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DL17 0HT

Chilton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL17 0HU 28 m
DL17 0HH 37 m
DL17 0HX 102 m
DL17 0HS 115 m
DL17 0HZ 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL17 0HT
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2013
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 0
Latitude
54.663996
Longitude
-1.559973
British National Grid easting
428,482
British National Grid northing
529,967

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Chilton · E05016165
Parish or community
E04010608
Westminster constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor · E14001382
Output area
E00105574
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 053H · E01034507
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 053 · E02004338

Postcode source versions

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Property

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144 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Dene Terrace, Chilton, Ferryhill, DL17 0HT 27 August 2015 £48,773
2, Dene Terrace, Chilton, Ferryhill, DL17 0HT 28 January 2014 £25,000
17, Dene Terrace, Chilton, Ferryhill, DL17 0HT 26 July 2011 £25,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
16
Secondary
3

  1. Chilton Academy

    Academy converter

    548 m

  2. Aycliffe Secure Centre

    Secure units

    567 m

  3. Ferryhill Station Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
684
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 208
  • Shoplifting 127
  • Criminal damage and arson 77
  • Anti social behaviour 73
  • Other theft 44

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.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    2.9 km

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

    COBBLERS HALL, CARERS WAY, BURN LANE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 4SE

    ODS code A83066

    4.0 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    4.7 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    4.7 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • West Chilton Tce East End

    BCT · Chilton

    0.1 miles

  • Football Ground

    BCT · Chilton

    0.1 miles

  • Football Ground

    BCT · Chilton

    0.1 miles

  • West Chilton Tce East End

    BCT · Chilton

    0.1 miles

  • Wheatsheaf

    BCT · Chilton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 053H, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,023 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
3 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 3 secondary schools. Chilton Academy is the nearest published school at 548 m.

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

Recorded crime

684 published events cover 12 months, averaging 57 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 208 events.

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