DL17 8DS postcode in Ferryhill, County Durham

DL17 8DS is a postcode in Ferryhill, in the Ferryhill ward of County Durham. It is in the Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor 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 can get it. County Durham: 85% Typical price £86,750 Homes sold in DL17 8, last 12 months. ▲ 0.3% on the year before Nearest station Newton Aycliffe 8.7 km in a straight line

Where DL17 8DS is, and what is near it

Map of DL17 8DS and what is near it Map of DL17 8DS: its centre point, with the 205 other postcodes in the DL17 8 sector, 3 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 20 bus stops, over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. DL17 8AA: also in DL17 8DL17 8AB: also in DL17 8DL17 8AD: also in DL17 8DL17 8AE: also in DL17 8DL17 8AF: also in DL17 8DL17 8AG: also in DL17 8DL17 8AH: also in DL17 8DL17 8AJ: also in DL17 8DL17 8AL: also in DL17 8DL17 8AQ: also in DL17 8DL17 8AW: also in DL17 8DL17 8BF: also in DL17 8DL17 8DG: also in DL17 8DL17 8DH: also in DL17 8DL17 8DJ: also in DL17 8DL17 8DL: also in DL17 8DL17 8DN: also in DL17 8DL17 8DP: also in DL17 8DL17 8DQ: also in DL17 8DL17 8DR: also in DL17 8DL17 8DT: also in DL17 8DL17 8DU: also in DL17 8DL17 8DW: also in DL17 8DL17 8DX: also in DL17 8DL17 8EA: also in DL17 8DL17 8EB: also in DL17 8DL17 8ED: also in DL17 8DL17 8EE: also in DL17 8DL17 8EF: also in DL17 8DL17 8HB: also in DL17 8DL17 8HD: also in DL17 8DL17 8HE: also in DL17 8DL17 8HF: also in DL17 8DL17 8HG: also in DL17 8DL17 8HH: also in DL17 8DL17 8HJ: also in DL17 8DL17 8HL: also in DL17 8DL17 8HN: also in DL17 8DL17 8HQ: also in DL17 8DL17 8HX: also in DL17 8DL17 8HZ: also in DL17 8DL17 8JA: also in DL17 8DL17 8JB: also in DL17 8DL17 8JD: also in DL17 8DL17 8JE: also in DL17 8DL17 8JF: also in DL17 8DL17 8JG: also in DL17 8DL17 8JH: also in DL17 8DL17 8JJ: also in DL17 8DL17 8JL: also in DL17 8DL17 8JN: also in DL17 8DL17 8JP: also in DL17 8DL17 8JQ: also in DL17 8DL17 8JS: also in DL17 8DL17 8JT: also in DL17 8DL17 8JY: also in DL17 8DL17 8JZ: also in DL17 8DL17 8LA: also in DL17 8DL17 8LD: also in DL17 8DL17 8LE: also in DL17 8DL17 8LF: also in DL17 8DL17 8LG: also in DL17 8DL17 8LJ: also in DL17 8DL17 8LP: also in DL17 8DL17 8LR: also in DL17 8DL17 8LS: also in DL17 8DL17 8LT: also in DL17 8DL17 8LU: also in DL17 8DL17 8LX: also in DL17 8DL17 8LY: also in DL17 8DL17 8LZ: also in DL17 8DL17 8NA: also in DL17 8DL17 8NB: also in DL17 8DL17 8QA: also in DL17 8DL17 8QB: also in DL17 8DL17 8QD: also in DL17 8DL17 8QE: also in DL17 8DL17 8QG: also in DL17 8DL17 8QR: also in DL17 8DL17 8QS: also in DL17 8DL17 8RD: also in DL17 8DL17 8RS: also in DL17 8DL17 8TA: also in DL17 8DL17 8TB: also in DL17 8DL17 8TH: also in DL17 8DL17 8TW: also in DL17 8DL17 8UA: also in DL17 8DL17 8UB: also in DL17 8DL17 8UE: also in DL17 8 2 places, 1.6–8.9 kmGP 2.4 kmGP 3.2 kmNewton Aycliffe station 8.7 kmFerryhill DL17 8DS Map of DL17 8DS and what is near it Map of DL17 8DS: its centre point, with the 205 other postcodes in the DL17 8 sector, 3 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 20 bus stops, over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. 2 places, 1.6–8.9 kmGP 2.4 kmGP 3.2 kmFerryhill DL17 8DS
  • DL17 8DS
  • Other postcodes in DL17 8: press one for its page
  • 3 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 20 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 54.6891, longitude -1.5513)

