SR8 5SD

Horden & Dene House · 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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SR8 5RQ 31 m
SR8 5RH 66 m
SR8 5RG 78 m
SR8 5LE 89 m
SR8 5RJ 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SR8 5SD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SR
Postcode district
SR8
Postcode sector
SR8 5
Latitude
54.757743
Longitude
-1.323235
British National Grid easting
443,652
British National Grid northing
540,520

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
E00105269
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 032A · E01020745
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 032 · E02004325

Postcode source versions

Explore SR8

73 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Elm Tree Gardens, Peterlee, SR8 5SD 27 October 2025 £76,000
26, Elm Tree Gardens, Peterlee, SR8 5SD 17 October 2025 £140,000
21, Elm Tree Gardens, Peterlee, SR8 5SD 20 November 2024 £110,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
19
Secondary
5
  1. Dene House Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    271 m
  2. Dene Academy

    Academy converter

    340 m
  3. Seascape Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    794 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,139
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,131
  • Shoplifting 484
  • Criminal damage and arson 377
  • Anti social behaviour 347
  • Public order 194

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
50

27 female, 23 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
1.9
SR8 5 residents
7,386

Age bands in SR8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.7%

1,428 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.1%

880 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

1,871 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.1%

1,819 residents

Age 65 and over
17.3%

1,259 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SR8 5 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

5

within 5 km

  • WILLIAM BROWN CENTRE

    MANOR WAY, PETERLEE, SR8 5TW

    ODS code A83012

    529 m

  • THE HORDEN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83044

    942 m

  • BLACKHALL AND PETERLEE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83007

    2.5 km

  • SOUTHDENE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LT

    ODS code A83619

    4.1 km

  • BEVAN MEDICAL GROUP

    BEVAN GROVE, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LQ

    ODS code A83616

    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

  • Yoden Way - Chapel Hill Road

    BCT · Peterlee

    0.0 miles
  • Dene House School

    BCT · Peterlee

    0.1 miles
  • Fulwell Road

    BCT · Peterlee

    0.1 miles
  • Eastfield junction

    BCT · Peterlee

    0.1 miles
  • Yoden Way - Chapel Hill Road

    BCT · Peterlee

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 032A, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

581 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
10 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 £110,000 from 9 recorded sales in SR8 5SD. 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

31 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. Dene House Primary School is the nearest published school at 271 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,139 published events cover 12 months, averaging 261.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,131 events.

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