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DL17 9HT

Bowburn & Coxhoe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Ferryhill
Ward
Bowburn & Coxhoe
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL17 9HU 53 m
DL17 9HL 111 m
DL17 9ND 115 m
DL17 9HX 119 m
DL17 9LX 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL17 9HT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 9
Latitude
54.703495
Longitude
-1.518082
British National Grid easting
431,154
British National Grid northing
534,380

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Bowburn & Coxhoe · E05016160
Parish or community
E04010611
Westminster constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor · E14001382
Output area
E00105531
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 050A · E01020797
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 050 · E02004336

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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37 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
13, Glebe Villas, West Cornforth, Ferryhill, DL17 9HT 31 October 2025 £43,500
26, Glebe Villas, West Cornforth, Ferryhill, DL17 9HT 10 January 2025 £43,500
12, Glebe Villas, West Cornforth, Ferryhill, DL17 9HT 9 August 2024 £49,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
14
Secondary
1

  1. West Cornforth Primary School

    Community school

    65 m

  2. Coxhoe Primary School

    Community school

    969 m

  3. Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy

    Academy converter

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
365
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 147
  • Anti social behaviour 53
  • Criminal damage and arson 38
  • Public order 27
  • Burglary 26

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

20 female, 19 male

Postcode households
22
Residents per household
1.8
DL17 9 residents
3,792

Age bands in DL17 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

551 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

319 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.2%

819 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,073 residents

Age 65 and over
25%

922 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL17 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
96.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
96.3%
Gigabit-capable
96.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    303 m

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    1.5 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    2.9 km

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    3.7 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Market Place

    BCT · West Cornforth

    0.1 miles

  • Market Place

    BCT · West Cornforth

    0.1 miles

  • Balaclava

    BCT · West Cornforth

    0.1 miles

  • High Street

    BCT · West Cornforth

    0.2 miles

  • Bridge Road

    BCT · West Cornforth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 050A, 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

3,377 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £46,000 from 9 recorded sales in DL17 9HT. 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

Published establishments

19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 1 secondary schools. West Cornforth Primary School is the nearest published school at 65 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

365 published events cover 12 months, averaging 30.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 147 events.

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