| Postcode | DL12 9HX | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Barnard Castle | 
| Nearest station | Kirkby Stephen (24 km) | 
| Bus stops | Town End (W) Town End (E) Bypass Slip Road (W) Bypass Slip Road (E) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 2 View | 
| Known addresses | Townend, Bowes | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 54.516494 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.006262 | |
| Easting | 399692 | |
| Northing | 513466 | |
| Grid reference | NY996134 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 564329 6041443 | |
| what3words | splice.skewed.microfilm | |
| FixPhrase | crumpet luxurious sequence uniformed | |
| Plus code | 9C6VGX8V+HF | |
| Altitude | 275 metres (903 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:09 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 53.2 KMs (33 miles) | 
| Parish | Bowes | E04010600 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Upper Teesdale | E05016199 | 
| Unitary Authority | County Durham | E06000047 | 
| County | County Durham | E11000007 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Bishop Auckland | E14001101 | 
| MP | Sam Rushworth | 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 | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| 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 | 
| Population (2011) | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 1 | |
| 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 in a sparse setting | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00105884 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 067G | E01020863 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 065B | E01020863 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Barnard Castle & Upper Teesdale | E02007022 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Upper Teesdale | E02004346 | 
| Travel to work area | Durham and Bishop Auckland | E30000203 | 
| Average property price in Darlington | £167,728 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.7% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Townend, Bowes | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2014 | £145,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2002 | £80,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | May 1997 | £16,000 |