| Postcode | DH2 1QT | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chester le Street | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | Institute Terrace (S) Penhill Close (E) Penhill Close (W) Red Lion (SW) Bungalows (NE) Red Lion (N) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 23 View | 
| Known addresses | Flat 1, Old Coop Buildings, Ouston Lane, Pelton Penshaw View, Ouston Lane, Pelton | 
| Main property type | Semi-detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 54.879734 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.601377 | |
| Easting | 425674 | |
| Northing | 553959 | |
| Grid reference | NZ256539 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 589732 6082304 | |
| what3words | arise.laptop.factory | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricism stranger uprising | |
| Plus code | 9C6WV9HX+VC | |
| Altitude | 77 metres (252 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 15.4 KMs (9.6 miles) | 
| Parish | Ouston | E04010674 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Pelton | E05016187 | 
| Unitary Authority | County Durham | E06000047 | 
| County | County Durham | E11000007 | 
| Constituency (2024) | North Durham | E14001389 | 
| MP | Luke Akehurst | 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) | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 4 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban major conurbation | |
| Built up area (2024) | Ouston (County Durham) | E63007232 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00104583 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8C1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 002B | E01020614 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 002B | E01020614 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Ouston & Beamish | E02004290 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Ouston & Beamish | E02004290 | 
| Travel to work area | Newcastle | E30000245 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 1, Old Coop Buildings, Ouston Lane, Pelton | Flat (leasehold) | Oct 2015 | £38,500 | 
| Flat (leasehold) | Aug 2006 | £31,000 | |
| Flat (leasehold) | Mar 2002 | £30,000 | |
| Penshaw View, Ouston Lane, Pelton | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2013 | £71,000 |