| Postcode | DL4 1AF | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Shildon | 
| Nearest station | Shildon (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Main Street (W) 
Hippodrome (S) 
Hippodrome (N) 
Primary School (N) 
St Johns Church (N) 
St Johns Church (S) 
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 1 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 54.632597 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.651399 | |
| Easting | 422601 | |
| Northing | 526441 | |
| Grid reference | NZ226264 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 587051 6054743 | |
| what3words | hill.rail.coats | |
| FixPhrase | crumpled lyricism silver unsorted | |
| Plus code | 9C6WJ8MX+2C | |
| Altitude | 141 metres (463 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:16 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:26 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 27.4 KMs (17 miles) | 
| Parish | Shildon | E04010691 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Shildon & Dene Valley | E05016193 | 
| 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 1980 | 
|---|---|
| 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: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | Shildon | E63007370 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00105760 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8C2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 059D | E01020839 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 059D | E01020839 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Shildon | E02004340 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Shildon | E02004340 | 
| Travel to work area | Durham and Bishop Auckland | E30000203 | 
| Average property price in Darlington | £170,987 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 4.9% |