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DL17 0WA

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 0SW 0 m
DL17 0AA 82 m
DL17 8BP 86 m
DL17 0AB 99 m
DL17 8BD 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL17 0WA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 2002
Terminated
1 August 2004
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 0
Latitude
54.683018
Longitude
-1.537510
British National Grid easting
429,917
British National Grid northing
532,093

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
E00105551
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 053F · E01034505
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 053 · E02004338

Postcode source versions

Explore DL17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
20
Primary
15
Secondary
1

  1. Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School

    Community school

    779 m

  2. The Woodlands

    Pupil referral unit

    779 m

  3. Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy

    Academy converter

    803 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,343
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 488
  • Shoplifting 197
  • Criminal damage and arson 165
  • Anti social behaviour 135
  • Public order 100

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

    1.5 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    2.4 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    4.1 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    4.3 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Gladstone Terrace

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.0 miles

  • Gladstone Terrace

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.1 miles

  • Linden

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.1 miles

  • Lambton Road

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.1 miles

  • Linden Road

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 053F, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,406 of 33,755

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

20 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 1 secondary schools. Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School is the nearest published school at 779 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,343 published events cover 12 months, averaging 111.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 488 events.

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