Bowburn

Bowburn is covered by postcode district DH6. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

Typical price £144,500 Homes sold in Bowburn, last 12 months. ▼ 4.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 91 of 96 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Bowburn, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Bowburn, by flood risk Of the 100 postcodes in Bowburn that ONS places, 100 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bowburn. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A1(M)A688A177 DH6 5AA: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AB: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AD: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AE: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AF: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AG: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AH: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AJ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AL: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AN: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AP: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AQ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AR: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AS: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AT: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AU: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AX: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AY: not on the flood risk listDH6 5AZ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BA: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BB: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BD: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BE: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BF: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BG: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BH: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BJ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BL: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BN: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BU: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BW: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BY: not on the flood risk listDH6 5BZ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DA: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DB: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DD: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DE: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DF: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DG: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DH: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DJ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DL: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DN: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DP: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DQ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DR: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DS: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DT: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DU: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DW: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DX: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DY: not on the flood risk listDH6 5DZ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EB: not on the flood risk listDH6 5ED: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EE: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EF: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EG: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EH: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EJ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EL: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EN: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EP: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EQ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5ER: not on the flood risk listDH6 5ES: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EU: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EW: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EX: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EY: not on the flood risk listDH6 5EZ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5FA: not on the flood risk listDH6 5FB: not on the flood risk listDH6 5FD: not on the flood risk listDH6 5FE: not on the flood risk listDH6 5FF: not on the flood risk listDH6 5FH: not on the flood risk listDH6 5FJ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5FL: not on the flood risk listDH6 5FN: not on the flood risk listDH6 5FP: not on the flood risk listDH6 5FW: not on the flood risk listDH6 5GA: not on the flood risk listDH6 5NA: not on the flood risk listDH6 5NB: not on the flood risk listDH6 5NE: not on the flood risk listDH6 5NH: not on the flood risk listDH6 5NP: not on the flood risk listDH6 5NZ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5PD: not on the flood risk listDH6 5PE: not on the flood risk listDH6 5PF: not on the flood risk listDH6 5PH: not on the flood risk listDH6 5PJ: not on the flood risk listDH6 5PL: not on the flood risk listDH6 5PN: not on the flood risk listDH6 5PS: not on the flood risk listDH6 5QA: not on the flood risk listDH6 5QB: not on the flood risk listDH6 5QD: not on the flood risk list Bowburn Map of every postcode in Bowburn, by flood risk Of the 100 postcodes in Bowburn that ONS places, 100 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bowburn. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A1(M)A177 Bowburn
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 100

Of the 100 postcodes in Bowburn that ONS places, 100 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.7381, longitude -1.5249. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

What is it like to live in Bowburn?

Homes sold for a typical £144,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.6% on the 12 months before. At 91 of the 96 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 100 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Durham, 5.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Bowburn?

Homes in Bowburn sold for a typical £144,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, down 4.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£144,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£151,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 4.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £233,500 10 sales
  • Semi-detached £152,500 32 sales
  • Terraced £97,750 22 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole DH6 district, Bowburn's main postcode district: a typical £130,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bowburn: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Bowburn?

7 of the 100 postcodes now in use in Bowburn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 108 homes sold in Bowburn were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH6 district, 12%.

The newest postcodes

DH6 5FWsince January 2026DH6 5BEsince November 2025DH6 5FLsince October 2021DH6 5FNsince May 2021DH6 5FJsince April 2021DH6 5FPsince April 2021

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BowburnAcross the DH6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 64 (0%) 11 of 429 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 3 of 108 (3%) 73 of 619 (12%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Bowburn?

Ofcom reports on 96 of the 100 postcodes in Bowburn. At 91 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit91 of 96
Postcodes where every home can get superfast95 of 96

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Bowburn at risk of flooding?

None of the 100 postcodes in Bowburn is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Bowburn?

The open schools at the postcodes in Bowburn. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Bowburn?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bowburn is Durham Rail Station, 5.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Durham Rail Station Railway station 5.9 kmDrive
  • Bishop Auckland Rail Station Railway station 13.3 kmDrive
  • Chester-le-Street Rail Station Railway station 13.4 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Bowburn?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Bowburn. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Bowburn safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 696 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bowburn over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 55 September 2025
  2. 53 October 2025
  3. 45 November 2025
  4. 49 December 2025
  5. 47 January 2026
  6. 47 February 2026
  7. 49 March 2026
  8. 76 April 2026
  9. 83 May 2026
  10. 83 June 2026
  11. 72 July 2026
  12. 37 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences239 reports
Anti-social behaviour184 reports
Criminal damage and arson79 reports
Public order51 reports
Shoplifting44 reports
Other theft33 reports
Other crime22 reports
Burglary17 reports

Also: vehicle crime 10, drugs 9, possession of weapons 5, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1, robbery 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Bowburn?

Council
County Durham
Parliamentary constituencies
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor (99) and City of Durham (1)
Police force area
Durham
Region
North East
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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Bowburn postcodes

100 postcodes in use in Bowburn, by district:

DH6 postcode district,100 postcodes

That district is in the DH postcode area.

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Places near Bowburn

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bowburn's £144,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Coxhoe2.6 km, £136,475Cornforth4.1 km, £99,000Sherburn4.4 km, £150,000Durham5.7 km, £225,000Thornley5.8 km, £127,999Ferryhill6.0 km, £85,000Spennymoor6.5 km, £144,000Brandon6.6 km, £136,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Bowburn

What is it like to live in Bowburn?
Homes sold for a typical £144,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.6% on the 12 months before. At 91 of the 96 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 100 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Durham, 5.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Bowburn?
Bowburn is covered by postcode district DH6, across 100 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Bowburn in?
Bowburn is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Bowburn?
Homes in Bowburn sold for a typical £144,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, down 4.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Bowburn?
In Bowburn, primary schools at its postcodes include Bowburn Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Strawberry Lane. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Bowburn have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bowburn is Durham, 5.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Bowburn?
Ofcom reports on 96 of the 100 postcodes in Bowburn. At 91 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Bowburn at risk of flooding?
None of the 100 postcodes in Bowburn is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Bowburn?
7 of the 100 postcodes now in use in Bowburn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 108 homes sold in Bowburn were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH6 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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