| Postcode | DH2 1ST | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chester le Street | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | Backleys (NE) Mysons (NW) Mysons (SW) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 8 View | 
| Known addresses | Simpson Brothers (Tyneside) Ltd, Drum Industrial Estate | 
| Main property type | Other | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 54.87272 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.586425 | |
| Easting | 426638 | |
| Northing | 553184 | |
| Grid reference | NZ266531 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 590707 6081543 | |
| what3words | motel.marked.chew | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricist steed unvalued | |
| Plus code | 9C6WVCF7+3C | |
| Altitude | 46 metres (152 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 14.6 KMs (9 miles) | 
| Parish | North Lodge | E04010673 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | North Lodge | E05016186 | 
| 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 | March 1988 | 
|---|---|
| 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 | 
| 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) | Chester-le-Street | E63007253 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00104570 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 007E | E01020612 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 007E | E01020612 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Chester-le-Street North | E02004292 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Chester-le-Street North | E02004292 | 
| Travel to work area | Newcastle | E30000245 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Simpson Brothers (Tyneside) Ltd, Drum Industrial Estate | Other (freehold) | Dec 2017 | £3,120,000 | 
| Other (freehold) | Oct 2014 | £2,000,000 |