Tow Law

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

Typical price £97,000 Homes sold in Tow Law, last 12 months. ▲ 13.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 0 of 76 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 Tow Law, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Tow Law, by flood risk Of the 76 postcodes in Tow Law that ONS places, 76 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Tow Law. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A68 DL13 4AA: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AE: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AG: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AH: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AJ: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AL: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AN: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AP: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AQ: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AR: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AS: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AT: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AU: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AW: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AX: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AY: not on the flood risk listDL13 4AZ: not on the flood risk listDL13 4BA: not on the flood risk listDL13 4BB: not on the flood risk listDL13 4BD: not on the flood risk listDL13 4BE: not on the flood risk listDL13 4BF: not on the flood risk listDL13 4BG: not on the flood risk listDL13 4BH: not on the flood risk listDL13 4BJ: not on the flood risk listDL13 4BP: not on the flood risk listDL13 4BQ: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DB: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DD: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DF: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DG: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DH: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DJ: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DL: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DN: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DP: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DR: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DS: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DT: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DU: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DW: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DX: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DY: not on the flood risk listDL13 4DZ: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EA: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EB: not on the flood risk listDL13 4ED: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EE: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EF: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EH: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EJ: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EL: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EN: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EP: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EQ: not on the flood risk listDL13 4ER: not on the flood risk listDL13 4ET: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EU: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EW: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EX: not on the flood risk listDL13 4EY: not on the flood risk listDL13 4HE: not on the flood risk listDL13 4HG: not on the flood risk listDL13 4LB: not on the flood risk listDL13 4LD: not on the flood risk listDL13 4LE: not on the flood risk listDL13 4LF: not on the flood risk listDL13 4LG: not on the flood risk listDL13 4LH: not on the flood risk listDL13 4LQ: not on the flood risk listDL13 4NA: not on the flood risk listDL13 4QA: not on the flood risk listDL13 4QB: not on the flood risk listDL13 4QD: not on the flood risk listDL13 4QE: not on the flood risk listDL13 4QF: not on the flood risk list Tow Law Map of every postcode in Tow Law, by flood risk Of the 76 postcodes in Tow Law that ONS places, 76 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Tow Law. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Tow Law
  • 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: 76

Of the 76 postcodes in Tow Law that ONS places, 76 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 54.7467, longitude -1.8166. 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 Tow Law?

Homes sold for a typical £97,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 13.5% on the 12 months before. Ofcom reports on 76 postcodes here; at none of them can every home and business get gigabit broadband. None of its 76 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. The nearest GP practice is North House Surgery, 5.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Wolsingham, 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 Tow Law?

Homes in Tow Law sold for a typical £97,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 24 sales, up 13.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£97,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£85,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 13.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 1 sale, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £100,000 5 sales
  • Terraced £95,000 17 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 DL13 district, Tow Law's main postcode district: a typical £157,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Tow Law: 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 Tow Law?

2 of the 76 postcodes now in use in Tow Law came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 22 homes sold in Tow Law were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL13 district, 2%.

The newest postcodes

DL13 4DFsince December 2022DL13 4BPsince August 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 Tow LawAcross the DL13 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 24 (0%) 1 of 163 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 22 (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 Tow Law?

Ofcom reports on 76 of the 76 postcodes in Tow Law. At none of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit0 of 76
Postcodes where every home can get superfast72 of 76

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Tow Law at risk of flooding?

None of the 76 postcodes in Tow Law 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 Tow Law?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Tow Law. 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 Tow Law?

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

  • Wolsingham Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
  • Frosterley Rail Station Railway station 9.7 kmDrive
  • Stanhope Rail Station Railway station 12.0 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 Tow Law?

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

Police.uk records 315 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Tow Law 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. 19 September 2025
  2. 23 October 2025
  3. 28 November 2025
  4. 30 December 2025
  5. 34 January 2026
  6. 23 February 2026
  7. 26 March 2026
  8. 20 April 2026
  9. 23 May 2026
  10. 31 June 2026
  11. 20 July 2026
  12. 38 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences130 reports
Anti-social behaviour53 reports
Criminal damage and arson35 reports
Public order27 reports
Burglary18 reports
Other crime14 reports
Vehicle crime13 reports
Other theft11 reports

Also: shoplifting 8, bicycle theft 2, drugs 2, theft from the person 1, possession of weapons 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 Tow Law?

Council
County Durham
Parliamentary constituencies
Bishop Auckland (74) and City of Durham (2)
Police force area
Durham
Region
North East
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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Tow Law postcodes

76 postcodes in use in Tow Law, by district:

DL13 postcode district,76 postcodes

That district is in the DL postcode area.

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Places near Tow Law

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Tow Law's £97,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Wolsingham4.6 km, £269,500Crook5.7 km, £128,750Esh Winning7.6 km, £139,950Willington9.0 km, £134,000Lanchester9.6 km, £204,500Langley Park10.9 km, £136,250Toft Hill and High Etherley11.5 km, £127,475Ushaw Moor and Bearpark12.1 km, £127,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Tow Law

What is it like to live in Tow Law?
Homes sold for a typical £97,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 13.5% on the 12 months before. Ofcom reports on 76 postcodes here; at none of them can every home and business get gigabit broadband. None of its 76 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. The nearest GP practice is North House Surgery, 5.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Wolsingham, 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 Tow Law?
Tow Law is covered by postcode district DL13, across 76 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Tow Law in?
Tow Law is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Tow Law?
Homes in Tow Law sold for a typical £97,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 24 sales, up 13.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Tow Law?
In Tow Law, primary schools at its postcodes include Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law and Tow Law Millennium Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Wolsingham School, 5.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Tow Law have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Tow Law is Wolsingham, 4.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Tow Law?
Ofcom reports on 76 of the 76 postcodes in Tow Law. At none of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Tow Law at risk of flooding?
None of the 76 postcodes in Tow Law 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 Tow Law?
2 of the 76 postcodes now in use in Tow Law came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 22 homes sold in Tow Law 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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