DL17 8RU

Tudhoe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ferryhill
Ward
Tudhoe
Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL16 6FY 120 m
DH6 5JZ 146 m
DL16 6GF 168 m
DL16 6NL 179 m
DL16 6PA 207 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL17 8RU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 8
Latitude
54.704355
Longitude
-1.567559
British National Grid easting
427,965
British National Grid northing
534,455

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Tudhoe · E05016198
Parish or community
E04010696
Output area
E00183256
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 049C · E01020820
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 049 · E02004335

Postcode source versions

Explore DL17

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Thinford Garage, Ferryhill, DL17 8RU 8 November 2021 £3,897,473

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
23
Primary
15
Secondary
2
  1. Tudhoe Moor Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.1 km
  2. North Park Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km
  3. St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
817
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 334
  • Criminal damage and arson 161
  • Anti social behaviour 83
  • Drugs 82
  • Public order 60

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
50%
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

6

within 5 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    1.8 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    2.0 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    2.1 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    2.9 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    4.2 km

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    4.4 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

  • Livin Housing

    BCT · Thinford

    0.1 miles
  • Centre

    BCT · Durham Gate

    0.1 miles
  • Centre

    BCT · Durham Gate

    0.1 miles
  • Inn - East

    BCT · Thinford

    0.1 miles
  • Inn - East

    BCT · Thinford

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 049C, 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

6,186 of 33,755

Income
2 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
10 of 10
Living environment
9 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 £3,897,473 from 1 recorded sale in DL17 8RU. 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools. Tudhoe Moor Nursery School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

817 published events cover 12 months, averaging 68.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 334 events.

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