DL16 6JP

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 6JW 47 m
DL16 6RH 103 m
DL16 6RJ 104 m
DL16 6DU 124 m
DL16 6SH 130 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL16 6JP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL16
Postcode sector
DL16 6
Latitude
54.704835
Longitude
-1.597163
British National Grid easting
426,057
British National Grid northing
534,497

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
E00105653
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 047B · E01020818
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 047 · E02004333

Postcode source versions

Explore DL16

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Woodway, Wood Lane, Spennymoor, DL16 6JP 30 April 2026 £138,000
Willowmead, Wood Lane, Spennymoor, DL16 6JP 4 November 2022 £140,000
Willowmead, Wood Lane, Spennymoor, DL16 6JP 18 January 2000 £28,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. Springmoor Grange School

    Community school

    108 m
  2. St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe

    Academy converter

    336 m
  3. King Street Primary School

    Community school

    350 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,368
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 881
  • Criminal damage and arson 346
  • Anti social behaviour 307
  • Shoplifting 180
  • Public order 178

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

4

within 5 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    572 m

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    582 m

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    3.1 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    4.8 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

  • Durham Road

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.1 miles
  • Burn Terrace

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.1 miles
  • Durham Road

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.1 miles
  • Burn Terrace

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.1 miles
  • Wood Vue

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 047B, 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

8,704 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
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 £139,000 from 2 recorded sales in DL16 6JP. 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

21 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Springmoor Grange School is the nearest published school at 108 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,368 published events cover 12 months, averaging 197.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 881 events.

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