Leadgate
Leadgate is covered by postcode district DH8. It is in the County Durham council area, England.
Every postcode in Leadgate, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 13
- Some can get gigabit: 25
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 71
- Ofcom gives no figure: 0
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 109 postcodes in Leadgate that ONS places, 13 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 25 have some that can and 71 can all get it.
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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 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
Postcodes without gigabit
13 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 6 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. DH8 7SJ, is the one nearest the middle of 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.
- Detached 2 sales, too few to price
- 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
| Period | In Leadgate | Across 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.
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 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
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.
- Leadgate Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01207 583555 50 mWalk
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
- 26 September 2025
- 51 October 2025
- 49 November 2025
- 47 December 2025
- 54 January 2026
- 42 February 2026
- 39 March 2026
- 55 April 2026
- 69 May 2026
- 49 June 2026
- 85 July 2026
- 58 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
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 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 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
Moving to Leadgate
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- 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 Leadgate
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Leadgate postcodes
109 postcodes in use in Leadgate, by district:
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.
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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