| Postcode | DH7 6BD | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Durham | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (4 km) | 
| Bus stops | Melbourne Villas (S) Ashford Drive (NW) Cross Lane (N) Cross Lane (S) Melbourne Villas (N) Deneside (SE) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 54.827176 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.627967 | |
| Easting | 423999 | |
| Northing | 548101 | |
| Grid reference | NZ239481 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 588140 6076422 | |
| what3words | arrived.narrowest.stint | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricism showoff trapezoid | |
| Plus code | 9C6WR9GC+VR | |
| Altitude | 133 metres (438 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 18.5 KMs (11.5 miles) | 
| Parish | Kimblesworth and Plawsworth | E04010654 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Sacriston & Witton Gilbert | E05016190 | 
| 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 | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1992 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less 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) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | Sacriston | E63007268 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00104550 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 019B | E01020607 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 019B | E01020607 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Sacriston | E02004296 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Sacriston | E02004296 | 
| Travel to work area | Newcastle | E30000245 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% |