DH9 6UJ postcode in Stanley, County Durham

DH9 6UJ is a postcode in Stanley, in the Stanley ward of County Durham. It is in the North Durham parliamentary constituency and the Durham police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at DH9 6UJ can get it Across County Durham: 85% Typical price £121,250 Homes sold in DH9 6, last 12 months. ▲ 8.3% on the year before Nearest station Chester-le-Street 6.6 km in a straight line

Where DH9 6UJ is, and what is near it

Map of DH9 6UJ and what is near it Map of DH9 6UJ: its centre point, with the 266 other postcodes in the DH9 6 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 11 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. DH9 6AH: also in DH9 6DH9 6HD: also in DH9 6DH9 6HH: also in DH9 6DH9 6HJ: also in DH9 6DH9 6HL: also in DH9 6DH9 6HN: also in DH9 6DH9 6HP: also in DH9 6DH9 6HQ: also in DH9 6DH9 6HR: also in DH9 6DH9 6HS: also in DH9 6DH9 6HT: also in DH9 6DH9 6HU: also in DH9 6DH9 6HW: also in DH9 6DH9 6HX: also in DH9 6DH9 6HY: also in DH9 6DH9 6HZ: also in DH9 6DH9 6JA: also in DH9 6DH9 6JB: also in DH9 6DH9 6JD: also in DH9 6DH9 6JG: also in DH9 6DH9 6JP: also in DH9 6DH9 6JR: also in DH9 6DH9 6JS: also in DH9 6DH9 6LS: also in DH9 6DH9 6NB: also in DH9 6DH9 6ND: also in DH9 6DH9 6PD: also in DH9 6DH9 6PL: also in DH9 6DH9 6PN: also in DH9 6DH9 6PT: also in DH9 6DH9 6PX: also in DH9 6DH9 6PY: also in DH9 6DH9 6QD: also in DH9 6DH9 6QG: also in DH9 6DH9 6QH: also in DH9 6DH9 6QJ: also in DH9 6DH9 6QL: also in DH9 6DH9 6QQ: also in DH9 6DH9 6RB: also in DH9 6DH9 6RD: also in DH9 6DH9 6RE: also in DH9 6DH9 6RF: also in DH9 6DH9 6RG: also in DH9 6DH9 6RH: also in DH9 6DH9 6RQ: also in DH9 6DH9 6TA: also in DH9 6DH9 6TB: also in DH9 6DH9 6TD: also in DH9 6DH9 6TE: also in DH9 6DH9 6TF: also in DH9 6DH9 6TG: also in DH9 6DH9 6TH: also in DH9 6DH9 6TJ: also in DH9 6DH9 6TL: also in DH9 6DH9 6TN: also in DH9 6DH9 6TP: also in DH9 6DH9 6TQ: also in DH9 6DH9 6TR: also in DH9 6DH9 6TS: also in DH9 6DH9 6TT: also in DH9 6DH9 6TU: also in DH9 6DH9 6TW: also in DH9 6DH9 6TX: also in DH9 6DH9 6TY: also in DH9 6DH9 6TZ: also in DH9 6DH9 6UA: also in DH9 6DH9 6UB: also in DH9 6DH9 6UD: also in DH9 6DH9 6UE: also in DH9 6DH9 6UF: also in DH9 6DH9 6UG: also in DH9 6DH9 6UH: also in DH9 6DH9 6UL: also in DH9 6DH9 6UN: also in DH9 6DH9 6UP: also in DH9 6DH9 6UQ: also in DH9 6DH9 6UR: also in DH9 6DH9 6US: also in DH9 6DH9 6UT: also in DH9 6DH9 6UU: also in DH9 6DH9 6UW: also in DH9 6DH9 6UY: also in DH9 6DH9 6UZ: also in DH9 6DH9 6XA: also in DH9 6DH9 6XN: also in DH9 6DH9 6XW: also in DH9 6DH9 6YU: also in DH9 6DH9 6YX: also in DH9 6DH9 6YY: also in DH9 6DH9 6YZ: also in DH9 6 School 900 mTanfield School 2.0 kmChester-le-Street station 6.6 kmDunston station 9.0 kmStanley DH9 6UJ Map of DH9 6UJ and what is near it Map of DH9 6UJ: its centre point, with the 266 other postcodes in the DH9 6 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 11 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Chester-le-Street station 6.6 kmDunston station 9.0 kmCraghead & South Moor DH9 6UJ
  • DH9 6UJ
  • Other postcodes in DH9 6: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 11 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 54.8715, longitude -1.6766)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after DH9 6UJ?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at DH9 6UJ?

