DL17 0LY

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
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL17 0LZ 294 m
DL17 0NA 316 m
DL17 0LX 396 m
DL17 0NB 483 m
DL14 8EQ 677 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL17 0LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 0
Latitude
54.655833
Longitude
-1.595168
British National Grid easting
426,217
British National Grid northing
529,045

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Chilton · E05016165
Parish or community
E04010714
Output area
E00105588
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 053I · E01034508
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 053 · E02004338

Postcode source versions

Explore DL17

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Lodge, Windlestone, Ferryhill, DL17 0LY 1 December 2024 £150,000
The Lodge, Windlestone, Ferryhill, DL17 0LY 22 December 2020 £135,000
The Lodge, Windlestone, Ferryhill, DL17 0LY 24 June 2019 £70,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
23
Secondary
5
  1. Kirk Merrington Primary School

    Community school

    2.0 km
  2. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon

    Academy converter

    2.2 km
  3. Victoria Lane Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
18
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Other crime 2
  • Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
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

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL17 0 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.

GP practices

7

within 5 km

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    3.1 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    3.9 km

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    4.3 km

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    4.5 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    4.5 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    4.9 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    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

  • White Cottage Farm

    BCT · Rushyford

    0.0 miles
  • White Cottage Farm

    BCT · Rushyford

    0.0 miles
  • Lodge

    BCT · Rushyford

    0.2 miles
  • Lodge

    BCT · Rushyford

    0.3 miles
  • Farm

    BCT · Rushyford

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 053I, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,648 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £150,000 from 1 recorded sale in DL17 0LY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.

Schools

35 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Kirk Merrington Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

18 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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