Stanhope

Stanhope is covered by postcode district DL13. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

Typical price £171,000 Homes sold in Stanhope, last 12 months. ▲ 2.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 0 of 100 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 18 of 100 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 72 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Stanhope, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Stanhope, by flood risk Of the 100 postcodes in Stanhope that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 82 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Stanhope. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. DL13 2DS: not on the flood risk listDL13 2DT: not on the flood risk listDL13 2DU: not on the flood risk listDL13 2FB: not on the flood risk listDL13 2FJ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2FZ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2HA: not on the flood risk listDL13 2JP: not on the flood risk listDL13 2LX: not on the flood risk listDL13 2LZ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NA: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NB: not on the flood risk listDL13 2ND: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NE: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NF: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NG: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NJ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NL: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NN: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NP: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NQ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NR: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NS: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NT: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NU: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NW: not on the flood risk listDL13 2NX: not on the flood risk listDL13 2PA: not on the flood risk listDL13 2PB: not on the flood risk listDL13 2PD: not on the flood risk listDL13 2PL: not on the flood risk listDL13 2PX: not on the flood risk listDL13 2PY: not on the flood risk listDL13 2PZ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2QA: not on the flood risk listDL13 2TS: not on the flood risk listDL13 2TY: not on the flood risk listDL13 2TZ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UB: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UD: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UF: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UJ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UL: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UN: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UP: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UR: not on the flood risk listDL13 2US: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UU: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UW: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UX: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UY: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UZ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2WH: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XA: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XD: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XE: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XF: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XG: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XH: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XJ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XL: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XN: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XP: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XQ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XR: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XS: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XT: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XU: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XW: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XX: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XY: not on the flood risk listDL13 2XZ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2YA: not on the flood risk listDL13 2YB: not on the flood risk listDL13 2YD: not on the flood risk listDL13 2YE: not on the flood risk listDL13 2YF: not on the flood risk listDL13 2YG: not on the flood risk listDL13 2YH: not on the flood risk listDL13 2YQ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2YX: not on the flood risk listDL13 2YZ: not on the flood risk listDL13 2UE: very low flood risk onlyDL13 2PF: low flood risk at worstDL13 2UA: low flood risk at worstDL13 2UG: low flood risk at worstDL13 2UQ: low flood risk at worstDL13 2YP: low flood risk at worstDL13 2YT: low flood risk at worstDL13 2YU: low flood risk at worstDL13 2JR: medium flood risk at worstDL13 2WX: medium flood risk at worstDL13 2YR: medium flood risk at worstDL13 2YS: medium flood risk at worstDL13 2LU: high flood riskDL13 2LY: high flood riskDL13 2PE: high flood riskDL13 2PQ: high flood riskDL13 2UH: high flood riskDL13 2YL: high flood risk Stanhope Map of every postcode in Stanhope, by flood risk Of the 100 postcodes in Stanhope that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 82 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Stanhope. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Stanhope
  • A home or business at high risk: 6
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 82

Of the 100 postcodes in Stanhope that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 82 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 54.7473, longitude -2.0066. 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

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

DL13 2PE19 at high riskDL13 2LU11 at high riskDL13 2YL11 at high riskDL13 2PQ5 at high riskDL13 2UH2 at high riskDL13 2LY1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Stanhope?

Homes sold for a typical £171,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. Ofcom reports on 100 postcodes here; at none of them can every home and business get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 72 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 18 of its 100 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stanhope, 500 metres 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 Stanhope?

Homes in Stanhope sold for a typical £171,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 13 sales, up 2.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£171,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£167,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 2.1% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 2 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced £132,500 7 sales

Across the whole DL13 district, Stanhope's main postcode district: a typical £157,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Stanhope: 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 Stanhope?

None of the 100 postcodes now in use in Stanhope came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 17 homes sold in Stanhope were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL13 district, 2%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn StanhopeAcross the DL13 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 13 (0%) 1 of 163 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 17 (0%) 4 of 219 (2%)

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 Stanhope?

Ofcom reports on 100 of the 100 postcodes in Stanhope. At none of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit0 of 100
Postcodes where every home can get superfast97 of 100

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 Stanhope at risk of flooding?

18 of the 100 postcodes in Stanhope have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 72 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 18 of 100 postcodes High: 49Medium: 23Low: 172Very low: 47

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

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 Stanhope?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Stanhope is Stanhope Rail Station, 500 m away in a straight line.

  • Stanhope Rail Station Railway station 500 mWalk
  • Frosterley Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
  • Wolsingham Rail Station Railway station 8.2 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 Stanhope?

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

Police.uk records 95 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Stanhope 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. 10 September 2025
  2. 8 October 2025
  3. 11 November 2025
  4. 6 December 2025
  5. 4 January 2026
  6. 5 February 2026
  7. 5 March 2026
  8. 8 April 2026
  9. 16 May 2026
  10. 3 June 2026
  11. 8 July 2026
  12. 11 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences56 reports
Anti-social behaviour12 reports
Burglary7 reports
Criminal damage and arson6 reports
Vehicle crime4 reports
Other theft3 reports
Public order2 reports
Drugs2 reports

Also: possession of weapons 2, other crime 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 Stanhope?

Council
County Durham
Parliamentary constituency
Bishop Auckland
Police force area
Durham
Region
North East
Country
England
MP
Dr Sam Rushworth (Labour)

All 100 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 Stanhope

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Stanhope postcodes

100 postcodes in use in Stanhope, by district:

DL13 postcode district,100 postcodes

That district is in the DL postcode area.

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Places near Stanhope

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Stanhope's £171,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Wolsingham8.2 km, £269,500Tow Law12.2 km, £97,000Consett16.1 km, £146,000Crook17.0 km, £128,750Leadgate18.0 km, £119,975Lanchester18.7 km, £204,500Esh Winning19.4 km, £139,950Cockfield19.6 km, £100,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Stanhope

What is it like to live in Stanhope?
Homes sold for a typical £171,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. Ofcom reports on 100 postcodes here; at none of them can every home and business get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 72 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 18 of its 100 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stanhope, 500 metres 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 Stanhope?
Stanhope is covered by postcode district DL13, across 100 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Stanhope in?
Stanhope is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Stanhope?
Stanhope is in the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dr Sam Rushworth (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Stanhope?
Homes in Stanhope sold for a typical £171,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 13 sales, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Stanhope?
In Stanhope, primary schools at its postcodes include Stanhope Barrington CofE Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Wolsingham School, 7.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Stanhope have a railway station?
Yes: Stanhope is 500 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Stanhope, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Stanhope?
Ofcom reports on 100 of the 100 postcodes in Stanhope. At none of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Stanhope at risk of flooding?
18 of the 100 postcodes in Stanhope have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 72 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Stanhope?
None of the 100 postcodes now in use in Stanhope came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 17 homes sold in Stanhope were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL13 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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