Sherburn

Sherburn is covered by postcode district DH6. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Sherburn (County Durham).

Typical price £150,000 Homes sold in Sherburn, last 12 months. ▲ 3.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 73 of 77 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 Sherburn, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Sherburn, by flood risk Of the 78 postcodes in Sherburn that ONS places, 78 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Sherburn. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. DH6 1BS: not on the flood risk listDH6 1BU: not on the flood risk listDH6 1DG: not on the flood risk listDH6 1DJ: not on the flood risk listDH6 1DL: not on the flood risk listDH6 1DN: not on the flood risk listDH6 1DP: not on the flood risk listDH6 1DR: not on the flood risk listDH6 1DS: not on the flood risk listDH6 1DT: not on the flood risk listDH6 1DU: not on the flood risk listDH6 1DW: not on the flood risk listDH6 1DX: not on the flood risk listDH6 1DY: not on the flood risk listDH6 1DZ: not on the flood risk listDH6 1EA: not on the flood risk listDH6 1EB: not on the flood risk listDH6 1ED: not on the flood risk listDH6 1EE: not on the flood risk listDH6 1EF: not on the flood risk listDH6 1EG: not on the flood risk listDH6 1EH: not on the flood risk listDH6 1EJ: not on the flood risk listDH6 1EL: not on the flood risk listDH6 1EP: not on the flood risk listDH6 1EQ: not on the flood risk listDH6 1ER: not on the flood risk listDH6 1ES: not on the flood risk listDH6 1ET: not on the flood risk listDH6 1EU: not on the flood risk listDH6 1EW: not on the flood risk listDH6 1EX: not on the flood risk listDH6 1HA: not on the flood risk listDH6 1HB: not on the flood risk listDH6 1HD: not on the flood risk listDH6 1HE: not on the flood risk listDH6 1HF: not on the flood risk listDH6 1HP: not on the flood risk listDH6 1HR: not on the flood risk listDH6 1HS: not on the flood risk listDH6 1HU: not on the flood risk listDH6 1HX: not on the flood risk listDH6 1HY: not on the flood risk listDH6 1HZ: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JA: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JB: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JD: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JE: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JF: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JG: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JH: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JJ: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JL: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JN: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JP: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JQ: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JR: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JS: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JT: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JU: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JW: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JX: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JY: not on the flood risk listDH6 1JZ: not on the flood risk listDH6 1NX: not on the flood risk listDH6 1QS: not on the flood risk listDH6 1QT: not on the flood risk listDH6 1QU: not on the flood risk listDH6 1QX: not on the flood risk listDH6 1QY: not on the flood risk listDH6 1QZ: not on the flood risk listDH6 1RG: not on the flood risk listDH6 1RH: not on the flood risk listDH6 1RJ: not on the flood risk listDH6 1RL: not on the flood risk listDH6 1RN: not on the flood risk listDH6 1RQ: not on the flood risk listDH6 1RW: not on the flood risk list Sherburn Map of every postcode in Sherburn, by flood risk Of the 78 postcodes in Sherburn that ONS places, 78 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Sherburn. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Sherburn
  • 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: 78

Of the 78 postcodes in Sherburn that ONS places, 78 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 54.7759, longitude -1.5057. 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 Sherburn?

Homes sold for a typical £150,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.4% on the 12 months before. At 73 of the 77 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 78 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 Cheveley Park Medical Ctr, 1.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Durham, 4.9 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 Sherburn?

Homes in Sherburn sold for a typical £150,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 44 sales, up 3.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£150,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£145,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £265,000 9 sales
  • Semi-detached £140,000 23 sales
  • Terraced £145,000 11 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole DH6 district, Sherburn's main postcode district: a typical £130,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sherburn: 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 Sherburn?

2 of the 78 postcodes now in use in Sherburn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 56 homes sold in Sherburn were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH6 district, 12%.

The newest postcodes

DH6 1BSsince August 2020DH6 1BUsince June 2020

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

PeriodIn SherburnAcross the DH6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 44 (0%) 11 of 429 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 56 (0%) 73 of 619 (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 Sherburn?

Ofcom reports on 77 of the 78 postcodes in Sherburn. At 73 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 gigabit73 of 77
Postcodes where every home can get superfast76 of 77
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 77

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 Sherburn at risk of flooding?

None of the 78 postcodes in Sherburn 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 Sherburn?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sherburn is Durham Rail Station, 4.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Durham Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
  • Chester-le-Street Rail Station Railway station 9.9 kmDrive
  • Seaham Rail Station Railway station 12.4 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 Sherburn?

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

Police.uk records 431 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sherburn 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. 38 September 2025
  2. 44 October 2025
  3. 48 November 2025
  4. 38 December 2025
  5. 24 January 2026
  6. 33 February 2026
  7. 29 March 2026
  8. 31 April 2026
  9. 26 May 2026
  10. 40 June 2026
  11. 51 July 2026
  12. 29 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences134 reports
Anti-social behaviour70 reports
Criminal damage and arson47 reports
Burglary46 reports
Other crime36 reports
Vehicle crime34 reports
Public order22 reports
Shoplifting20 reports

Also: other theft 13, possession of weapons 4, drugs 3, bicycle theft 2.

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 Sherburn?

Council
County Durham
Parliamentary constituency
City of Durham
Police force area
Durham
Region
North East
Country
England
MP
Mary Kelly Foy (Labour)

All 78 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 Sherburn

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Sherburn postcodes

78 postcodes in use in Sherburn, by district:

DH6 postcode district,78 postcodes

That district is in the DH postcode area.

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Places near Sherburn

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sherburn's £150,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Durham4.0 km, £225,000West Rainton4.2 km, £145,000Bowburn4.4 km, £144,500Thornley5.3 km, £127,999Easington Lane5.7 km, £100,000Hetton-le-Hole6.1 km, £151,000Coxhoe6.6 km, £136,475Wheatley Hill6.7 km, £130,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Sherburn

What is it like to live in Sherburn?
Homes sold for a typical £150,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.4% on the 12 months before. At 73 of the 77 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 78 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 Cheveley Park Medical Ctr, 1.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Durham, 4.9 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 Sherburn?
Sherburn is covered by postcode district DH6, across 78 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Sherburn in?
Sherburn is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Sherburn?
Sherburn is in the City of Durham parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mary Kelly Foy (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Sherburn?
Homes in Sherburn sold for a typical £150,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 44 sales, up 3.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Sherburn?
In Sherburn, primary schools at its postcodes include Sherburn Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Belmont Community School, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Sherburn have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sherburn is Durham, 4.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Sherburn?
Ofcom reports on 77 of the 78 postcodes in Sherburn. At 73 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 Sherburn at risk of flooding?
None of the 78 postcodes in Sherburn 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 Sherburn?
2 of the 78 postcodes now in use in Sherburn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 56 homes sold in Sherburn were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH6 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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