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DL17 0EA

Ferryhill · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Ferryhill
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL17 0BW 65 m
DL17 0BN 90 m
DL17 0DX 101 m
DL17 0DA 114 m
DL17 0SR 136 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL17 0EA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
1 November 2018
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 0
Latitude
54.675836
Longitude
-1.530024
British National Grid easting
430,405
British National Grid northing
531,297

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Ferryhill · E05016177
Parish or community
E04010628
Westminster constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor · E14001382
Output area
E00105587
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 053G · E01034506
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 053 · E02004338

Postcode source versions

Explore DL17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
10
Secondary
1

  1. Ferryhill Station Primary School

    Community school

    149 m

  2. Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School

    Community school

    1.7 km

  3. The Woodlands

    Pupil referral unit

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
535
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 242
  • Criminal damage and arson 71
  • Anti social behaviour 61
  • Public order 45
  • Burglary 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL17 0 residents
5,673

Age bands in DL17 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

900 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

616 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.6%

1,441 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

1,601 residents

Age 65 and over
19%

1,071 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    2.3 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    3.1 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Church

    BCT · Chilton Lane

    0.0 miles

  • Church

    BCT · Chilton Lane

    0.1 miles

  • Surtees Arms

    BCT · Chilton Lane

    0.2 miles

  • Chilton Lane - Trafalger St

    BCT · Ferryhill Station

    0.2 miles

  • Surtees Arms

    BCT · Chilton Lane

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 053G, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

823 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
1 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

14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ferryhill Station Primary School is the nearest published school at 149 m.

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

Recorded crime

535 published events cover 12 months, averaging 44.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 242 events.

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