Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at DH9 7JN? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the station is further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annfield Plain Junior School | Primary | 900 m | 53% met the expected standard |
| Annfield Plain Infant School | Primary | 1.1 km | – |
| Greenland Community Primary School | Primary | 1.3 km | 75% met the expected standard |
| South Stanley Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 1.6 km | – |
| South Stanley Junior School | Primary | 1.6 km | 74% met the expected standard |
| Tanfield School | Secondary | 2.1 km | Attainment 8: 57.5 · 20.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| North Durham Academy | Secondary | 2.4 km | Attainment 8: 39.8 · 4.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester | Secondary | 3.9 km | Attainment 8: 44.9 · 6.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near DH9 7JN, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket | South Moor Cricket Club | 1.3 km | 8 |
| Tennis | Annfield Plain Park | 1.2 km | 4 |
| Bowls | Stanley Indoor Bowls Club | 1.5 km | 4 |
| Golf | South Moor Golf Club | 2.2 km | 4 |
| Football | New Kyo Football Pitch | 530 m | 3 |
| Motocross | Pea Farm Off Road Centre | 950 m | 1 |
| Swimming | The Louisa Centre | 1.5 km | 1 |
| Fitness | Ruthless Fitness | 1.7 km | 1 |
| Quoits | Quoits Pitches | 4.6 km | 1 |
| Horse riding | Low Meadows Equestrian Centre | 4.6 km | 1 |
| Paintball | Battlezone Durham | 4.9 km | 1 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Chester-le-Street, a drive away (9.3 km), with 232k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Sandhole Club, 150 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 16, 78, 713, 714); 37 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 44 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
The nearest primary school is Annfield Plain Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (900 m); 53% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Tanfield School, 2.1 km away; Attainment 8: 57.5 · 20.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.0 km away, with News and Booze closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Annfield Plain Surgery (950 m), with Annfield Plain Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Jeff Hogg is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital North Durham, 11 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Deli-icious is the closest café or restaurant (1.0 km), and New Kyo Constitutional Club & Institute the nearest pub (500 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (12 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 173 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 10% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 57% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 106 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Annfield Plain Park, 1.2 km away; for exercise, Pea Farm Off Road Centre (950 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 20 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 171 km.
6 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Most households own their home, 29% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.