DH9 8QY postcode in Annfield Plain, County Durham

DH9 8QY is a postcode in Annfield Plain, in the Annfield Plain & Tanfield 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 82% of homes and businesses at DH9 8QY can get it Across County Durham: 85% Typical price £127,500 Homes sold in DH9 8, last 12 months. ▲ 15.9% on the year before Nearest station Chester-le-Street 10.2 km in a straight line

Where DH9 8QY is, and what is near it

Map of DH9 8QY and what is near it Map of DH9 8QY: its centre point, with the 252 other postcodes in the DH9 8 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 6 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. DH9 8AB: also in DH9 8DH9 8BY: also in DH9 8DH9 8BZ: also in DH9 8DH9 8DT: also in DH9 8DH9 8DX: also in DH9 8DH9 8DZ: also in DH9 8DH9 8EA: also in DH9 8DH9 8EB: also in DH9 8DH9 8ED: also in DH9 8DH9 8EE: also in DH9 8DH9 8EF: also in DH9 8DH9 8EG: also in DH9 8DH9 8EH: also in DH9 8DH9 8EJ: also in DH9 8DH9 8EN: also in DH9 8DH9 8EP: also in DH9 8DH9 8EQ: also in DH9 8DH9 8ER: also in DH9 8DH9 8ES: also in DH9 8DH9 8ET: also in DH9 8DH9 8EU: also in DH9 8DH9 8EW: also in DH9 8DH9 8EX: also in DH9 8DH9 8EY: also in DH9 8DH9 8EZ: also in DH9 8DH9 8FB: also in DH9 8DH9 8FD: also in DH9 8DH9 8FE: also in DH9 8DH9 8FG: also in DH9 8DH9 8FH: also in DH9 8DH9 8FN: also in DH9 8DH9 8GA: also in DH9 8DH9 8HA: also in DH9 8DH9 8HE: also in DH9 8DH9 8HF: also in DH9 8DH9 8HG: also in DH9 8DH9 8HL: also in DH9 8DH9 8HQ: also in DH9 8DH9 8HR: also in DH9 8DH9 8HT: also in DH9 8DH9 8HU: also in DH9 8DH9 8HY: also in DH9 8DH9 8JF: also in DH9 8DH9 8JG: also in DH9 8DH9 8JH: also in DH9 8DH9 8JJ: also in DH9 8DH9 8JP: also in DH9 8DH9 8JQ: also in DH9 8DH9 8JR: also in DH9 8DH9 8JS: also in DH9 8DH9 8JT: also in DH9 8DH9 8JU: also in DH9 8DH9 8JW: also in DH9 8DH9 8JX: also in DH9 8DH9 8JY: also in DH9 8DH9 8JZ: also in DH9 8DH9 8LA: also in DH9 8DH9 8LB: also in DH9 8DH9 8LD: also in DH9 8DH9 8LF: also in DH9 8DH9 8LG: also in DH9 8DH9 8LH: also in DH9 8DH9 8LJ: also in DH9 8DH9 8LL: also in DH9 8DH9 8LN: also in DH9 8DH9 8LP: also in DH9 8DH9 8LS: also in DH9 8DH9 8LT: also in DH9 8DH9 8LU: also in DH9 8DH9 8LW: also in DH9 8DH9 8LX: also in DH9 8DH9 8LY: also in DH9 8DH9 8LZ: also in DH9 8DH9 8NA: also in DH9 8DH9 8NB: also in DH9 8DH9 8ND: also in DH9 8DH9 8NE: also in DH9 8DH9 8NF: also in DH9 8DH9 8NJ: also in DH9 8DH9 8NN: also in DH9 8DH9 8NW: also in DH9 8DH9 8PP: also in DH9 8DH9 8PR: also in DH9 8DH9 8PS: also in DH9 8DH9 8PU: also in DH9 8DH9 8PX: also in DH9 8DH9 8PY: also in DH9 8DH9 8QA: also in DH9 8DH9 8QB: also in DH9 8DH9 8QD: also in DH9 8DH9 8QE: also in DH9 8DH9 8QF: also in DH9 8DH9 8QG: also in DH9 8DH9 8QH: also in DH9 8DH9 8QJ: also in DH9 8DH9 8QL: also in DH9 8DH9 8QN: also in DH9 8DH9 8QP: also in DH9 8DH9 8QQ: also in DH9 8DH9 8QR: also in DH9 8DH9 8QS: also in DH9 8DH9 8QT: also in DH9 8DH9 8QU: also in DH9 8DH9 8QW: also in DH9 8DH9 8QX: also in DH9 8DH9 8QZ: also in DH9 8DH9 8RP: also in DH9 8DH9 8RR: also in DH9 8DH9 8RU: also in DH9 8DH9 8RW: also in DH9 8DH9 8RY: also in DH9 8DH9 8RZ: also in DH9 8DH9 8SA: also in DH9 8DH9 8SB: also in DH9 8DH9 8SF: also in DH9 8DH9 8SG: also in DH9 8DH9 8SH: also in DH9 8DH9 8SJ: also in DH9 8DH9 8SL: also in DH9 8DH9 8SN: also in DH9 8DH9 8SP: also in DH9 8DH9 8SR: also in DH9 8DH9 8SS: also in DH9 8DH9 8ST: also in DH9 8DH9 8SU: also in DH9 8DH9 8SW: also in DH9 8DH9 8SX: also in DH9 8DH9 8SY: also in DH9 8DH9 8SZ: also in DH9 8DH9 8TA: also in DH9 8DH9 8TB: also in DH9 8DH9 8TD: also in DH9 8DH9 8TE: also in DH9 8DH9 8TF: also in DH9 8DH9 8TG: also in DH9 8DH9 8TH: also in DH9 8DH9 8TJ: also in DH9 8DH9 8TL: also in DH9 8DH9 8TN: also in DH9 8DH9 8TP: also in DH9 8DH9 8TQ: also in DH9 8DH9 8TR: also in DH9 8DH9 8TS: also in DH9 8DH9 8TT: also in DH9 8DH9 8TU: also in DH9 8DH9 8TW: also in DH9 8DH9 8TX: also in DH9 8DH9 8TZ: also in DH9 8DH9 8UA: also in DH9 8DH9 8UB: also in DH9 8DH9 8UH: also in DH9 8DH9 8UQ: also in DH9 8DH9 8UT: also in DH9 8 GP 2.4 kmChester-le-Street station 10.2 kmDunston station 11.4 kmAnnfield Plain & Tanfield DH9 8QY Map of DH9 8QY and what is near it Map of DH9 8QY: its centre point, with the 252 other postcodes in the DH9 8 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 6 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. GP 2.4 kmAnnfield Plain & Tanfield DH9 8QY
  • DH9 8QY
  • Other postcodes in DH9 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 6 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 54.8626, longitude -1.7365)

