| Postcode | DH2 1UT | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chester le Street | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (5 km) | 
| Bus stops | St Joseph's Rc Primary School Highfield (S) Station Lane-George Street (NE) Station Lane-Brick Works (SW) Station Lane-Brick Works (NE) Ravensworth Road-Morris Street (N) Ravensworth Road-Morris Street (S) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 54.895166 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.583512 | |
| Easting | 426810 | |
| Northing | 555683 | |
| Grid reference | NZ268556 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 590843 6084044 | |
| what3words | burglars.paler.agents | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricist surcharge trillion | |
| Plus code | 9C6WVCW8+3H | |
| Altitude | 29 metres (95 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 14.2 KMs (8.8 miles) | 
| Parish | Gateshead, unparished area | E43000229 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Birtley | E05001067 | 
| Metropolitan District | Gateshead | E08000037 | 
| County | Tyne and Wear | E11000017 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Washington and Gateshead South | E14001567 | 
| MP | Mrs Sharon Hodgson | Labour | 
| Police force | Northumbria | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Tyneside | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | September 1991 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | November 2003 | 
| 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) | Birtley | E63007223 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00041435 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Gateshead 026D | E01008175 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Gateshead 026D | E01008175 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Birtley South | E02001707 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Birtley South | E02001707 | 
| Travel to work area | Newcastle | E30000245 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% |