Willington

Willington is covered by postcode district DL15. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

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

Typical price £134,000 Homes sold in Willington, last 12 months. ▲ 20.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 132 of 151 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 2 of 152 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Willington, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Willington, by flood risk Of the 152 postcodes in Willington that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk and 150 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Willington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. DL15 0AA: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AB: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AD: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AE: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AG: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AH: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AJ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AL: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AN: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AP: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AQ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AR: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AS: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AT: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AU: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AW: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AX: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AY: not on the flood risk listDL15 0AZ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BA: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BB: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BD: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BE: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BF: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BG: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BH: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BJ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BL: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BN: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BP: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BQ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BU: not on the flood risk listDL15 0BW: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DA: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DB: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DD: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DE: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DG: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DL: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DN: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DP: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DQ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DR: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DS: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DT: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DW: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DY: not on the flood risk listDL15 0EB: not on the flood risk listDL15 0EH: not on the flood risk listDL15 0EJ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0EL: not on the flood risk listDL15 0EN: not on the flood risk listDL15 0EP: not on the flood risk listDL15 0EQ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0ER: not on the flood risk listDL15 0ES: not on the flood risk listDL15 0EU: not on the flood risk listDL15 0EW: not on the flood risk listDL15 0EY: not on the flood risk listDL15 0EZ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0FB: not on the flood risk listDL15 0FG: not on the flood risk listDL15 0GB: not on the flood risk listDL15 0GD: not on the flood risk listDL15 0GE: not on the flood risk listDL15 0GF: not on the flood risk listDL15 0GG: not on the flood risk listDL15 0GH: not on the flood risk listDL15 0GN: not on the flood risk listDL15 0GP: not on the flood risk listDL15 0GQ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0GR: not on the flood risk listDL15 0GS: not on the flood risk listDL15 0GT: not on the flood risk listDL15 0GU: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HB: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HD: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HG: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HH: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HJ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HL: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HN: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HP: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HQ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HR: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HS: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HT: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HU: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HW: not on the flood risk listDL15 0HX: not on the flood risk listDL15 0JA: not on the flood risk listDL15 0NA: not on the flood risk listDL15 0ND: not on the flood risk listDL15 0NF: not on the flood risk listDL15 0NG: not on the flood risk listDL15 0NH: not on the flood risk listDL15 0NJ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0NN: not on the flood risk listDL15 0NW: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PA: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PB: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PD: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PE: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PF: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PG: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PH: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PJ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PN: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PP: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PQ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PR: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PS: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PT: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PU: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PW: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PX: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PY: not on the flood risk listDL15 0PZ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QA: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QB: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QD: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QE: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QF: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QG: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QH: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QJ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QL: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QN: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QP: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QQ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QS: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QT: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QU: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QW: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QX: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QY: not on the flood risk listDL15 0QZ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0RZ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0SP: not on the flood risk listDL15 0UP: not on the flood risk listDL15 0UR: not on the flood risk listDL15 0UT: not on the flood risk listDL15 0UU: not on the flood risk listDL15 0UX: not on the flood risk listDL15 0UY: not on the flood risk listDL15 0UZ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0XA: not on the flood risk listDL15 0XB: not on the flood risk listDL15 0XD: not on the flood risk listDL15 0XE: not on the flood risk listDL15 0DJ: high flood riskDL15 0NQ: high flood risk Willington Map of every postcode in Willington, by flood risk Of the 152 postcodes in Willington that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk and 150 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Willington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Willington
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 150

Of the 152 postcodes in Willington that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk and 150 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 54.7103, longitude -1.6909. 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.

DL15 0DJ1 at high riskDL15 0NQ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Willington?

Homes sold for a typical £134,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 20.7% on the 12 months before. At 132 of the 151 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 152 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland West Station, 5.9 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 Willington?

Homes in Willington sold for a typical £134,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, up 20.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£134,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£111,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 20.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £225,975 24 sales
  • Semi-detached £134,000 19 sales
  • Terraced £83,750 30 sales

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

Across the whole DL15 district, Willington's main postcode district: a typical £132,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Willington: 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 Willington?

None of the 152 postcodes now in use in Willington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 74 homes sold in Willington were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL15 district, 9%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn WillingtonAcross the DL15 district
The 12 months to August 2026 2 of 73 (3%) 8 of 253 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 7 of 74 (9%) 30 of 349 (9%)

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 Willington?

Ofcom reports on 151 of the 152 postcodes in Willington. At 132 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit132 of 151
Postcodes where every home can get superfast145 of 151

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 Willington at risk of flooding?

2 of the 152 postcodes in Willington 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 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 2 of 152 postcodes High: 2Medium: 3

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 Willington?

The open schools at the postcodes in Willington. 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

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 Willington?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Willington is Bishop Auckland West Station, 5.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Bishop Auckland West Station Railway station 5.9 kmDrive
  • Bishop Auckland Rail Station Railway station 6.0 kmDrive
  • Shildon Rail Station Railway station 10.0 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 Willington?

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

Police.uk records 1,036 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Willington 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. 83 September 2025
  2. 51 October 2025
  3. 78 November 2025
  4. 88 December 2025
  5. 76 January 2026
  6. 75 February 2026
  7. 90 March 2026
  8. 112 April 2026
  9. 111 May 2026
  10. 91 June 2026
  11. 77 July 2026
  12. 104 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences379 reports
Anti-social behaviour216 reports
Criminal damage and arson129 reports
Shoplifting85 reports
Public order60 reports
Other crime46 reports
Burglary36 reports
Other theft36 reports

Also: vehicle crime 22, drugs 15, robbery 6, possession of weapons 4, theft from the person 1, 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 Willington?

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

All 152 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 Willington

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Willington postcodes

152 postcodes in use in Willington, by district:

DL15 postcode district,152 postcodes

That district is in the DL postcode area.

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Places near Willington

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Willington's £134,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Crook3.7 km, £128,750Spennymoor5.8 km, £144,000Brandon6.3 km, £136,000Bishop Auckland6.5 km, £144,000Coundon and Leeholme6.7 km, £82,000Esh Winning6.9 km, £139,950Toft Hill and High Etherley7.6 km, £127,475Ushaw Moor and Bearpark8.5 km, £127,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Willington

What is it like to live in Willington?
Homes sold for a typical £134,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 20.7% on the 12 months before. At 132 of the 151 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 152 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland West Station, 5.9 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 Willington?
Willington is covered by postcode district DL15, across 152 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Willington in?
Willington is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Willington?
Willington 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 Willington?
Homes in Willington sold for a typical £134,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, up 20.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Willington?
In Willington, primary schools at its postcodes include Willington Primary School, St Stephen's Church of England Primary School and Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington; secondary schools at its postcodes include Parkside Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Willington have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Willington is Bishop Auckland West Station, 5.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Willington?
Ofcom reports on 151 of the 152 postcodes in Willington. At 132 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Willington at risk of flooding?
2 of the 152 postcodes in Willington 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 5 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 Willington?
None of the 152 postcodes now in use in Willington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 74 homes sold in Willington were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL15 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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