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DL12 0AX

Upper Teesdale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Barnard Castle
Ward
Upper Teesdale
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL12 0AZ 361 m
DL12 0AU 402 m
DL12 0AR 497 m
DL12 0AW 524 m
DL12 0AP 570 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL12 0AX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 0
Latitude
54.615607
Longitude
-2.014531
British National Grid easting
399,160
British National Grid northing
524,494

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Upper Teesdale · E05016199
Parish or community
E04010622
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105859
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 067B · E01020857
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 067 · E02007022

Postcode source versions

Explore DL12

Property

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14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lonnin Foot, Newtown, Eggleston, Barnard Castle, DL12 0AX 10 December 2024 £190,000
Woodend, Newtown, Eggleston, Barnard Castle, DL12 0AX 15 December 2023 £500,000
August Cottage, Newtown, Eggleston, Barnard Castle, DL12 0AX 18 October 2019 £365,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0

  1. Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 8
  • Burglary 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Public order 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

5 female, 11 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.7
DL12 0 residents
2,373

Age bands in DL12 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

324 residents

Age 15 to 24
7%

163 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.3%

358 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.7%

766 residents

Age 65 and over
31.2%

730 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL12 0 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • OLD FORGE SURGERY

    HILL TERRACE, MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE, FOREST IN TEESDALE, BARNARD CASTLE, DL12 0QE

    ODS code A83043

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Blackton Cottage

    BCT · Eggleston

    0.3 miles

  • Blackton Cottage

    BCT · Eggleston

    0.3 miles

  • Toby Hill LE

    BCT · Egglesburn

    0.5 miles

  • Toby Hill LE

    BCT · Egglesburn

    0.6 miles

  • Three Tuns

    BCT · Eggleston

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 067B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,657 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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 £345,000 from 2 recorded sales in DL12 0AX. 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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy is the nearest published school at 2.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

15 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

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