Map of DH2 1AP postcode 
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                  | Postcode | DH2 1AP | 
                  
                    | Post Town | Chester le Street | 
                  
                    | Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (4 km) | 
                  
                  
                    | Bus stops | No nearby bus stops | 
                
                
                  
                    | Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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                  | Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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            Geography
            
              
              
              
                
                  |  | Latitude | 54.887257 | 
                
                  |  | Longitude | -1.588442 | 
                  
                    |  | Easting | 426499 | 
                  
                    |  | Northing | 554801 | 
                  
                    |  | Grid reference | NZ264548 | 
                
                  |  | UTM reference | 30U 590545 6083158 | 
                
                  |  | what3words | narrow.second.wiggling | 
                
                  |  | FixPhrase | crunching lyricist subfloor turbulent | 
                  
                    |  | Plus code | 9C6WVCP6+WJ | 
                
                  |  | Altitude | 33 metres (107 feet) | 
                
                  |  | Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | 
                
                  |  | Sunset (today) | 16:33 | 
                
                  |  | Distance away |  | 
                  
                    |  | Distance to sea | 14.6 KMs (9 miles) | 
              
              
            
          
        
        
            
              
              
                Administrative areas 
              
                
                  
                      | Parish | Ouston | E04010674 | 
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                          | Ward | Pelton | E05016187 | 
                      
                        | Unitary Authority | County Durham | E06000047 | 
                      
                      | County | County Durham | E11000007 | 
                      
                        | Constituency (2024) | North Durham | E14001389 | 
                        | MP | Luke Akehurst | Labour | 
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                      | Police force | Durham | 
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                        | NUTS/ITL 3 | Durham | 
                      
                        | NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | 
                      
                        | NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | 
                    
                      | Country | England | E92000001 | 
                  
                  
                
              
          
    
      
        Data
        
          
              
                | Date introduced | January 1980 | 
              
                | Date usage ended | June 1996 | 
            
              | Last updated | September 2025 | 
              
                | User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
                    
              
                | Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
          
          
        
      
          
          
        
          
            Demographics
            
              
                
                  | Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | 
                  
                      | Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
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                  | Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | 
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                  | Rural/urban (2011) | Urban major conurbation | 
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                  | Built up area (2024) | Birtley | E63007223 | 
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                  | Census output area (2021) | E00104576 |  | 
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                  | Census output area (2011) | 6A2 |  | 
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                  | Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 002A | E01020613 | 
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                  | Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 002A | E01020613 | 
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                  | Middle layer super output area (2021) | Ouston & Beamish | E02004290 | 
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                  | Middle layer super output area (2011) | Ouston & Beamish | E02004290 | 
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                  | Travel to work area | Newcastle | E30000245 | 
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