
Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DL16
Postcode sector
DL16 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL16 6AA 36 m
DL16 6DG 52 m
DL16 6AE 61 m
DL16 9DL 61 m
DL16 9DS 61 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL16 6DB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL16
Postcode sector
DL16 6
Latitude
54.698776
Longitude
-1.602064
British National Grid easting
425,745
British National Grid northing
533,821

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Tudhoe · E05016198
Parish or community
E04010696
Output area
E00105753
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 052F · E01034503
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 052 · E02004337

Postcode source versions

Explore DL16

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
22, High Street, Spennymoor, DL16 6DB 10 September 2025 £210,000
4 - 6, High Street, Spennymoor, DL16 6DB 1 March 2024 £86,000
14, High Street, Spennymoor, DL16 6DB 25 February 2020 £100,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
14
Secondary
2
  1. King Street Primary School

    Community school

    414 m
  2. Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    425 m
  3. North Park Primary School

    Community school

    751 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,252
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 879
  • Anti social behaviour 315
  • Criminal damage and arson 288
  • Public order 181
  • Shoplifting 178

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

1 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.3
DL16 6 residents
11,832

Age bands in DL16 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,907 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

1,150 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

2,937 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

3,207 residents

Age 65 and over
22.9%

2,737 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL16 6 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+
31.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
31.8%
Gigabit-capable
31.8%
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

3

within 5 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    221 m

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    266 m

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    3.1 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

  • High Street

    BCS · Spennymoor

    0.0 miles
  • High Street

    BCS · Spennymoor

    0.0 miles
  • High Street

    BCS · Spennymoor

    0.0 miles
  • High Street

    BCS · Spennymoor

    0.0 miles
  • High Street

    BCS · Spennymoor

    0.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 052F, 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

9,352 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
9 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
1
Medium risk addresses
3
Low risk addresses
11
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

Property market

The five-year median is £148,000 from 2 recorded sales in DL16 6DB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. King Street Primary School is the nearest published school at 414 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,252 published events cover 12 months, averaging 187.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 879 events.

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