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DL16 6JQ

Tudhoe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Tudhoe
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Postcode district
DL16
Postcode sector
DL16 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL16 6FZ 120 m
DL16 6NN 209 m
DL16 6PA 240 m
DL16 6PE 264 m
DL16 6HE 281 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL16 6JQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2015
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL16
Postcode sector
DL16 6
Latitude
54.702269
Longitude
-1.572361
British National Grid easting
427,657
British National Grid northing
534,221

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
Westminster constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor · E14001382
Output area
E00183256
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 049C · E01020820
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 049 · E02004335

Postcode source versions

Explore DL16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
24
Primary
16
Secondary
2

  1. Tudhoe Moor Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    765 m

  2. North Park Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km

  3. St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,011
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 429
  • Criminal damage and arson 180
  • Anti social behaviour 110
  • Drugs 86
  • Public order 73

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    1.7 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    1.7 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    1.7 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    3.2 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    4.6 km

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Green Lane Farm

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.1 miles

  • Green Lane Farm

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.2 miles

  • Tudhoe Moor

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.2 miles

  • Tudhoe Moor

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.2 miles

  • Centre

    BCT · Durham Gate

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 049C, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,186 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Tudhoe Moor Nursery School is the nearest published school at 765 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,011 published events cover 12 months, averaging 84.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 429 events.

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