Every home and business at DH9 6UJ can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

DH9 6UJ 100% County Durham 85%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

DH9 6UJ 100% County Durham 98%
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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at DH9 6UJ?

BinDayBuddy has not read Durham County Council's days for DH9 6UJ today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for DH9 6UJ on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is DH9 6UJ at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include DH9 6UJ.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across County Durham

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for DH9 6UJ: 7,652 properties in County Durham are at high risk (2.4% of all its properties). All the figures for County Durham

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of DH9 6UJ is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near DH9 6UJ?

Homes in DH9 6 sold for a typical £121,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 116 sales, up 8.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£121,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£112,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 8.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £213,400 24 sales
  • Semi-detached £127,250 34 sales
  • Terraced £100,000 54 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole DH9 district: a typical £125,000 from 395 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in DH9 6UJ

HM Land Registry records 2 standard sales of homes in DH9 6UJ from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 29 August 2025. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near DH9 6UJ?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 770 homes in the neighbourhood around DH9 6UJ. Over half of them (77%) are in council tax band A. More were built from 1965 to 1982 than in any other period (64%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around DH9 6UJ

Band D in County Durham for 2026‑27: £2,622. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,748 (band A) to £2,622 (band D); band A, the most common, is £1,748.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 590 (77%)£1,748
Band Babout 100 (13%)£2,039
Band Cabout 50 (6%)£2,331
Band Dabout 30 (4%)£2,622
Band Ewithheld£3,205
Band Fwithheld£3,788
Band Gwithheld£4,370
Band Hfewer than 5£5,244

When the homes were built

  1. Withheld Before 1900
  2. Withheld 1900 to 1918
  3. None 1919 to 1939
  4. 26% 1945 to 1964
  5. 64% 1965 to 1982
  6. 6% 1983 to 1999
  7. 4% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

1919 to 1939, 2010 to 2019, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for County Durham before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of DH9 6UJ is in (ONS area E01020674), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near DH9 6UJ?

The nearest open schools to DH9 6UJ, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near DH9 6UJ, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to DH9 6UJ?

The nearest railway station to the centre of DH9 6UJ is Chester-le-Street Rail Station, 6.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Chester-le-Street Rail Station Railway station 6.6 kmDrive
  • Dunston Rail Station Railway station 9.0 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

11 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Penshaw Gardens, 124 m away.

More stations near DH9 6UJ, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near DH9 6UJ?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of DH9 6UJ, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near DH9 6UJ?

0 within 1 km 1 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of DH9 6UJ, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • A charging point Charging point · No details mapped 1.2 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near DH9 6UJ?

The nearest to the centre of DH9 6UJ, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to DH9 6UJ?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near DH9 6UJ?

The nearest care homes to the centre of DH9 6UJ, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near DH9 6UJ?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of DH9 6UJ, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near DH9 6UJ?

The nearest vets to the centre of DH9 6UJ on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is DH9 6UJ in a conservation area?

The centre of DH9 6UJ is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near DH9 6UJ?

Police.uk records 163 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of DH9 6UJ in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences56 reports
Anti-social behaviour40 reports
Shoplifting29 reports
Criminal damage and arson12 reports
Public order11 reports
Other theft5 reports

Also: other crime 4, vehicle crime 2, drugs 2, burglary 1, possession of weapons 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for DH9 6UJ

Ward
Stanley
Parish
Stanley
Region
North East
Country
England
Built-up area
Stanley
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

Where to check what we do not hold

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DH9 6RH40 mDH9 6RG80 mDH9 0UL110 mDH9 6UH130 mDH9 6UQ130 mDH9 6RQ150 m
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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