| Postcode | DH2 1XA | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chester le Street | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | Kingsway - bridge (W) Community Centre (W) Community Centre (NE) Church (NE) Bernard Terrace (NW) Bernard Terrace (SE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 5 View | 
| Known addresses | Mapelwood Cottage, Station Lane, Pelton Railway Cottage, Station Lane, Pelton | 
| Main property type | Other | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 54.871253 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.613257 | |
| Easting | 424917 | |
| Northing | 553011 | |
| Grid reference | NZ249530 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 588988 6081345 | |
| what3words | speech.clear.wire | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricism steadily unarmored | |
| Plus code | 9C6WV9CP+GM | |
| Altitude | 86 metres (282 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 16.3 KMs (10.1 miles) | 
| Parish | Pelton | E04010676 | 
|---|---|---|
| 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 | October 1985 | 
|---|---|
| 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) | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 3 | |
| 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) | Pelton | E63007240 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00183293 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 005D | E01020617 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 005D | E01020617 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Pelton & Perkinsville | E02004291 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Pelton & Perkinsville | E02004291 | 
| Travel to work area | Newcastle | E30000245 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Railway Cottage, Station Lane, Pelton | Other (freehold) | Feb 2019 | £81,000 | 
| Mapelwood Cottage, Station Lane, Pelton | Detached (freehold) | Dec 2011 | £241,000 |