| Postcode | DH3 1XB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chester le Street | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (5 km) | 
| Bus stops | Fell Bank-Birtley Lane (E) Birtley Lane-The Avenue (S) Birtley Lane-School (N) Birtley Lane-Old Vicarage (NW) Lord Lawson Of Beamish Academy (S) Mount Pleasant Road (W) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 54.89619 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.572759 | |
| Easting | 427499 | |
| Northing | 555801 | |
| Grid reference | NZ274558 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 591530 6084172 | |
| what3words | deeply.chains.guides | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricist surpass trio | |
| Plus code | 9C6WVCWG+FV | |
| Altitude | 59 metres (193 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 13.6 KMs (8.4 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 | December 1995 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1996 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| 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) | E00041432 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 7C1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Gateshead 026C | E01008174 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Gateshead 026C | E01008174 | 
| 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% |