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DL17 8NH

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL17 8TL 98 m
DL17 8PX 157 m
DL17 8PY 163 m
DL17 8PZ 208 m
DL17 8TJ 224 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL17 8NH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 November 2005
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 8
Latitude
54.683969
Longitude
-1.563774
British National Grid easting
428,223
British National Grid northing
532,188

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
E00105594
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 049A · E01020806
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 049 · E02004335

Postcode source versions

Explore DL17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
18
Secondary
2

  1. Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    509 m

  2. Ferryhill School

    Academy converter

    765 m

  3. Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School

    Community school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,364
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 512
  • Shoplifting 191
  • Criminal damage and arson 169
  • Anti social behaviour 130
  • Public order 102

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL17 8 residents
8,515

Age bands in DL17 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

1,366 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

910 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.3%

1,839 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

2,424 residents

Age 65 and over
24.2%

2,089 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    793 m

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    2.8 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    2.9 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    3.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Dean Bank Villas

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.2 miles

  • Dean Bank Villas

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.2 miles

  • Dean Bank Hackworth St

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.2 miles

  • Dean Bank Hackworth St

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.2 miles

  • Dean Bank Newcomen Street

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 049A, 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

2,874 of 33,755

Income
2 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
5 of 10
Living environment
8 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

25 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 2 secondary schools. Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 509 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,364 published events cover 12 months, averaging 113.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 512 events.

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