Peterlee
Peterlee is covered by postcode districts DH6 and SR8. It is in the County Durham council area, England.
Every postcode in Peterlee, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 13
- In use before 2020: 520
Of the 533 postcodes in Peterlee that ONS places, 13 are new since 2020 and 520 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 54.7589, longitude -1.3429. 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 Peterlee?
Homes sold for a typical £104,999 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 416 of the 523 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 533 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 at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Horden, 2.3 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 Peterlee?
Homes in Peterlee sold for a typical £104,999 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 165 sales, down 3.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £271,250 34 sales
- Semi-detached £120,000 66 sales
- Terraced £85,000 60 sales
- Flat or maisonette £67,500 5 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole SR8 district, Peterlee's main postcode district: a typical £90,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Peterlee: 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 Peterlee?
13 of the 533 postcodes now in use in Peterlee came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 238 homes sold in Peterlee were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SR8 district, 0%.
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 Peterlee | Across the SR8 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 165 (0%) | 0 of 355 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 238 (0%) | 0 of 504 (0%) |
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 Peterlee?
Ofcom reports on 523 of the 533 postcodes in Peterlee. At 416 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Peterlee at risk of flooding?
None of the 533 postcodes in Peterlee 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 Peterlee?
The open schools at the postcodes in Peterlee (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
- Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School250 m 191 pupils, 315 places
- Howletch Lane Primary School700 m 382 pupils, 399 places
- Acre Rigg Academy1.0 km 257 pupils, 268 places
- Acre Rigg Infant School1.0 km 252 pupils, 189 places
- Shotton Hall Primary School1.1 km 350 pupils, 350 places
- Seascape Primary School1.2 km 263 pupils, 385 places
- Open Air Education1.3 km 21 pupils, 70 places
- Dene House Primary School1.5 km 303 pupils, 315 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 Peterlee?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Peterlee is Horden, 2.3 km away in a straight line.
- Horden Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
- Seaham Rail Station Railway station 8.9 kmDrive
- Hartlepool Rail Station Railway station 11.8 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 Peterlee?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Peterlee. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- William Brown Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0191 539 1060 750 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Peterlee safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,227 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Peterlee 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
- 259 September 2025
- 286 October 2025
- 250 November 2025
- 203 December 2025
- 239 January 2026
- 233 February 2026
- 267 March 2026
- 272 April 2026
- 262 May 2026
- 257 June 2026
- 332 July 2026
- 367 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 63, drugs 53, possession of weapons 27, robbery 21, theft from the person 5, bicycle theft 5.
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 Peterlee?
- Council
- County Durham
- Parliamentary constituency
- Easington
- Police force area
- Durham
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Grahame Morris (Labour)
All 533 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 Peterlee
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 Peterlee
- 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
Peterlee postcodes
533 postcodes in use in Peterlee, by district:
Those districts are in the SR postcode area and DH postcode area.
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Places near Peterlee
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Peterlee's £104,999. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Peterlee
- What is it like to live in Peterlee?
- Homes sold for a typical £104,999 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 416 of the 523 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 533 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 at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Horden, 2.3 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 Peterlee?
- Peterlee is covered by postcode districts DH6 and SR8, across 533 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Peterlee in?
- Peterlee is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Peterlee?
- Peterlee is in the Easington parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Grahame Morris (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Peterlee?
- Homes in Peterlee sold for a typical £104,999 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 165 sales, down 3.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Peterlee?
- In Peterlee, primary schools at its postcodes include Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Howletch Lane Primary School and Acre Rigg Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College, The Academy at Shotton Hall and Dene Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Peterlee have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Peterlee is Horden, 2.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Peterlee?
- Ofcom reports on 523 of the 533 postcodes in Peterlee. At 416 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 Peterlee at risk of flooding?
- None of the 533 postcodes in Peterlee 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 Peterlee?
- 13 of the 533 postcodes now in use in Peterlee came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 238 homes sold in Peterlee were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SR8 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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