DH2 2FS

Chester-le-Street North · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH2 2DW 34 m
DH2 2HZ 48 m
DH2 2AN 69 m
DH2 2ES 77 m
DH2 2AL 87 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH2 2FS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 2
Latitude
54.853632
Longitude
-1.580888
British National Grid easting
427,007
British National Grid northing
551,061

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104521
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 011E · E01020602
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 011 · E02004293

Postcode source versions

Explore DH2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
24
Secondary
3
  1. Bullion Lane Primary School

    Community school

    208 m
  2. Newker Primary School

    Community school

    247 m
  3. Cestria Primary School

    Community school

    585 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,488
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 843
  • Shoplifting 379
  • Criminal damage and arson 333
  • Anti social behaviour 331
  • Public order 159

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH2 2 residents
11,333

Age bands in DH2 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,960 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

1,124 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.3%

2,779 residents

Age 45 to 64
27%

2,974 residents

Age 65 and over
19.7%

2,167 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

10

within 5 km

  • MIDDLE CHARE MEDICAL GROUP

    MIDDLE CHARE SURGERY, MIDDLE CHARE, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3QD

    ODS code A83028

    547 m

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    791 m

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    1.1 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

    21 GARDINER CRESCENT, PELTON FELL, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 2NJ

    ODS code A83637

    1.9 km

  • PELTON & FELLROSE MEDICAL GROUP

    UNIT 1, THE LAVENDER CENTRE, PELTON LANE, PELTON, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 1HS

    ODS code A83033

    2.6 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, FRONT STREET, GREAT LUMLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 4LE

    ODS code A83029

    3.0 km

  • RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH

    ODS code A89616

    3.7 km

  • BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP

    DURHAM ROAD, BIRTLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2QT

    ODS code A85008

    4.3 km

  • I J HEALTHCARE

    3 SWISS COTTAGES, VIGO LANE, WASHINGTON, NE38 9AB

    ODS code A89617

    4.4 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bullion Hall

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.0 miles
  • Bullion Hall

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.0 miles
  • The Avenue - Sainsburys

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles
  • The Avenue - Sainsburys

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles
  • Bullion Lane

    RSE · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 011E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,064 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

27 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 3 secondary schools. Bullion Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 208 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,488 published events cover 12 months, averaging 207.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 843 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.