Cornforth

Cornforth is covered by postcode districts DH6 and DL17. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

Typical price £99,000 Homes sold in Cornforth, last 12 months. ▲ 16.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 60 of 78 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 2 of 79 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Cornforth, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Cornforth, by flood risk Of the 79 postcodes in Cornforth that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 77 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cornforth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. DL17 9BT: not on the flood risk listDL17 9EL: not on the flood risk listDL17 9EN: not on the flood risk listDL17 9EP: not on the flood risk listDL17 9ER: not on the flood risk listDL17 9ES: not on the flood risk listDL17 9ET: not on the flood risk listDL17 9EU: not on the flood risk listDL17 9EW: not on the flood risk listDL17 9EZ: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HA: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HD: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HE: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HF: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HL: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HN: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HP: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HR: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HS: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HT: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HU: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HX: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HY: not on the flood risk listDL17 9HZ: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JA: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JB: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JE: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JF: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JG: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JH: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JJ: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JL: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JN: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JP: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JQ: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JR: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JS: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JT: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JU: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JW: not on the flood risk listDL17 9JZ: not on the flood risk listDL17 9LA: not on the flood risk listDL17 9LB: not on the flood risk listDL17 9LE: not on the flood risk listDL17 9LF: not on the flood risk listDL17 9LH: not on the flood risk listDL17 9LL: not on the flood risk listDL17 9LN: not on the flood risk listDL17 9LR: not on the flood risk listDL17 9LT: not on the flood risk listDL17 9LU: not on the flood risk listDL17 9LX: not on the flood risk listDL17 9LY: not on the flood risk listDL17 9LZ: not on the flood risk listDL17 9ND: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NG: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NH: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NJ: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NL: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NN: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NP: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NQ: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NR: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NS: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NT: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NU: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NW: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NX: not on the flood risk listDL17 9PA: not on the flood risk listDL17 9PB: not on the flood risk listDL17 9PD: not on the flood risk listDL17 9PE: not on the flood risk listDL17 9PF: not on the flood risk listDL17 9PG: not on the flood risk listDL17 9PH: not on the flood risk listDL17 9PJ: not on the flood risk listDL17 9PQ: not on the flood risk listDL17 9NA: medium flood risk at worstDH6 4ER: high flood risk Cornforth Map of every postcode in Cornforth, by flood risk Of the 79 postcodes in Cornforth that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 77 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cornforth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Cornforth
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 77

Of the 79 postcodes in Cornforth that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 77 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 54.7016, longitude -1.5173. 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

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

DH6 4ER1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Cornforth?

Homes sold for a typical £99,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 16.5% on the 12 months before. At 60 of the 78 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 79 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Durham, 9.6 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 Cornforth?

Homes in Cornforth sold for a typical £99,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 22 sales, up 16.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£99,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£85,000
12 months to August 2026
£99,000

▲ up 16.5% on the 12 months before

Detached 2 sales, too few to price
Semi-detached£95,000 15 sales
Terraced£98,999 5 sales

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

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Cornforth: 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 Cornforth?

None of the 79 postcodes now in use in Cornforth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 43 homes sold in Cornforth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL17 district, 5%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn CornforthAcross the DL17 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 22 (0%) 3 of 195 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 43 (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 Cornforth?

Ofcom reports on 78 of the 79 postcodes in Cornforth. At 60 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit60 of 78
Postcodes where every home can get superfast77 of 78

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 Cornforth at risk of flooding?

2 of the 79 postcodes in Cornforth 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 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 2 of 79 postcodes High: 1Medium: 2

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 Cornforth?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Cornforth. 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

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Cornforth?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cornforth is Durham Rail Station, 9.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Durham Rail Station Railway station 9.6 kmDrive
  • Newton Aycliffe Rail Station Railway station 10.8 kmDrive
  • Shildon Rail Station Railway station 11.4 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 Cornforth?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Cornforth. 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 Cornforth safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 333 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Cornforth 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. 17 September 2025
  2. 26 October 2025
  3. 30 November 2025
  4. 26 December 2025
  5. 19 January 2026
  6. 13 February 2026
  7. 27 March 2026
  8. 22 April 2026
  9. 33 May 2026
  10. 51 June 2026
  11. 33 July 2026
  12. 36 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences141 reports
Anti-social behaviour44 reports
Criminal damage and arson39 reports
Vehicle crime24 reports
Burglary22 reports
Public order21 reports
Other crime16 reports
Other theft12 reports

Also: drugs 7, possession of weapons 3, shoplifting 2, 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 Cornforth?

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

All 79 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

Moving to Cornforth

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Cornforth postcodes

79 postcodes in use in Cornforth, by district:

DL17 postcode district,78 postcodesDH6 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are in the DL postcode area and 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 Cornforth

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Cornforth's £99,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Coxhoe1.8 km, £136,475Ferryhill2.7 km, £85,000Bowburn4.1 km, £144,500Chilton5.2 km, £122,000Spennymoor5.4 km, £144,000Fishburn5.6 km, £120,000Trimdon5.6 km, £115,000Sedgefield6.7 km, £203,050 All places A to Z

Questions about Cornforth

What is it like to live in Cornforth?
Homes sold for a typical £99,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 16.5% on the 12 months before. At 60 of the 78 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 79 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Durham, 9.6 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 Cornforth?
Cornforth is covered by postcode districts DH6 and DL17, across 79 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Cornforth in?
Cornforth is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Cornforth?
Cornforth 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 Cornforth?
Homes in Cornforth sold for a typical £99,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 22 sales, up 16.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Cornforth?
In Cornforth, primary schools at its postcodes include West Cornforth Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Woodlands, 2.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Cornforth have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cornforth is Durham, 9.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Cornforth?
Ofcom reports on 78 of the 79 postcodes in Cornforth. At 60 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Cornforth at risk of flooding?
2 of the 79 postcodes in Cornforth 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 3 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 Cornforth?
None of the 79 postcodes now in use in Cornforth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 43 homes sold in Cornforth 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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