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DL5 6LN

Aycliffe South · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Newton Aycliffe
Ward
Aycliffe South
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 6GT 97 m
DL5 6PB 215 m
DL5 6LJ 245 m
DL5 6BH 263 m
DL5 6HP 288 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 6LN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 6
Latitude
54.603318
Longitude
-1.562561
British National Grid easting
428,357
British National Grid northing
523,214

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Aycliffe South · E05016154
Parish or community
E04010634
Westminster constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor · E14001382
Output area
E00105688
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 063B · E01020826
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 063 · E02004344

Postcode source versions

Explore DL5

Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rosegarth Cottage, Old A1 Road, Aycliffe, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6LN 29 April 2021 £248,000
Rosegarth Cottage, Old A1 Road, Aycliffe, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6LN 31 May 2000 £60,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
10
Secondary
3

  1. Forest Park School

    Other independent special school

    494 m

  2. Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    549 m

  3. UTC South Durham

    University technical college

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
519
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 206
  • Anti social behaviour 93
  • Criminal damage and arson 46
  • Other theft 35
  • Public order 28

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL5 6 residents
4,265

Age bands in DL5 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

657 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

408 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.8%

815 residents

Age 45 to 64
31%

1,347 residents

Age 65 and over
25.7%

1,116 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+
100%
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
100%
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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    1.7 km

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    1.9 km

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

    COBBLERS HALL, CARERS WAY, BURN LANE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 4SE

    ODS code A83066

    3.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Durham Way North

    BCT · Aycliffe Industrial Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Durham Road

    BCT · Aycliffe Village

    0.2 miles

  • Durham Way North

    BCT · Aycliffe Industrial Estate

    0.2 miles

  • Durham Road

    BCT · Aycliffe Village

    0.2 miles

  • Durham Way

    BCT · Aycliffe Industrial Estate

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 063B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,606 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

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
1
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

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 3 secondary schools. Forest Park School is the nearest published school at 494 m.

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

Recorded crime

519 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 206 events.

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