| Postcode | DH3 4HQ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chester le Street | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Coverley (S) 
Sandbach (N) 
Sandbach (S) 
Back Lane End - new rd end (NW) 
Back Lane End - new rd end (SE) 
Riding Hill (N) 
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| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 54.843094 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.551521 | |
| Easting | 428899 | |
| Northing | 549901 | |
| Grid reference | NZ288499 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 593014 6078292 | |
| what3words | theme.active.pilots | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricist slimy tint | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRCVX+69 | |
| Altitude | 44 metres (146 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:16 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:25 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 13.3 KMs (8.3 miles) | 
| Parish | Great Lumley | E04010635 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Lumley & West Rainton | E05016183 | 
| 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 | February 1990 | 
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| Date usage ended | December 1990 | 
| 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 
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|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00104554 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 015D | E01020609 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 015D | E01020609 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Great Lumley & Bournmoor | E02004295 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Great Lumley & Bournmoor | E02004295 | 
| Travel to work area | Newcastle | E30000245 |