Chilton

Chilton is covered by postcode district DL17. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Chilton (County Durham).

Typical price £122,000 Homes sold in Chilton, last 12 months. ▲ 9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 91 of 111 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 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Chilton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Chilton, by flood risk Of the 111 postcodes in Chilton that ONS places, 111 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Chilton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A167 DL17 0AT: not on the flood risk listDL17 0BE: not on the flood risk listDL17 0BF: not on the flood risk listDL17 0BL: not on the flood risk listDL17 0BZ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0DY: not on the flood risk listDL17 0DZ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0EB: not on the flood risk listDL17 0ED: not on the flood risk listDL17 0EE: not on the flood risk listDL17 0EH: not on the flood risk listDL17 0EJ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0EL: not on the flood risk listDL17 0EN: not on the flood risk listDL17 0EP: not on the flood risk listDL17 0EQ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0ER: not on the flood risk listDL17 0ES: not on the flood risk listDL17 0EU: not on the flood risk listDL17 0EW: not on the flood risk listDL17 0EX: not on the flood risk listDL17 0EY: not on the flood risk listDL17 0EZ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0FB: not on the flood risk listDL17 0FG: not on the flood risk listDL17 0GY: not on the flood risk listDL17 0GZ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HA: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HB: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HD: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HE: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HF: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HH: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HJ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HN: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HP: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HQ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HR: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HS: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HU: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HW: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HX: not on the flood risk listDL17 0HZ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0JD: not on the flood risk listDL17 0JE: not on the flood risk listDL17 0JF: not on the flood risk listDL17 0JG: not on the flood risk listDL17 0JJ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0JL: not on the flood risk listDL17 0JN: not on the flood risk listDL17 0JP: not on the flood risk listDL17 0JQ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0JS: not on the flood risk listDL17 0JW: not on the flood risk listDL17 0LJ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0NU: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PA: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PB: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PD: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PE: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PF: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PH: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PJ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PL: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PN: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PP: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PR: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PS: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PT: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PW: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PX: not on the flood risk listDL17 0PZ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QA: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QB: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QD: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QE: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QF: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QG: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QH: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QJ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QL: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QN: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QP: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QQ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QR: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QS: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QT: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QU: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QW: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QX: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QY: not on the flood risk listDL17 0QZ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0RA: not on the flood risk listDL17 0RB: not on the flood risk listDL17 0RG: not on the flood risk listDL17 0RH: not on the flood risk listDL17 0RJ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0RL: not on the flood risk listDL17 0RN: not on the flood risk listDL17 0RQ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0RR: not on the flood risk listDL17 0RS: not on the flood risk listDL17 0RT: not on the flood risk listDL17 0RW: not on the flood risk listDL17 0SD: not on the flood risk listDL17 0SE: not on the flood risk listDL17 0SF: not on the flood risk listDL17 0SG: not on the flood risk listDL17 0SH: not on the flood risk listDL17 0SQ: not on the flood risk listDL17 0SZ: not on the flood risk list Chilton Map of every postcode in Chilton, by flood risk Of the 111 postcodes in Chilton that ONS places, 111 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Chilton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Chilton
  • 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: 111

Of the 111 postcodes in Chilton that ONS places, 111 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 54.6619, longitude -1.5585. 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 Chilton?

Homes sold for a typical £122,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 9% on the 12 months before. At 91 of the 111 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 111 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 at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Ferryhill and Chilton Medical Practice, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Newton Aycliffe, 5.7 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 Chilton?

Homes in Chilton sold for a typical £122,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 57 sales, up 9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£122,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£111,975 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £208,000 11 sales
  • Semi-detached £122,500 30 sales
  • Terraced £77,915 16 sales

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

Across the whole DL17 district, Chilton's main postcode district: a typical £105,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Chilton: 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 Chilton?

4 of the 111 postcodes now in use in Chilton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 62 homes sold in Chilton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL17 district, 5%.

The newest postcodes

DL17 0FGsince May 2024DL17 0BZsince April 2020DL17 0DYsince February 2020DL17 0DZsince February 2020

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 ChiltonAcross the DL17 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 57 (0%) 3 of 195 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 62 (0%) 16 of 310 (5%)

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 Chilton?

Ofcom reports on 111 of the 111 postcodes in Chilton. At 91 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit91 of 111
Postcodes where every home can get superfast107 of 111

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.

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

Is Chilton at risk of flooding?

None of the 111 postcodes in Chilton 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 Chilton?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Chilton. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Chilton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chilton is Newton Aycliffe Rail Station, 5.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Newton Aycliffe Rail Station Railway station 5.7 kmDrive
  • Shildon Rail Station Railway station 6.4 kmDrive
  • Heighington Rail Station Railway station 7.4 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 Chilton?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Chilton. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Chilton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 746 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Chilton 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. 42 September 2025
  2. 65 October 2025
  3. 42 November 2025
  4. 70 December 2025
  5. 55 January 2026
  6. 57 February 2026
  7. 77 March 2026
  8. 60 April 2026
  9. 54 May 2026
  10. 51 June 2026
  11. 99 July 2026
  12. 74 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences202 reports
Shoplifting154 reports
Anti-social behaviour100 reports
Criminal damage and arson77 reports
Vehicle crime44 reports
Other theft41 reports
Public order39 reports
Burglary39 reports

Also: other crime 26, drugs 16, possession of weapons 6, theft from the person 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 Chilton?

Council
County Durham
Parliamentary constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Police force area
Durham
Region
North East
Country
England
MP
Alan Strickland (Labour)

All 111 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

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Chilton postcodes

111 postcodes in use in Chilton, by district:

DL17 postcode district,111 postcodes

That district is in the DL postcode area.

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Places near Chilton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Chilton's £122,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Ferryhill2.7 km, £85,000Coundon and Leeholme4.4 km, £82,000Newton Aycliffe4.8 km, £155,000Spennymoor5.1 km, £144,000Cornforth5.2 km, £99,000Shildon6.5 km, £80,000Coxhoe7.0 km, £136,475Sedgefield7.1 km, £203,050 All places A to Z

Questions about Chilton

What is it like to live in Chilton?
Homes sold for a typical £122,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 9% on the 12 months before. At 91 of the 111 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 111 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 at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Ferryhill and Chilton Medical Practice, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Newton Aycliffe, 5.7 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 Chilton?
Chilton is covered by postcode district DL17, across 111 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Chilton in?
Chilton is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Chilton?
Chilton is in the Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Alan Strickland (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Chilton?
Homes in Chilton sold for a typical £122,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 57 sales, up 9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Chilton?
In Chilton, primary schools at its postcodes include Chilton Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Ferryhill School, 2.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Chilton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chilton is Newton Aycliffe, 5.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Chilton?
Ofcom reports on 111 of the 111 postcodes in Chilton. At 91 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Chilton at risk of flooding?
None of the 111 postcodes in Chilton 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 Chilton?
4 of the 111 postcodes now in use in Chilton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 62 homes sold in Chilton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL17 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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