| Postcode | DL4 1EJ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Shildon | 
| Nearest station | Shildon (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Main Street (W) 
Primary School (N) 
Hippodrome (S) 
Hippodrome (N) 
St Johns Church (N) 
St Johns Church (S) 
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| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 54.633136 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.651425 | |
| Easting | 422599 | |
| Northing | 526501 | |
| Grid reference | NZ225265 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 587049 6054803 | |
| what3words | cakes.haven.exchanges | |
| FixPhrase | crumpled lyricism singing tinwork | |
| Plus code | 9C6WJ8MX+7C | |
| Altitude | 143 metres (468 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 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1981 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less 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 
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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 | 
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| Annual change | 4.9% |