| Postcode | DL17 9LX | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Ferryhill | 
| Nearest station | Durham (9 km) | 
| Bus stops | Post Office (NE) Market Place (W) Post Office (SW) Market Place (E) Library (NW) Villas (SE) | 
| Number of UPRNs | 47 View | 
| Known addresses | 1 Oswald Close, West Cornforth 2 Oswald Close, West Cornforth 3 Oswald Close, West Cornforth 5 Oswald Close, West Cornforth 8 Oswald Close, West Cornforth 14 Oswald Close, West Cornforth 15 Oswald Close, West Cornforth | 
| Main property type | Semi-detached | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 54.704095 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.51972 | |
| Easting | 431047 | |
| Northing | 534447 | |
| Grid reference | NZ310344 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 595383 6062869 | |
| what3words | downward.turkeys.ringers | |
| FixPhrase | cruncher lyricist scapegoat theorize | |
| Plus code | 9C6WPF3J+J4 | |
| Altitude | 100 metres (327 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:07 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 15.9 KMs (9.9 miles) | 
| Parish | Cornforth | E04010611 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Bowburn & Coxhoe | E05016160 | 
| Unitary Authority | County Durham | E06000047 | 
| County | County Durham | E11000007 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor | E14001382 | 
| MP | Alan Strickland | Labour | 
| Police force | Durham | |
| Water company | Northumbrian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Durham | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Population (2011) | 42 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 24 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | Cornforth | E63007324 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00105533 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 050A | E01020797 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 050A | E01020797 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Ferryhill East & Cornforth | E02004336 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Ferryhill East & Cornforth | E02004336 | 
| Travel to work area | Durham and Bishop Auckland | E30000203 | 
| Average property price in Darlington | £167,728 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.7% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Oswald Close, West Cornforth | Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2024 | £48,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2002 | £16,100 | |
| 8 Oswald Close, West Cornforth | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2021 | £66,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2018 | £43,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2006 | £72,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2004 | £32,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2001 | £14,500 | |
| 14 Oswald Close, West Cornforth | Other (freehold) | Jul 2020 | £8,250,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2006 | £65,500 | |
| 15 Oswald Close, West Cornforth | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2017 | £69,250 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2008 | £73,000 | |
| 2 Oswald Close, West Cornforth | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2015 | £68,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2007 | £160,000 | |
| 3 Oswald Close, West Cornforth | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2003 | £35,000 | 
| 1 Oswald Close, West Cornforth | Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2001 | £49,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 1998 | £51,500 |