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DH postcode area

Postcode area within the United Kingdom

54°49′34″N 1°37′08″W / 54.826°N 1.619°W / 54.826; -1.619CountryUnited KingdomPostcode area

Postcode area name

Durham

Post towns5Postcode districts12Postcode sectors47Postcodes (live)8,971Postcodes (total)11,453Statistics as at May 2020^[1]

The DH postcode area, also known as the Durham postcode area,^[2] is a group of nine postcode districts in north-east England, within five post towns. These cover northern County Durham (including Durham, Chester-le-Street, Consett and Stanley), parts of southern Tyne and Wear (including Houghton-le-Spring) and a small part of southern Northumberland.

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority area(s)
DH1	DURHAM	Durham	County Durham
DH2	CHESTER LE STREET	Chester-le-Street (west of East Coast Main Line), Ouston, Pelton, Birtley (west of East Coast Main Line)	County Durham, Gateshead
DH3	CHESTER LE STREET	Chester-le-Street (east of East Coast Main Line), Great Lumley, Birtley (east of East Coast Main Line)	County Durham, Gateshead
DH4	HOUGHTON LE SPRING	Houghton-le-Spring (west of A690), Penshaw, Shiney Row, West Rainton	Sunderland, County Durham
DH5	HOUGHTON LE SPRING	Houghton-le-Spring (east of A690), Hetton-le-Hole, East Rainton	Sunderland, County Durham
DH6	DURHAM	South Hetton, Haswell, Shotton Colliery, Ludworth, Shadforth, Sherburn, Littletown, Kelloe, Coxhoe , Bowburn, Cassop, Pittington, Thornley, Wheatley Hill	County Durham
DH7	DURHAM	Brandon, Lanchester, Esh Winning, Burnhope, Langley Park, Sacriston, Ushaw Moor, Brancepeth	County Durham
DH8	CONSETT	Consett, Blackhill, Bridgehill, Shotley Bridge, Leadgate, Delves Lane	County Durham, Northumberland
DH9	STANLEY	Dipton, Stanley, Annfield Plain	County Durham
DH97	DURHAM	HM Passport Office^[3]	non-geographic
DH98	DURHAM	BT^[3]	non-geographic
DH99	DURHAM	National Savings and Investments^[3]	non-geographic

Map

KML file (edit • help)

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KML is from Wikidata

References

^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.