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DL12 8QP

Upper Teesdale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Upper Teesdale
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL12 9QR 702 m
DL12 9BW 1.1 km
DL12 9DF 1.2 km
DL12 9DS 1.3 km
DL12 9BP 1.5 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL12 8QP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 8
Latitude
54.564718
Longitude
-1.956008
British National Grid easting
402,943
British National Grid northing
518,832

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
E04010662
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105860
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 067B · E01020857
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 067 · E02007022

Postcode source versions

Explore DL12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. Cotherstone Primary School

    Community school

    1.8 km

  2. Montalbo Nursery & Primary School

    Community school

    2.9 km

  3. Teesdale School and Sixth Form

    Academy sponsor led

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Public order 2
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.0
DL12 8 residents
6,785

Age bands in DL12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.4%

914 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

671 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

1,261 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,979 residents

Age 65 and over
29.1%

1,985 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL12 8 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • BARNARD CASTLE SURGERY

    VICTORIA ROAD, BARNARD CASTLE, DL12 8HT

    ODS code A83046

    3.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Old School House

    BCT · Lartington

    0.9 miles

  • Old School House

    BCT · Lartington

    0.9 miles

  • Farm

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    1.0 miles

  • Farm

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    1.0 miles

  • Gate

    BCT · Lartington

    1.0 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

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Cotherstone Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 4 events.

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