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DH2 3BN

Chester-le-Street South · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chester Le Street
Ward
Chester-le-Street South
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH2 3BP 60 m
DH2 3AW 63 m
DH2 3BJ 74 m
DH2 3BQ 103 m
DH2 3BL 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH2 3BN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 3
Latitude
54.848397
Longitude
-1.587312
British National Grid easting
426,598
British National Grid northing
550,476

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Chester-le-Street South · E05016164
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104500
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 011C · E01020599
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 011 · E02004293

Postcode source versions

Explore DH2

Property

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22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
52, Lowther Avenue, Chester Le Street, DH2 3BN 10 March 2023 £120,000
53, Lowther Avenue, Chester Le Street, DH2 3BN 11 November 2021 £125,950
48, Lowther Avenue, Chester Le Street, DH2 3BN 28 February 2018 £111,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
22
Secondary
2

  1. Hermitage Academy

    Academy converter

    455 m

  2. Newker Primary School

    Community school

    484 m

  3. Bullion Lane Primary School

    Community school

    585 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,208
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 789
  • Anti social behaviour 314
  • Criminal damage and arson 306
  • Shoplifting 267
  • Public order 143

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
69

45 female, 24 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
2.3
DH2 3 residents
8,972

Age bands in DH2 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

1,313 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

927 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.8%

1,902 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.2%

2,849 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

2,137 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH2 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

9

within 5 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    763 m

  • MIDDLE CHARE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83028

    1.2 km

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    1.5 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83637

    1.8 km

  • PELTON & FELLROSE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83033

    3.0 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    3.1 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    4.2 km

  • RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH

    ODS code A89616

    4.4 km

  • BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A85008

    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

  • Derwentwater Avenue

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Derwentwater Avenue

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Waldridge Rd - Second Ave

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Waldridge Rd - Second Ave

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Second Ave - Yetholm Ave

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 011C, 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

4,614 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £122,975 from 2 recorded sales in DH2 3BN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 2 secondary schools. Hermitage Academy is the nearest published school at 455 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,208 published events cover 12 months, averaging 184 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 789 events.

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