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NE17 7SL

Derwent & Pont Valley · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Ward
Derwent & Pont Valley
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
NE17
Postcode sector
NE17 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE17 7SF 76 m
NE17 7SB 91 m
NE17 7SJ 91 m
NE17 7PA 111 m
NE17 7SH 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE17 7SL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE17
Postcode sector
NE17 7
Latitude
54.904118
Longitude
-1.817674
British National Grid easting
411,790
British National Grid northing
556,614

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Derwent & Pont Valley · E05016173
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
Blaydon and Consett · E14001106
Output area
E00171811
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 003D · E01020655
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 003 · E02004298

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Deneside, Hamsterley Colliery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE17 7SL 9 March 2026 £320,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
10
Secondary
0

  1. Chopwell Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km

  2. Ebchester CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.8 km

  3. Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
151
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 54
  • Violence and sexual offences 43
  • Criminal damage and arson 14
  • Other theft 10
  • Burglary 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

2 female, 1 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
0.8
NE17 7 residents
4,563

Age bands in NE17 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

719 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

394 residents

Age 25 to 44
25%

1,148 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

1,279 residents

Age 65 and over
23%

1,056 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE17 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

5

within 5 km

  • OAKFIELDS HEALTH GROUP

    HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7SB

    ODS code A83618

    91 m

  • CHOPWELL PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CENTRE

    SOUTH ROAD, CHOPWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7BU

    ODS code A85024

    1.8 km

  • QUEENS ROAD SURGERY

    83 QUEENS ROAD, CONSETT, DH8 0BW

    ODS code A83049

    4.5 km

  • LEADGATE SURGERY

    GEORGE EWEN HOUSE, WATLING STREET, LEADGATE, CONSETT, DH8 6DP

    ODS code A83636

    4.9 km

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

    CEDAR CRESCENT, BURNOPFIELD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 6HU

    ODS code A83038

    5.0 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

  • Dene Court

    BCT · Hamsterley

    0.0 miles

  • Bank Top

    BCT · Hamsterley

    0.1 miles

  • Bank Top

    BCT · Hamsterley

    0.1 miles

  • Blackhall Mill Mill Race

    BCT · Blackhall Mill

    0.2 miles

  • Derwent Care Home

    BCT · Low Westwood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 003D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,328 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
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 £320,000 from 1 recorded sale in NE17 7SL. 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

12 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 0 secondary schools. Chopwell Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

151 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 54 events.

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