| Postcode | DH8 5SB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Durham, Stanley, Consett | 
| Nearest station | Stocksfield (12 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Derwentside College (NE) 
Front Street (SW) 
Front Street (NE) 
Temple Gardens (N) 
Temple Gardens (S) 
The Chequers (NW) 
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 26 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 54.849074 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.834569 | |
| Easting | 410720 | |
| Northing | 550487 | |
| Grid reference | NZ107504 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 574828 6078619 | |
| what3words | liner.wheels.chose | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lying sneezing thyself | |
| Plus code | 9C6WR5X8+J5 | |
| Altitude | 260 metres (853 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:17 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:26 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 30.6 KMs (19 miles) | 
| Parish | County Durham, unparished area | E43000254 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Delves Lane | E05016172 | 
| Unitary Authority | County Durham | E06000047 | 
| County | County Durham | E11000007 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Blaydon and Consett | E14001106 | 
| MP | Liz Twist | Labour | 
| Police force | Durham | |
| Water company | Northumbrian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Durham | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | June 2002 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 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 | 
| 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) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Consett | E63007247 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00171833 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 010B | E01020640 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 010B | E01020640 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Consett | E02004303 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Consett | E02004303 | 
| Travel to work area | Newcastle | E30000245 |