West Auckland

West Auckland is covered by postcode district DL14. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

Typical price £136,322 Homes sold in West Auckland, last 12 months. ▲ 23.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 66 of 68 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 37 of 68 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 152 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in West Auckland, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in West Auckland, by flood risk Of the 68 postcodes in West Auckland that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 18 are at very low risk only and 31 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: West Auckland. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A68 DL14 9EX: not on the flood risk listDL14 9EY: not on the flood risk listDL14 9HH: not on the flood risk listDL14 9JL: not on the flood risk listDL14 9JN: not on the flood risk listDL14 9JP: not on the flood risk listDL14 9JR: not on the flood risk listDL14 9JT: not on the flood risk listDL14 9JW: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LA: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LE: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LF: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LG: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LH: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LJ: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LL: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LN: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LP: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LQ: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LR: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LT: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LU: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LW: not on the flood risk listDL14 9LX: not on the flood risk listDL14 9NA: not on the flood risk listDL14 9PE: not on the flood risk listDL14 9PR: not on the flood risk listDL14 9UA: not on the flood risk listDL14 9UE: not on the flood risk listDL14 9UG: not on the flood risk listDL14 9UJ: not on the flood risk listDL14 9EZ: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9FG: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9HA: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9HB: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9HD: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9HE: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9HF: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9HG: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9HN: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9HQ: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9HS: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9HT: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9HU: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9JG: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9JQ: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9LS: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9UB: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9UL: very low flood risk onlyDL14 9JJ: low flood risk at worstDL14 9JS: low flood risk at worstDL14 9JX: low flood risk at worstDL14 9UD: low flood risk at worstDL14 9JY: medium flood risk at worstDL14 9PD: medium flood risk at worstDL14 9AQ: high flood riskDL14 9HJ: high flood riskDL14 9HL: high flood riskDL14 9HP: high flood riskDL14 9HW: high flood riskDL14 9JD: high flood riskDL14 9JE: high flood riskDL14 9JF: high flood riskDL14 9JU: high flood riskDL14 9JZ: high flood riskDL14 9LB: high flood riskDL14 9LD: high flood riskDL14 9LY: high flood risk West Auckland Map of every postcode in West Auckland, by flood risk Of the 68 postcodes in West Auckland that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 18 are at very low risk only and 31 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: West Auckland. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. West Auckland
  • A home or business at high risk: 13
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 18
  • Not on the at-risk list: 31

Of the 68 postcodes in West Auckland that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 18 are at very low risk only and 31 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 54.6312, longitude -1.7229. 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

13 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

DL14 9LY27 at high riskDL14 9JD23 at high riskDL14 9JE23 at high riskDL14 9HP22 at high riskDL14 9HL15 at high riskDL14 9HJ14 at high riskDL14 9LD13 at high riskDL14 9AQ2 at high riskDL14 9HW2 at high riskDL14 9JF2 at high riskDL14 9JU2 at high riskDL14 9JZ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in West Auckland?

Homes sold for a typical £136,322 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 23.9% on the 12 months before. At 66 of the 68 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 152 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 37 of its 68 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Evenwood Medical Practice, 2.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland West Station, 3.9 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 West Auckland?

Homes in West Auckland sold for a typical £136,322 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 26 sales, up 23.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£136,322 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£110,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 23.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 4 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £155,000 10 sales
  • Terraced £80,000 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 DL14 district, West Auckland's main postcode district: a typical £129,950.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in West Auckland: 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 West Auckland?

None of the 68 postcodes now in use in West Auckland came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in West Auckland were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL14 district, 8%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn West AucklandAcross the DL14 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 26 (0%) 6 of 443 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 31 (0%) 47 of 598 (8%)

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 West Auckland?

Ofcom reports on 68 of the 68 postcodes in West Auckland. At 66 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit66 of 68
Postcodes where every home can get superfast68 of 68

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 West Auckland at risk of flooding?

37 of the 68 postcodes in West Auckland 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 152 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 37 of 68 postcodes High: 147Medium: 5Low: 74Very low: 422

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 West Auckland?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in West Auckland. 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 West Auckland?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in West Auckland is Bishop Auckland West Station, 3.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Bishop Auckland West Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle
  • Bishop Auckland Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
  • Shildon Rail Station Railway station 5.6 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 West Auckland?

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

Police.uk records 831 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in West Auckland 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. 66 September 2025
  2. 98 October 2025
  3. 60 November 2025
  4. 76 December 2025
  5. 67 January 2026
  6. 76 February 2026
  7. 79 March 2026
  8. 65 April 2026
  9. 58 May 2026
  10. 64 June 2026
  11. 63 July 2026
  12. 59 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences284 reports
Anti-social behaviour254 reports
Criminal damage and arson101 reports
Other theft40 reports
Public order36 reports
Other crime28 reports
Burglary23 reports
Shoplifting21 reports

Also: vehicle crime 17, drugs 13, robbery 5, possession of weapons 5, theft from the person 3, bicycle theft 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 West Auckland?

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

All 68 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

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West Auckland postcodes

68 postcodes in use in West Auckland, by district:

DL14 postcode district,68 postcodes

That district is in the DL postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near West Auckland

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside West Auckland's £136,322. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Evenwood2.7 km, £89,000Toft Hill and High Etherley2.7 km, £127,475Bishop Auckland3.5 km, £144,000Shildon5.1 km, £80,000Cockfield5.9 km, £100,000Coundon and Leeholme7.1 km, £82,000Staindrop7.7 km, £210,000Willington9.0 km, £134,000 All places A to Z

Questions about West Auckland

What is it like to live in West Auckland?
Homes sold for a typical £136,322 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 23.9% on the 12 months before. At 66 of the 68 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 152 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 37 of its 68 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Evenwood Medical Practice, 2.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland West Station, 3.9 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 West Auckland?
West Auckland is covered by postcode district DL14, across 68 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is West Auckland in?
West Auckland is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for West Auckland?
West Auckland 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 West Auckland?
Homes in West Auckland sold for a typical £136,322 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 26 sales, up 23.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in West Auckland?
In West Auckland, primary schools at its postcodes include Oakley Cross Primary School and Nursery and Copeland Road Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College, 3.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does West Auckland have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in West Auckland is Bishop Auckland West Station, 3.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in West Auckland?
Ofcom reports on 68 of the 68 postcodes in West Auckland. At 66 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is West Auckland at risk of flooding?
37 of the 68 postcodes in West Auckland 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 152 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 West Auckland?
None of the 68 postcodes now in use in West Auckland came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in West Auckland were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL14 district, 8%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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