Map of DH3 1PE postcode

General information
Postcode DH3 1PE
Post Town Chester le Street
Nearest station Chester-Le-Street (5 km)
Bus stops
Birtley Lane-Old Vicarage (NW)
Mount Pleasant Road (W)
Birtley Lane-The Avenue (S)
Fell Bank-Birtley Lane (E)
Durham Road - Orchard Street (S)
Fell Bank-Birtley Lane (W)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 15 View
Known addresses
2A Orchard Street, Birtley
Main property type Flat
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 54.897538
Longitude -1.575395
Easting 427329
Northing 555950
Grid reference NZ273559
UTM reference 30U 591358 6084318
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Plus code 9C6WVCXF+2R
Altitude 44 metres (145 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:13
Sunset (today) 21:14
Distance away
Distance to sea 13.7 KMs (8.5 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishGateshead, unparished areaE43000229
Ward Birtley E05001067
Metropolitan District Gateshead E08000037
County Tyne and Wear E11000017
Constituency (2024) Washington and Gateshead South E14001567
MPMrs Sharon HodgsonLabour
Police forceNorthumbria
Water companyNorthumbrian Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Tyneside
NUTS/ITL 2 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
NUTS/ITL 1 North East
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced October 1985
Last updated July 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
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
10,264 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£35,400
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)BirtleyE63007223
Census output area (2021)E00041429
Census output area (2011)E00041429
Lower layer super output area (2021)Gateshead 026CE01008174
Lower layer super output area (2011)Gateshead 026CE01008174
Middle layer super output area (2021)Birtley SouthE02001707
Middle layer super output area (2011)Birtley SouthE02001707
Travel to work areaNewcastleE30000245
Property sales
Average property price in Durham £151,882
Annual change 5.4%
View all properties sold in the DH postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
2A Orchard Street, BirtleyFlat (leasehold)Aug 2012£68,000
Flat (leasehold)May 1997£31,000
New build flat (leasehold)May 1995£25,000


View all properties sold in the DH3 1 sector

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