| Postcode | DH2 1YT | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chester le Street | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | Wensley Close (SE) Penhill Close (E) Wensley Close (NW) Institute Terrace (N) Institute Terrace (S) Bungalows (NE) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 54.880775 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.606588 | |
| Easting | 425339 | |
| Northing | 554073 | |
| Grid reference | NZ253540 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 589395 6082413 | |
| what3words | choice.disarmed.stale | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricism strength vagrantly | |
| Plus code | 9C6WV9JV+89 | |
| Altitude | 77 metres (254 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 15.7 KMs (9.8 miles) | 
| Parish | Urpeth | E04010706 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Pelton | E05016187 | 
| Unitary Authority | County Durham | E06000047 | 
| County | County Durham | E11000007 | 
| Constituency (2024) | North Durham | E14001389 | 
| MP | Luke Akehurst | Labour | 
| Police force | Durham | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Durham | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | December 1996 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | June 1998 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode sector mean (mainly PO Boxes) | 
| 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) | Urpeth | E63007231 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00104632 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 002C | E01020622 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 002C | E01020622 | 
| 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% |