Local servicesHospitalSedgefield Community Hospital3.8 miGP surgeryWest Cornforth Medical Centre3 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyWest Cornforth Pharmacy4 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistCumberland House Dental Surgery1.2 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi8 schools7 primary, 1 otherPrimaryWest Cornforth Primary Schoolages 2-11, 251 pupilsunder a milePrimaryCoxhoe Primary Schoolages 4-11, 309 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryFerryhill Schoolages 11-16, 727 pupils2.6 miCollegeNew College Durham7.3 miUniversityUniversity of Durham5.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportTeesside International Airport MME14 miMajor airportNewcastle International Airport NCL24 miRailway stationDurham6.1 miBus stationTown CentreFerryhill1.7 miFerryTransporter Bridge North SidePort Clarence14 miBus stops33 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DL17 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 18 min4:28 am – 9:47 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 14 min8:27 am – 3:41 pm
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People6,713 residentsin the Ferryhill East & Cornforth census areaMedian age 48.63,306 households50% of homes owner-occupied30% owned outright31% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.8% unemployment rate50% of adults are economically active, 2,650 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: health and social work 16%, retail and wholesale 16%, manufacturing 13%Getting to work: 19% work from home, 70% go by car, 4% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle50% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages19% of adults hold a degree or higher27% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C733 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November53 days of air frost, 5 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesThe Greenpark · under a mileCoronation Terrace Allotmentsallotments · under a mileKing Georges Fieldplaying field · 1.4 mi · 3 haHardwick Parkpark · 3.3 mi · 69 haTudhoe Moorpark · 2.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes36 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 9 Aug 197041 mi away, Kirkby StephenMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 13 Sep 202644 mi away, Sedbergh, CumbriaSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 5.4 · PM2.5 5.6 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband93% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,510 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation127 m417 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 73 to 149 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