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 8QY?

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 8QY?

Every home and business at DH9 8QY can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and 82% can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

DH9 8QY 82% County Durham 85%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

DH9 8QY 100% County Durham 98%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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 8QY?

BinDayBuddy has not read Durham County Council's days for DH9 8QY today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for DH9 8QY 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 8QY 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 8QY.

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 8QY: 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 8QY 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 8QY?

Homes in DH9 8 sold for a typical £127,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 63 sales, up 15.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£127,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£110,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 15.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £260,100 9 sales
  • Semi-detached £150,000 17 sales
  • Terraced £92,000 37 sales

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 8QY

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in DH9 8QY from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 14 May 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 8QY?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 790 homes in the neighbourhood around DH9 8QY. Over half of them (96%) are in council tax band A. More were built from 1965 to 1982 than in any other period (53%). 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 8QY

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 £3,205 (band E); band A, the most common, is £1,748.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 760 (96%)£1,748
Band Babout 10 (1%)£2,039
Band Cabout 10 (1%)£2,331
Band Dwithheld£2,622
Band Eabout 10 (1%)£3,205
Band Ffewer than 5£3,788
Band Gfewer than 5£4,370
Band Hfewer than 5£5,244

When the homes were built

  1. 14% Before 1900
  2. 9% 1900 to 1918
  3. None 1919 to 1939
  4. 19% 1945 to 1964
  5. 53% 1965 to 1982
  6. 3% 1983 to 1999
  7. 3% 2000 to 2009
  8. 1% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

1919 to 1939, 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 8QY is in (ONS area E01020626), 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 8QY?

The nearest open schools to DH9 8QY, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near DH9 8QY, 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 8QY?

The nearest railway station to the centre of DH9 8QY is Chester-le-Street Rail Station, 10.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Chester-le-Street Rail Station Railway station 10.2 kmDrive
  • Dunston Rail Station Railway station 11.4 kmDrive

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

6 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Fines Terrace, 306 m away.

More stations near DH9 8QY, 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 8QY?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of DH9 8QY, 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 8QY?

0 within 1 km 1 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of DH9 8QY, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • A charging point Charging point · No details mapped 2.8 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 8QY?

The nearest to the centre of DH9 8QY, 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 8QY?

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 8QY?

The nearest care homes to the centre of DH9 8QY, 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 8QY?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of DH9 8QY, 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 8QY?

The nearest vets to the centre of DH9 8QY 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 8QY in a conservation area?

The centre of DH9 8QY 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 8QY?

Police.uk records 83 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of DH9 8QY in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences34 reports
Anti-social behaviour14 reports
Criminal damage and arson7 reports
Other theft7 reports
Burglary4 reports
Shoplifting4 reports

Also: possession of weapons 4, public order 3, vehicle crime 2, drugs 2, theft from the person 1, other crime 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 8QY

Ward
Annfield Plain & Tanfield
Parish
Stanley
Region
North East
Country
England
Built-up area
Annfield Plain
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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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

DH9 8QZ40 mDH9 8QA110 mDH9 8QX140 mDH9 8HG160 mDH9 8TR170 mDH9 8QL170 m
All of DH9

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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