DL12 0LH

Upper Teesdale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL12 0LQ 38 m
DL12 0LB 44 m
DL12 0LJ 47 m
DL12 0LA 51 m
DL12 0JD 84 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL12 0LH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 0
Latitude
54.608956
Longitude
-2.052862
British National Grid easting
396,684
British National Grid northing
523,755

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010663
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105905
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 067A · E01034511
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 067 · E02007022

Postcode source versions

Explore DL12

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Syke Cottages, Mickleton, Barnard Castle, DL12 0LH 18 May 2001 £57,500

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

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

  • OLD FORGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83043

    2.3 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Crown

    BCT · Mickleton

    0.0 miles
  • The Crown

    BCT · Mickleton

    0.0 miles
  • West End

    BCT · Mickleton

    0.1 miles
  • Blacksmiths Arms

    BCT · Mickleton

    0.1 miles
  • West End

    BCT · Mickleton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 067A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,034 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 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

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 2 events.

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