| Postcode | DL12 9TB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Barnard Castle | 
| Nearest station | Bishop Auckland (21 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Deepdale Gardens (SE) 
Royal Star (NE) 
Royal Star (SW) 
Boldron Lane Hail and Ride (NE) 
Boldron Lane Hail and Ride (SW) 
Gill Lane Hail and Ride (E) 
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| Number of UPRNs | 1 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 54.544927 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.932487 | |
| Easting | 404465 | |
| Northing | 516632 | |
| Grid reference | NZ044166 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 569056 6044677 | |
| what3words | adopters.sues.arranges | |
| FixPhrase | crumpet luxury sloppy waltz | |
| Plus code | 9C6WG3V9+X2 | |
| Altitude | 146 metres (479 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:17 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:27 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 47.8 KMs (29.7 miles) | 
| Parish | Startforth | E04010700 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Lower Teesdale | E05016182 | 
| 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 | December 2000 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more 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) | Larger rural Further from a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Built up area (2024) | Startforth | E63007427 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00183312 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 067F | E01020854 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 066C | E01020854 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Barnard Castle & Upper Teesdale | E02007022 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Barnard Castle | E02004347 | 
| Travel to work area | Durham and Bishop Auckland | E30000203 |