Leadgate

Leadgate is covered by postcode district DH8. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

Typical price £119,975 Homes sold in Leadgate, last 12 months. ▲ 22.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 71 of 109 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 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Leadgate, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Leadgate, by flood risk Of the 109 postcodes in Leadgate that ONS places, 109 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Leadgate. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A692 DH8 6DG: not on the flood risk listDH8 6DJ: not on the flood risk listDH8 6DL: not on the flood risk listDH8 6DN: not on the flood risk listDH8 6DP: not on the flood risk listDH8 6DR: not on the flood risk listDH8 6DS: not on the flood risk listDH8 6DT: not on the flood risk listDH8 6DU: not on the flood risk listDH8 6DW: not on the flood risk listDH8 6DX: not on the flood risk listDH8 6DY: not on the flood risk listDH8 6DZ: not on the flood risk listDH8 6EA: not on the flood risk listDH8 6ED: not on the flood risk listDH8 6EE: not on the flood risk listDH8 6EF: not on the flood risk listDH8 6EG: not on the flood risk listDH8 6EH: not on the flood risk listDH8 6EJ: not on the flood risk listDH8 6EL: not on the flood risk listDH8 6EN: not on the flood risk listDH8 6EP: not on the flood risk listDH8 6EQ: not on the flood risk listDH8 6ER: not on the flood risk listDH8 6ES: not on the flood risk listDH8 6ET: not on the flood risk listDH8 6EU: not on the flood risk listDH8 6EW: not on the flood risk listDH8 6EZ: not on the flood risk listDH8 6FG: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HA: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HB: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HD: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HE: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HF: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HG: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HH: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HJ: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HL: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HN: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HP: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HQ: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HR: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HS: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HT: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HU: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HW: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HX: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HY: not on the flood risk listDH8 6HZ: not on the flood risk listDH8 6JA: not on the flood risk listDH8 6RR: not on the flood risk listDH8 6TA: not on the flood risk listDH8 6TD: not on the flood risk listDH8 7GA: not on the flood risk listDH8 7PJ: not on the flood risk listDH8 7PL: not on the flood risk listDH8 7PN: not on the flood risk listDH8 7PP: not on the flood risk listDH8 7PQ: not on the flood risk listDH8 7PR: not on the flood risk listDH8 7PS: not on the flood risk listDH8 7PT: not on the flood risk listDH8 7PU: not on the flood risk listDH8 7PW: not on the flood risk listDH8 7PX: not on the flood risk listDH8 7PY: not on the flood risk listDH8 7PZ: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QB: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QD: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QE: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QG: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QJ: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QL: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QN: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QP: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QQ: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QR: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QS: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QT: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QU: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QW: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QX: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QY: not on the flood risk listDH8 7QZ: not on the flood risk listDH8 7RA: not on the flood risk listDH8 7RB: not on the flood risk listDH8 7RD: not on the flood risk listDH8 7RE: not on the flood risk listDH8 7RF: not on the flood risk listDH8 7RG: not on the flood risk listDH8 7RH: not on the flood risk listDH8 7RJ: not on the flood risk listDH8 7RL: not on the flood risk listDH8 7RQ: not on the flood risk listDH8 7RT: not on the flood risk listDH8 7RW: not on the flood risk listDH8 7SA: not on the flood risk listDH8 7SB: not on the flood risk listDH8 7SD: not on the flood risk listDH8 7SE: not on the flood risk listDH8 7SF: not on the flood risk listDH8 7SG: not on the flood risk listDH8 7SH: not on the flood risk listDH8 7SJ: not on the flood risk listDH8 7SL: not on the flood risk listDH8 7SN: not on the flood risk listDH8 7TS: not on the flood risk list Leadgate Map of every postcode in Leadgate, by flood risk Of the 109 postcodes in Leadgate that ONS places, 109 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Leadgate. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Leadgate
  • 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: 109

Of the 109 postcodes in Leadgate that ONS places, 109 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 54.8603, longitude -1.8052. 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 Leadgate?

Homes sold for a typical £119,975 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 22.4% on the 12 months before. At 71 of the 109 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 109 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 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stocksfield, 12.0 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 Leadgate?

Homes in Leadgate sold for a typical £119,975 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 34 sales, up 22.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£119,975 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£98,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 22.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached Not enough sales to price (2)
  • Semi-detached £123,500 11 sales
  • Terraced £108,000 21 sales

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

Across the whole DH8 district, Leadgate's main postcode district: a typical £141,250.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Leadgate: 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 Leadgate?

None of the 109 postcodes now in use in Leadgate came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 39 homes sold in Leadgate were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH8 district, 12%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn LeadgateAcross the DH8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 34 (0%) 8 of 460 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 39 (0%) 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 Leadgate?

Ofcom reports on 109 of the 109 postcodes in Leadgate. At 71 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit71 of 109
Postcodes where every home can get superfast101 of 109

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 Leadgate at risk of flooding?

None of the 109 postcodes in Leadgate 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 Leadgate?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Leadgate is Stocksfield Rail Station, 12.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Stocksfield Rail Station Railway station 12.0 kmDrive
  • Prudhoe Rail Station Railway station 12.3 kmDrive
  • Wylam Rail Station Railway station 12.8 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 Leadgate?

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

Police.uk records 624 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Leadgate 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. 26 September 2025
  2. 51 October 2025
  3. 49 November 2025
  4. 47 December 2025
  5. 54 January 2026
  6. 42 February 2026
  7. 39 March 2026
  8. 55 April 2026
  9. 69 May 2026
  10. 49 June 2026
  11. 85 July 2026
  12. 58 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences242 reports
Anti-social behaviour70 reports
Criminal damage and arson69 reports
Shoplifting67 reports
Other theft37 reports
Vehicle crime35 reports
Public order29 reports
Burglary27 reports

Also: other crime 26, robbery 10, drugs 9, 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 Leadgate?

Council
County Durham
Parliamentary constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Police force area
Durham
Region
North East
Country
England
MP
Liz Twist (Labour)

All 109 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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Leadgate postcodes

109 postcodes in use in Leadgate, by district:

DH8 postcode district,109 postcodes

That district is in the DH postcode area.

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Places near Leadgate

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Leadgate's £119,975. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Consett2.3 km, £146,000Dipton3.8 km, £154,000Annfield Plain4.1 km, £108,000Tantobie5.6 km, £137,800Lanchester5.8 km, £204,500Chopwell6.4 km, £79,105Tanfield Lea6.5 km, £194,750Burnopfield6.8 km, £140,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Leadgate

What is it like to live in Leadgate?
Homes sold for a typical £119,975 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 22.4% on the 12 months before. At 71 of the 109 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 109 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 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stocksfield, 12.0 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 Leadgate?
Leadgate is covered by postcode district DH8, across 109 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Leadgate in?
Leadgate is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Leadgate?
Leadgate is in the Blaydon and Consett parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Liz Twist (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Leadgate?
Homes in Leadgate sold for a typical £119,975 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 34 sales, up 22.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Leadgate?
In Leadgate, primary schools at its postcodes include Leadgate Primary School - Split Site and Our Lady and St Joseph Brooms Catholic Primary School, Leadgate; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Villa Real School, 1.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Leadgate have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Leadgate is Stocksfield, 12.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Leadgate?
Ofcom reports on 109 of the 109 postcodes in Leadgate. At 71 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Leadgate at risk of flooding?
None of the 109 postcodes in Leadgate 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 Leadgate?
None of the 109 postcodes now in use in Leadgate came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 39 homes sold in Leadgate were newly built (0%), 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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