| Postcode | DH8 9YX | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Durham, Stanley, Consett | 
| Nearest station | Riding Mill (16 km) | 
| Bus stops | No nearby bus stops | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 54.821428 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.079349 | |
| Easting | 394999 | |
| Northing | 547401 | |
| Grid reference | NY949474 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 559153 6075308 | |
| what3words | squirted.deed.shippers | |
| FixPhrase | crunching luxurious shanty uncloak | |
| Plus code | 9C6VRWCC+H7 | |
| Altitude | 363 metres (1191 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:10 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:35 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 46.3 KMs (28.8 miles) | 
| Parish | Hunstanworth | E04010649 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Weardale | E05016200 | 
| Unitary Authority | County Durham | E06000047 | 
| County | County Durham | E11000007 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Bishop Auckland | E14001101 | 
| MP | Sam Rushworth | 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 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) | Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00106031 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 042C | E01020891 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 042C | E01020891 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Stanhope & Weardale | E02004348 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Stanhope & Weardale | E02004348 | 
| Travel to work area | Durham and Bishop Auckland | E30000203 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% |