Consett
Consett is covered by postcode district DH8. It is mostly in the County Durham council area: 813 of its 815 postcodes. The others are in Northumberland.
Every postcode in Consett, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 12
- In use before 2020: 803
Of the 815 postcodes in Consett that ONS places, 12 are new since 2020 and 803 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.8556, longitude -1.8406. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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
The 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Consett?
Homes sold for a typical £146,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.7% on the 12 months before. At 472 of the 807 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 15 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 7 of its 815 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stocksfield, 11.3 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 Consett?
Homes in Consett sold for a typical £146,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 357 sales, up 0.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £285,000 75 sales
- Semi-detached £152,000 131 sales
- Terraced £111,000 144 sales
- Flat or maisonette £75,000 7 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole DH8 district, Consett's main postcode district: a typical £141,250.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Consett: 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 Consett?
12 of the 815 postcodes now in use in Consett came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 500 homes sold in Consett were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH8 district, 12%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Consett | Across the DH8 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 357 (1%) | 8 of 460 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 17 of 500 (3%) | 82 of 702 (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 Consett?
Ofcom reports on 807 of the 815 postcodes in Consett. At 472 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Consett at risk of flooding?
7 of the 815 postcodes in Consett have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 15 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
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 Consett?
The open schools at the postcodes in Consett (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett600 m 372 pupils, 450 places
- Consett Infant School700 m 153 pupils, 180 places
- Consett Junior School1.0 km 228 pupils, 240 places
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Blackhill1.1 km 202 pupils, 270 places
- Benfieldside Primary School1.1 km
- Villa Real School1.2 km
- The Grove Primary School1.4 km 179 pupils, 200 places
- St Pius Xth Catholic Primary School, Consett1.6 km 75 pupils, 105 places
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 Consett?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Consett is Stocksfield Rail Station, 11.3 km away in a straight line.
- Stocksfield Rail Station Railway station 11.3 kmDrive
- Prudhoe Rail Station Railway station 12.4 kmDrive
- Riding Mill Rail Station Railway station 13.3 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 Consett?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Consett. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Consett Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2025 · Phone 01207 583400 950 mWalk
- Queens Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2026 · Phone 01207 585890 1.3 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Consett safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,113 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Consett 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
- 156 September 2025
- 181 October 2025
- 144 November 2025
- 142 December 2025
- 137 January 2026
- 141 February 2026
- 145 March 2026
- 244 April 2026
- 178 May 2026
- 148 June 2026
- 241 July 2026
- 256 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 53, drugs 18, robbery 18, possession of weapons 10, theft from the person 5, bicycle theft 3.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Consett?
- Councils
- County Durham (813) and Northumberland (2)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Blaydon and Consett (812), Hexham (2) and North Durham (1)
- Police force areas
- Durham (813) and Northumbria (2)
- 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
Moving to Consett
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Consett is in County Durham; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell County Durham about council tax Council tax, on durham.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Consett
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Consett postcodes
815 postcodes in use in Consett, by district:
That district is in the DH postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Consett
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Consett's £146,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Consett
- What is it like to live in Consett?
- Homes sold for a typical £146,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.7% on the 12 months before. At 472 of the 807 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 15 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 7 of its 815 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stocksfield, 11.3 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 Consett?
- Consett is covered by postcode district DH8, across 815 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Consett?
- Homes in Consett sold for a typical £146,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 357 sales, up 0.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Consett?
- In Consett, primary schools at its postcodes include St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett, Consett Infant School and Consett Junior School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Delta Independent School, Consett Academy and Villa Real School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Consett have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Consett is Stocksfield, 11.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Consett?
- Ofcom reports on 807 of the 815 postcodes in Consett. At 472 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Consett at risk of flooding?
- 7 of the 815 postcodes in Consett have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 15 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Consett?
- 12 of the 815 postcodes now in use in Consett came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 500 homes sold in Consett were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH8 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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