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DL17 8SB

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 8SA 267 m
DL17 8RD 624 m
DL17 8UA 668 m
DL17 8QD 682 m
DL17 8QE 686 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL17 8SB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 8
Latitude
54.697507
Longitude
-1.550022
British National Grid easting
429,100
British National Grid northing
533,700

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
E00105597
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 050D · E01020808
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 050 · E02004336

Postcode source versions

Explore DL17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
17
Secondary
2

  1. Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  2. Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School

    Community school

    1.1 km

  3. The Woodlands

    Pupil referral unit

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,329
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 493
  • Shoplifting 183
  • Criminal damage and arson 170
  • Anti social behaviour 140
  • Public order 105

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    959 m

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    1.9 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    3.1 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    3.2 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    3.5 km

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Public House

    BCT · East Howle

    0.3 miles

  • Public House

    BCT · East Howle

    0.3 miles

  • Wood Lane - Walworth Road

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.5 miles

  • Wood Lane - Walworth Road

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.5 miles

  • Brancepeth Road

    BCT · Ferryhill

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 050D, 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

5,542 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
3 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 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1,329 published events cover 12 months, averaging 110.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 493 events.

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