DL16 6UT

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 6LZ 69 m
DL16 6UY 72 m
DL16 6LX 118 m
DL16 6LY 145 m
DL16 6LU 202 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL16 6UT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL16
Postcode sector
DL16 6
Latitude
54.708814
Longitude
-1.596581
British National Grid easting
426,092
British National Grid northing
534,940

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
E00105648
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 047A · E01020817
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 047 · E02004333

Postcode source versions

Explore DL16

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Barnard Close, Spennymoor, DL16 6UT 18 December 2020 £123,000
10, Barnard Close, Spennymoor, DL16 6UT 14 October 2020 £103,000
33, Barnard Close, Spennymoor, DL16 6UT 5 June 2020 £135,000

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

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

    Academy converter

    455 m
  3. King Street Primary School

    Community school

    760 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,184
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 805
  • Criminal damage and arson 315
  • Anti social behaviour 287
  • Shoplifting 171
  • Public order 171

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
50

24 female, 26 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.1
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 0.4% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
90.9%
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

5

within 5 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    1.0 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    1.0 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    3.3 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    4.8 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83022

    4.9 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

  • St Charles Road - Cricket Ground

    BCT · Tudhoe

    0.2 miles
  • Durham Road

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.2 miles
  • Durham Road

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.3 miles
  • York Villas

    BCT · Tudhoe

    0.3 miles
  • Wood Vue

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 047A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,411 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
8 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
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

21 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Springmoor Grange School is the nearest published school at 450 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,184 published events cover 12 months, averaging 182 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 805 events.

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