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SR7 8RB

Dalton & Dawdon · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Seaham
Ward
Dalton & Dawdon
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Easington
Postcode district
SR7
Postcode sector
SR7 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SR7 8RA 60 m
SR7 8QZ 61 m
SR7 8QY 152 m
SR7 8QB 202 m
SR7 8QT 202 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SR7 8RB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SR
Postcode district
SR7
Postcode sector
SR7 8
Latitude
54.827160
Longitude
-1.367666
British National Grid easting
440,723
British National Grid northing
548,218

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Dalton & Dawdon · E05016170
Parish or community
E04010616
Westminster constituency
Easington · E14001211
Output area
E00105409
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 018E · E01020773
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 018 · E02004322

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, West View, Dalton Le Dale, Seaham, SR7 8RB 30 March 2007 £200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
18
Secondary
1

  1. Seaview Primary School

    Community school

    931 m

  2. Westlea Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km

  3. Seaham High School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,541
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 446
  • Shoplifting 287
  • Criminal damage and arson 252
  • Anti social behaviour 168
  • Public order 74

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

3 female, 1 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.3
SR7 8 residents
7,300

Age bands in SR7 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

1,111 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

774 residents

Age 25 to 44
20%

1,439 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

2,127 residents

Age 65 and over
24.1%

1,731 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SR7 8 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

6

within 5 km

  • THE NEW SEAHAM MEDICAL GROUP

    EASTDENE ROAD, EASTLEA, SEAHAM, SR7 8DY

    ODS code A83071

    864 m

  • MURTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE SURGERY, 20 WOODS TERRACE EAST, MURTON, SEAHAM, SR7 9AB

    ODS code A83041

    1.5 km

  • BYRON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE AVENUE, DENESIDE, SEAHAM, SR7 8LF

    ODS code A83075

    1.6 km

  • MARLBOROUGH SURGERY

    SEAHAM PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, ST. JOHNS SQUARE, SEAHAM, SR7 7JE

    ODS code A83051

    2.3 km

  • SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE

    SOUTH HETTON HEALTH CTR, FRONT STREET, SOUTH HETTON, DURHAM, DH6 2TH

    ODS code A83627

    4.1 km

  • SOUTHLANDS MEDICAL GROUP

    RYHOPE HEALTH CENTRE, BLACK ROAD, RYHOPE, SUNDERLAND, SR2 0RY

    ODS code A89035

    4.9 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

  • Times Inn

    BCT · Dalton-le-Dale

    0.1 miles

  • Times Inn

    BCT · Dalton-le-Dale

    0.2 miles

  • Dalton Heights Roundabout

    BCT · New Seaham

    0.2 miles

  • Mount Pleasant

    BCT · New Seaham

    0.3 miles

  • Mount Pleasant

    BCT · New Seaham

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 018E, 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

3,859 of 33,755

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

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 1 secondary schools. Seaview Primary School is the nearest published school at 931 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,541 published events cover 12 months, averaging 128.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 446 events.

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