SR8 1DS

Castle Eden & Passfield · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Peterlee
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Easington
Postcode district
SR8
Postcode sector
SR8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SR8 1FB 42 m
SR8 1DT 82 m
SR8 1DP 85 m
SR8 1DU 110 m
SR8 1EP 122 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SR8 1DS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SR
Postcode district
SR8
Postcode sector
SR8 1
Latitude
54.755001
Longitude
-1.340993
British National Grid easting
442,512
British National Grid northing
540,204

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010677
Westminster constituency
Easington · E14001211
Output area
E00105441
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 035F · E01020780
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 035 · E02004328

Postcode source versions

Explore SR8

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Arun Close, Peterlee, SR8 1DS 28 November 2024 £87,999
8, Arun Close, Peterlee, SR8 1DS 30 April 2024 £41,000
10, Arun Close, Peterlee, SR8 1DS 19 May 2023 £66,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
21
Secondary
5
  1. Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    330 m
  2. St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College

    Academy converter

    474 m
  3. East Durham College

    Further education

    853 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,679
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,051
  • Anti social behaviour 340
  • Criminal damage and arson 337
  • Shoplifting 316
  • Public order 174

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

11 female, 2 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.2
SR8 1 residents
4,834

Age bands in SR8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

719 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.5%

591 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.2%

1,095 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

1,526 residents

Age 65 and over
23.7%

1,222 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SR8 1 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

7

within 5 km

  • WILLIAM BROWN CENTRE

    MANOR WAY, PETERLEE, SR8 5TW

    ODS code A83012

    700 m

  • THE HORDEN GROUP PRACTICE

    SEA VIEW HEALTH CENTRE, FOURTH STREET, HORDEN, PETERLEE, SR8 4LD

    ODS code A83044

    2.1 km

  • SOUTHDENE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LT

    ODS code A83619

    3.0 km

  • BEVAN MEDICAL GROUP

    BEVAN GROVE, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LQ

    ODS code A83616

    3.1 km

  • BLACKHALL AND PETERLEE PRACTICE

    BLACKHALL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, BLACKHALL COLLIERY, BLACKHALL, HARTLEPOOL, TS27 4LQ

    ODS code A83007

    3.4 km

  • EAST DURHAM MEDICAL GROUP

    THE CARADOC SURGERY, FRONT STREET WEST, WINGATE, TS28 5PZ

    ODS code A83057

    4.1 km

  • WINGATE MEDICAL PRACTICE INTRAHEALTH

    FRONT STREET WEST, WINGATE, TS28 5PZ

    ODS code A83610

    4.1 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Passfield Way - Southway

    BCT · Peterlee

    0.1 miles
  • Southway - Dart Road

    BCT · Peterlee

    0.1 miles
  • Southway - Dart Road

    BCT · Peterlee

    0.1 miles
  • Passfield Way - Southway

    BCT · Peterlee

    0.2 miles
  • Passfield Way - Southway

    BCT · Peterlee

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 035F, 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

5,998 of 33,755

Income
2 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
10 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

Property market

The five-year median is £66,000 from 3 recorded sales in SR8 1DS. 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

33 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 5 secondary schools. Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 330 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,679 published events cover 12 months, averaging 223.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,051 events.

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