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; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after DL17 8DS?

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 DL17 8DS?

Every home and business at DL17 8DS can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

County Durham: 85%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

County Durham: 98%

The line marks the figure across County Durham.

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 DL17 8DS?

BinDayBuddy has not read Durham County Council's days for DL17 8DS today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for DL17 8DS 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 DL17 8DS 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 DL17 8DS.

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 DL17 8DS: 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 DL17 8DS 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 DL17 8DS?

Homes in DL17 8 sold for a typical £86,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 84 sales, up 0.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£86,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£86,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 0.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £208,000 11 sales
  • Semi-detached £117,500 28 sales
  • Terraced £66,500 44 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 DL17 district: a typical £105,000 from 195 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 DL17 8DS

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in DL17 8DS from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around 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 DL17 8DS?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 770 homes in the neighbourhood around DL17 8DS. Over half of them (90%) are in council tax band A. More were built from 1919 to 1939 than in any other period (58%). 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 DL17 8DS

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 690 (90%)£1,748
Band Babout 60 (8%)£2,039
Band Cabout 10 (1%)£2,331
Band Dabout 10 (1%)£2,622
Band Ewithheld£3,205
Band Ffewer than 5£3,788
Band Gwithheld£4,370
Band Hfewer than 5£5,244

When the homes were built

  1. 5% Before 1900
  2. 17% 1900 to 1918
  3. 58% 1919 to 1939
  4. 17% 1945 to 1964
  5. None 1965 to 1982
  6. 1% 1983 to 1999
  7. None 2000 to 2009
  8. 1% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

1965 to 1982, 2000 to 2009, 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 DL17 8DS is in (ONS area E01020799), rounded by the VOA.

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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 DL17 8DS?

The nearest open schools to DL17 8DS, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near DL17 8DS, 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 DL17 8DS?

The nearest railway station to the centre of DL17 8DS is Newton Aycliffe Rail Station, 8.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Newton Aycliffe Rail Station Railway station 8.7 kmDrive
  • Bishop Auckland Rail Station Railway station 8.9 kmDrive

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

20 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Chestnut Avenue, 48 m away.

More stations near DL17 8DS, 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 DL17 8DS?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of DL17 8DS, 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 DL17 8DS?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of DL17 8DS on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

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

Which dentists are near DL17 8DS?

The nearest to the centre of DL17 8DS, 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 DL17 8DS?

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 DL17 8DS?

The nearest care homes to the centre of DL17 8DS, 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 DL17 8DS?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of DL17 8DS, 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 DL17 8DS?

The nearest vets to the centre of DL17 8DS 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 DL17 8DS in a conservation area?

The centre of DL17 8DS 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 DL17 8DS?

Police.uk records 153 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of DL17 8DS in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences68 reports
Shoplifting18 reports
Criminal damage and arson15 reports
Anti-social behaviour14 reports
Public order13 reports
Other theft7 reports

Also: burglary 5, other crime 5, robbery 3, vehicle crime 2, drugs 2, 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 DL17 8DS

Ward
Ferryhill
Parish
Ferryhill
Region
North East
Country
England
Built-up area
Ferryhill
Rural or urban
Larger rural, 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

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DL17 8LP50 mDL17 8JQ90 mDL17 8AE100 mDL17 8BF100 mDL17 8AD110 mDL17 8UB120 m
All of DL17

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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