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DL16 6LQ

Tudhoe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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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 6YU 351 m
DL16 6YT 363 m
DL16 6XP 435 m
DL16 6YX 444 m
DL16 6XZ 446 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL16 6LQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL16
Postcode sector
DL16 6
Latitude
54.714581
Longitude
-1.612356
British National Grid easting
425,072
British National Grid northing
535,576

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
E00105780
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 047E · E01020843
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 047 · E02004333

Postcode source versions

Explore DL16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
14
Secondary
2

  1. Springmoor Grange School

    Community school

    1.5 km

  2. King Street Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km

  3. Tudhoe Colliery Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
425
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 174
  • Anti social behaviour 84
  • Criminal damage and arson 52
  • Public order 24
  • Other crime 23

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    1.9 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    1.9 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

    ADRIAN CLARK HOUSE, SAWMILLS LANE, MEADOWFIELD, DURHAM, DH7 8NH

    ODS code A83022

    3.9 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    4.5 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

  • Carr Lane-Canterbury Close

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.4 miles

  • Carr Lane-Troutbeck Close

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.4 miles

  • Carr Lane-Buttermere

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.5 miles

  • Canterbury Close

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.6 miles

  • Carr Lane-opposite 108 Mayfields

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 047E, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,206 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
8 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. Springmoor Grange School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

425 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 174 events.

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