Fishburn

Fishburn is covered by postcode district TS21. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

Typical price £120,000 Homes sold in Fishburn, last 12 months. ▲ 17.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 53 of 74 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 Fishburn, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Fishburn, by flood risk Of the 74 postcodes in Fishburn that ONS places, 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Fishburn. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. TS21 4AA: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AB: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AD: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AE: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AF: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AG: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AH: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AJ: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AL: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AN: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AP: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AQ: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AR: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AS: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AU: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AW: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AX: not on the flood risk listTS21 4AY: not on the flood risk listTS21 4BH: not on the flood risk listTS21 4BJ: not on the flood risk listTS21 4BN: not on the flood risk listTS21 4BP: not on the flood risk listTS21 4BS: not on the flood risk listTS21 4BT: not on the flood risk listTS21 4BU: not on the flood risk listTS21 4BW: not on the flood risk listTS21 4BX: not on the flood risk listTS21 4BY: not on the flood risk listTS21 4BZ: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DA: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DB: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DD: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DE: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DG: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DH: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DJ: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DL: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DN: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DP: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DQ: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DR: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DS: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DT: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DU: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DW: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DX: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DY: not on the flood risk listTS21 4DZ: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EA: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EB: not on the flood risk listTS21 4ED: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EE: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EF: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EG: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EH: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EJ: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EL: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EN: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EP: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EQ: not on the flood risk listTS21 4ER: not on the flood risk listTS21 4ES: not on the flood risk listTS21 4ET: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EU: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EW: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EX: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EY: not on the flood risk listTS21 4EZ: not on the flood risk listTS21 4FB: not on the flood risk listTS21 4HA: not on the flood risk listTS21 4HB: not on the flood risk listTS21 4HD: not on the flood risk listTS21 4HE: not on the flood risk listTS21 4HF: not on the flood risk list Fishburn Map of every postcode in Fishburn, by flood risk Of the 74 postcodes in Fishburn that ONS places, 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Fishburn. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Fishburn
  • 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: 74

Of the 74 postcodes in Fishburn that ONS places, 74 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 54.6820, longitude -1.4364. 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 Fishburn?

Homes sold for a typical £120,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 17.6% on the 12 months before. At 53 of the 74 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 74 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 Skerne Medical Group, 3.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Horden, 12.3 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 Fishburn?

Homes in Fishburn sold for a typical £120,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 32 sales, up 17.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£120,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£102,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 17.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £182,000 11 sales
  • Semi-detached £120,000 13 sales
  • Terraced £77,500 8 sales

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

Across the whole TS21 district, Fishburn's main postcode district: a typical £225,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Fishburn: 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 Fishburn?

None of the 74 postcodes now in use in Fishburn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 38 homes sold in Fishburn were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TS21 district, 26%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn FishburnAcross the TS21 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 32 (0%) 15 of 211 (7%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 38 (0%) 87 of 336 (26%)

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 Fishburn?

Ofcom reports on 74 of the 74 postcodes in Fishburn. At 53 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit53 of 74
Postcodes where every home can get superfast73 of 74
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 74

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 Fishburn at risk of flooding?

None of the 74 postcodes in Fishburn 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 Fishburn?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Fishburn. 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 Fishburn?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Fishburn is Horden, 12.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Horden Railway station 12.3 kmDrive
  • Newton Aycliffe Rail Station Railway station 12.4 kmDrive
  • Billingham Rail Station Railway station 13.2 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 Fishburn?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Fishburn. 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 Fishburn safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 259 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Fishburn 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. 18 September 2025
  2. 16 October 2025
  3. 23 November 2025
  4. 22 December 2025
  5. 14 January 2026
  6. 25 February 2026
  7. 25 March 2026
  8. 27 April 2026
  9. 30 May 2026
  10. 21 June 2026
  11. 27 July 2026
  12. 11 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences101 reports
Anti-social behaviour49 reports
Criminal damage and arson29 reports
Vehicle crime15 reports
Other crime13 reports
Public order12 reports
Shoplifting12 reports
Other theft11 reports

Also: burglary 9, drugs 5, possession of weapons 2, theft from the person 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 Fishburn?

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

All 74 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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Fishburn postcodes

74 postcodes in use in Fishburn, by district:

TS21 postcode district,74 postcodes

That district is in the TS postcode area.

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Places near Fishburn

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Fishburn's £120,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Trimdon2.0 km, £115,000Sedgefield3.1 km, £203,050Trimdon Colliery4.5 km, £94,000Cornforth5.6 km, £99,000Coxhoe5.9 km, £136,475Wingate6.6 km, £135,000Wheatley Hill7.0 km, £130,000Ferryhill7.2 km, £85,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Fishburn

What is it like to live in Fishburn?
Homes sold for a typical £120,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 17.6% on the 12 months before. At 53 of the 74 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 74 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 Skerne Medical Group, 3.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Horden, 12.3 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 Fishburn?
Fishburn is covered by postcode district TS21, across 74 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Fishburn in?
Fishburn is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Fishburn?
Fishburn 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 Fishburn?
Homes in Fishburn sold for a typical £120,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 32 sales, up 17.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Fishburn?
In Fishburn, primary schools at its postcodes include Fishburn Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Sedgefield Community College, 2.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Fishburn have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Fishburn is Horden, 12.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Fishburn?
Ofcom reports on 74 of the 74 postcodes in Fishburn. At 53 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Fishburn at risk of flooding?
None of the 74 postcodes in Fishburn 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 Fishburn?
None of the 74 postcodes now in use in Fishburn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 38 homes sold in Fishburn were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TS21 district, 26%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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