| Postcode | SR8 2YU | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Peterlee | 
| Nearest station | Horden (4 km) | 
| Bus stops | Optilon - Cook Way (SE) Whitehouse Crescent (E) Whitehouse Crescent (W) Birchwood Drive (N) Optilon - Cook Way (NW) Birchwood Drive (S) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 54.761396 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.367494 | |
| Easting | 440799 | |
| Northing | 540901 | |
| Grid reference | NZ407409 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 605043 6069462 | |
| what3words | arrive.solved.knee | |
| FixPhrase | cruncher macarena spousal uncured | |
| Plus code | 9C6WQJ6M+H2 | |
| Altitude | 125 metres (408 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:07 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 4.3 KMs (2.7 miles) | 
| Parish | Shotton | E04010693 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Easington & Shotton | E05016174 | 
| Unitary Authority | County Durham | E06000047 | 
| County | County Durham | E11000007 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Easington | E14001211 | 
| MP | Grahame Morris | 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 | July 1995 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | June 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) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Peterlee | E63007291 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00105350 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 034B | E01020761 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 034B | E01020761 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Shotton & Haswell | E02004326 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Shotton & Haswell | E02004326 | 
| Travel to work area | Sunderland | E30000275 | 
| Average property price in Sunderland | £137,600 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 1.1% |