Map of DH3 2QW postcode

General information
Postcode DH3 2QW
Post Town Chester le Street
Nearest station Chester-Le-Street (4 km)
Bus stops
Durham Road-Sports Ground (S)
Durham Road-Harras Bank (N)
Durham Road-Harras Bank (S)
Durham Road-Harras Terrace (N)
St Joseph's J And I School Birtley (N)
Harras Bank (NE)
Number of UPRNs 6 View
Known addresses
Rosh Engineering Ltd, Newtown Industrial Estate, Birtley
Main property type Other
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 54.888927
Longitude -1.577372
Easting 427208
Northing 554991
Grid reference NZ272549
UTM reference 30U 591251 6083358
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Plus code 9C6WVCQF+H3
Altitude 30 metres (98 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:01
Sunset (today) 20:18
Distance away
Distance to sea 13.8 KMs (8.6 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 January 1980
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)E00041422
Census output area (2011)E00041422
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 £150,306
Annual change 3.2%
View all properties sold in the DH postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
Rosh Engineering Ltd, Newtown Industrial Estate, BirtleyOther (leasehold)Jul 2018£258,000


View all properties sold in the DH3 2 sector

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