SR7 9NW postcode in Murton, County Durham

SR7 9NW is a postcode in Murton, in the Murton ward of County Durham. It is in the Easington 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 SR7 9NW can get it Across County Durham: 85% Typical price £100,000 Homes sold in SR7 9, last 12 months. ▲ 3.4% on the year before Nearest station Seaham 3.7 km in a straight line

Where SR7 9NW is, and what is near it

Map of SR7 9NW and what is near it Map of SR7 9NW: its centre point, with the 233 other postcodes in the SR7 9 sector, 4 schools (3 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 10 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. SR7 9AA: also in SR7 9SR7 9AB: also in SR7 9SR7 9AD: also in SR7 9SR7 9AE: also in SR7 9SR7 9AF: also in SR7 9SR7 9AG: also in SR7 9SR7 9AH: also in SR7 9SR7 9AQ: also in SR7 9SR7 9AR: also in SR7 9SR7 9AS: also in SR7 9SR7 9AT: also in SR7 9SR7 9AX: also in SR7 9SR7 9AY: also in SR7 9SR7 9AZ: also in SR7 9SR7 9BA: also in SR7 9SR7 9BB: also in SR7 9SR7 9BD: also in SR7 9SR7 9BE: also in SR7 9SR7 9BG: also in SR7 9SR7 9BH: also in SR7 9SR7 9BJ: also in SR7 9SR7 9BL: also in SR7 9SR7 9BN: also in SR7 9SR7 9BP: also in SR7 9SR7 9BQ: also in SR7 9SR7 9BS: also in SR7 9SR7 9BT: also in SR7 9SR7 9BU: also in SR7 9SR7 9BX: also in SR7 9SR7 9BY: also in SR7 9SR7 9BZ: also in SR7 9SR7 9DA: also in SR7 9SR7 9DB: also in SR7 9SR7 9DD: also in SR7 9SR7 9DE: also in SR7 9SR7 9DF: also in SR7 9SR7 9DG: also in SR7 9SR7 9DQ: also in SR7 9SR7 9DS: also in SR7 9SR7 9DW: also in SR7 9SR7 9GQ: also in SR7 9SR7 9GW: also in SR7 9SR7 9GX: also in SR7 9SR7 9GY: also in SR7 9SR7 9GZ: also in SR7 9SR7 9HX: also in SR7 9SR7 9JA: also in SR7 9SR7 9JB: also in SR7 9SR7 9NB: also in SR7 9SR7 9NE: also in SR7 9SR7 9NG: also in SR7 9SR7 9NH: also in SR7 9SR7 9NJ: also in SR7 9SR7 9NL: also in SR7 9SR7 9NN: also in SR7 9SR7 9NP: also in SR7 9SR7 9NQ: also in SR7 9SR7 9NR: also in SR7 9SR7 9NS: also in SR7 9SR7 9NT: also in SR7 9SR7 9NU: also in SR7 9SR7 9NX: also in SR7 9SR7 9NY: also in SR7 9SR7 9PA: also in SR7 9SR7 9PB: also in SR7 9SR7 9PE: also in SR7 9SR7 9PF: also in SR7 9SR7 9PG: also in SR7 9SR7 9PH: also in SR7 9SR7 9PL: also in SR7 9SR7 9PN: also in SR7 9SR7 9PP: also in SR7 9SR7 9PQ: also in SR7 9SR7 9PR: also in SR7 9SR7 9PS: also in SR7 9SR7 9PT: also in SR7 9SR7 9PW: also in SR7 9SR7 9PX: also in SR7 9SR7 9PY: also in SR7 9SR7 9PZ: also in SR7 9SR7 9QB: also in SR7 9SR7 9QD: also in SR7 9SR7 9QF: also in SR7 9SR7 9RD: also in SR7 9SR7 9RE: also in SR7 9SR7 9RF: also in SR7 9SR7 9RG: also in SR7 9SR7 9RH: also in SR7 9SR7 9RQ: also in SR7 9SR7 9TP: also in SR7 9 Ribbon School 650 mGP 2.3 km2 places, 2.6–3.4 kmEasington Academy 4.0 kmMurton SR7 9NW Map of SR7 9NW and what is near it Map of SR7 9NW: its centre point, with the 233 other postcodes in the SR7 9 sector, 4 schools (3 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 10 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. GP 2.3 kmMurton SR7 9NW
  • SR7 9NW
  • Other postcodes in SR7 9: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 10 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 54.8143, longitude -1.3848)

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 SR7 9NW?

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 SR7 9NW?

Every home and business at SR7 9NW can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

SR7 9NW 100% County Durham 85%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

SR7 9NW 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 SR7 9NW?

BinDayBuddy reads bin days from councils' own collection systems. It may have the days for SR7 9NW.

Check the bin days for SR7 9NW 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 SR7 9NW 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 SR7 9NW.

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 SR7 9NW: 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 SR7 9NW 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 SR7 9NW?

Homes in SR7 9 sold for a typical £100,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 68 sales, up 3.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£100,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£96,750 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £251,500 8 sales
  • Semi-detached £100,000 27 sales
  • Terraced £96,999 31 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole SR7 district: a typical £129,500 from 328 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 SR7 9NW

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in SR7 9NW from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 12 June 2026. 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 SR7 9NW?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 730 homes in the neighbourhood around SR7 9NW. Over half of them (63%) are in council tax band A. More were built from 1919 to 1939 than in any other period (25%). 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 SR7 9NW

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 460 (63%)£1,748
Band Babout 60 (8%)£2,039
Band Cabout 40 (5%)£2,331
Band Dabout 150 (21%)£2,622
Band Eabout 20 (3%)£3,205
Band Fwithheld£3,788
Band Gwithheld£4,370
Band Hwithheld£5,244

When the homes were built

  1. 10% Before 1900
  2. 10% 1900 to 1918
  3. 25% 1919 to 1939
  4. 5% 1945 to 1964
  5. 5% 1965 to 1982
  6. 1% 1983 to 1999
  7. 25% 2000 to 2009
  8. 11% 2010 to 2019
  9. 8% 2020 or later

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 SR7 9NW is in (ONS area E01033161), 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 SR7 9NW?

The nearest open schools to SR7 9NW, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near SR7 9NW, 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 SR7 9NW?

The nearest railway station to the centre of SR7 9NW is Seaham Rail Station, 3.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Seaham Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Horden Railway station 7.5 kmDrive

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

10 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Colliery Inn, 205 m away.

More stations near SR7 9NW, 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 SR7 9NW?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of SR7 9NW, 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 SR7 9NW?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of SR7 9NW 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.

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 SR7 9NW?

The nearest to the centre of SR7 9NW, 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 SR7 9NW?

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 SR7 9NW?

The nearest care homes to the centre of SR7 9NW, 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 SR7 9NW?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of SR7 9NW, 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 SR7 9NW?

The nearest vets to the centre of SR7 9NW 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 SR7 9NW in a conservation area?

The centre of SR7 9NW 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 SR7 9NW?

Police.uk records 130 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of SR7 9NW in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences36 reports
Shoplifting28 reports
Criminal damage and arson18 reports
Anti-social behaviour13 reports
Public order9 reports
Other theft8 reports

Also: burglary 7, vehicle crime 3, robbery 3, other crime 3, drugs 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 SR7 9NW

Ward
Murton
Parish
Murton
Region
North East
Country
England
Built-up area
Murton
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

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.

SR7 9NP30 mSR7 9NU40 mSR7 9NR60 mSR7 9NS80 mSR7 9DS80 mSR7 9NH80 m
All of SR7

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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