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DH2 3TL

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 3TH 91 m
DH2 3TJ 105 m
DH2 3TS 109 m
DH2 3TX 132 m
DH2 3JR 170 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH2 3TL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 3
Latitude
54.843322
Longitude
-1.593343
British National Grid easting
426,214
British National Grid northing
549,909

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
E04010708
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104534
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 013D · E01020603
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 013 · E02004294

Postcode source versions

Explore DH2

Property

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56 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Denwick Close, Chester Le Street, DH2 3TL 10 October 2024 £440,000
15, Denwick Close, Chester Le Street, DH2 3TL 28 July 2023 £295,000
16, Denwick Close, Chester Le Street, DH2 3TL 25 November 2022 £520,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
21
Secondary
2

  1. Hermitage Academy

    Academy converter

    867 m

  2. Newker Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km

  3. Bullion Lane Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,034
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 426
  • Criminal damage and arson 170
  • Anti social behaviour 156
  • Other theft 61
  • Public order 52

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
116

62 female, 54 male

Postcode households
45
Residents per household
2.6
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 1.3% 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

7

within 5 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    977 m

  • MIDDLE CHARE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83028

    1.9 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83637

    1.9 km

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    2.2 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    3.3 km

  • PELTON & FELLROSE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83033

    3.4 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    3.5 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

  • Warkworth Drive Bottom

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Warkworth Drive

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Warkworth Drive Bottom

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Warkworth Drive

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Thropton Close

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 013D, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,350 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
6 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 £430,000 from 5 recorded sales in DH2 3TL. 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 2 secondary schools. Hermitage Academy is the nearest published school at 867 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,034 published events cover 12 months, averaging 86.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 426 events.

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