SR8 3FH

Easington & Shotton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Easington
Postcode district
SR8
Postcode sector
SR8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SR8 3FG 58 m
SR8 3JW 118 m
SR8 3DU 134 m
SR8 3DY 147 m
SR8 3DX 170 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SR8 3FH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SR
Postcode district
SR8
Postcode sector
SR8 3
Latitude
54.786745
Longitude
-1.348393
British National Grid easting
442,003
British National Grid northing
543,732

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010619
Westminster constituency
Easington · E14001211
Output area
E00105317
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 025D · E01020756
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 025 · E02004324

Postcode source versions

Explore SR8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
18
Secondary
4
  1. Rosemary Lane Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    462 m
  2. Hope Wood Academy

    Academy special converter

    545 m
  3. Easington Colliery Primary School

    Community school

    597 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
909
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 318
  • Shoplifting 227
  • Criminal damage and arson 104
  • Anti social behaviour 85
  • Other theft 51

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SR8 3 residents
7,521

Age bands in SR8 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

1,220 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

753 residents

Age 25 to 44
24%

1,812 residents

Age 45 to 64
28%

2,114 residents

Age 65 and over
21.8%

1,643 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+
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

6

within 5 km

  • WILLIAM BROWN CENTRE

    MANOR WAY, PETERLEE, SR8 5TW

    ODS code A83012

    3.4 km

  • THE HORDEN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83044

    3.4 km

  • SOUTHDENE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LT

    ODS code A83619

    3.6 km

  • BEVAN MEDICAL GROUP

    BEVAN GROVE, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LQ

    ODS code A83616

    3.9 km

  • MURTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A83041

    4.0 km

  • SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83627

    4.2 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

  • Working Mens Club

    BCT · Easington Village

    0.1 miles
  • Working Mens Club

    BCT · Easington Village

    0.1 miles
  • Council Offices

    BCT · Easington Village

    0.2 miles
  • Shakespeare Terrace

    BCT · Easington Village

    0.2 miles
  • Council Offices

    BCT · Easington Village

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 025D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,354 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 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

28 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 4 secondary schools. Rosemary Lane Nursery School is the nearest published school at 462 m.

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

Recorded crime

909 published events cover 12 months, averaging 75.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 318 events.

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