DL16 7PY

Spennymoor · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Spennymoor
Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DL16
Postcode sector
DL16 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL16 7PH 54 m
DL16 7PX 57 m
DL16 7PG 73 m
DL16 7PT 75 m
DL16 7PJ 76 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL16 7PY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL16
Postcode sector
DL16 7
Latitude
54.702030
Longitude
-1.655196
British National Grid easting
422,319
British National Grid northing
534,165

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010696
Output area
E00105673
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 052A · E01020821
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 052 · E02004337

Postcode source versions

Explore DL16

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Lodge Street, Byers Green, Spennymoor, DL16 7PY 18 December 2009 £75,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
17
Secondary
3
  1. Byers Green Primary School

    Community school

    367 m
  2. The Grange Learning Centre

    Other independent special school

    1.2 km
  3. St Stephen's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
160
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 57
  • Anti social behaviour 32
  • Criminal damage and arson 20
  • Other crime 13
  • Other theft 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

3 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.6
DL16 7 residents
10,525

Age bands in DL16 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

1,824 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

1,175 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.6%

2,790 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

2,807 residents

Age 65 and over
18%

1,893 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL16 7 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+
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

  • WILLINGTON MEDICAL GROUP

    CHAPEL STREET, WILLINGTON, CROOK, DL15 0EQ

    ODS code A83003

    2.7 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    3.6 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    3.7 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    5.0 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Methodist Church

    BCT · Byers Green

    0.0 miles
  • Methodist Church

    BCT · Byers Green

    0.1 miles
  • Wear View

    BCT · Byers Green

    0.1 miles
  • Wear View

    BCT · Byers Green

    0.1 miles
  • Wilkinson Street

    BCT · Byers Green

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 052A, 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

17,751 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
0
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

24 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 3 secondary schools. Byers Green Primary School is the nearest published school at 367 m.

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

Recorded crime

160 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 57 events.

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