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DH2 3LD

Sacriston & Witton Gilbert · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chester Le Street
Ward
Sacriston & Witton Gilbert
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH2 3LE 72 m
DH2 3UZ 93 m
DH2 3LF 110 m
DH2 3LB 116 m
DH2 3LQ 184 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH2 3LD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 3
Latitude
54.825585
Longitude
-1.591311
British National Grid easting
426,356
British National Grid northing
547,936

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Sacriston & Witton Gilbert · E05016190
Parish or community
E04010654
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104551
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 019B · E01020607
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 019 · E02004296

Postcode source versions

Explore DH2

Property

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35 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Sundial House, Plawsworth, Chester Le Street, DH2 3LD 27 June 2025 £795,000
Orchard House, Plawsworth, Chester Le Street, DH2 3LD 20 October 2023 £750,000
2, Twinn Cottages, Plawsworth, Chester Le Street, DH2 3LD 10 November 2022 £139,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
18
Secondary
4

  1. Nettlesworth Primary School

    Community school

    647 m

  2. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Sacriston

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

  3. Sacriston Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
249
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 91
  • Anti social behaviour 53
  • Public order 25
  • Criminal damage and arson 20
  • Other theft 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
46

23 female, 23 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
2.4
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 0.5% 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+
95.2%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
95.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
95.2%
Gigabit-capable
95.2%
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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    2.5 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    2.9 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    3.3 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    3.4 km

  • MIDDLE CHARE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83028

    3.5 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83637

    3.8 km

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Red Lion

    BCT · Plawsworth

    0.1 miles

  • Red Lion

    BCT · Plawsworth

    0.1 miles

  • Bank

    BCT · Nettlesworth

    0.2 miles

  • Bank

    BCT · Nettlesworth

    0.2 miles

  • Club

    BCT · Nettlesworth

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 019B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,898 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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
1
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 £625,000 from 4 recorded sales in DH2 3LD. 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 18 primary and 4 secondary schools. Nettlesworth Primary School is the nearest published school at 647 m.

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

Recorded crime

249 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 91 events.

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