DL12 8WZ

Lower Teesdale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL12 2BZ 1 m
DL12 8AX 1 m
DL12 8XT 88 m
DL12 8XW 108 m
DL12 8EH 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL12 8WZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 2003
Terminated
1 May 2015
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 8
Latitude
54.554294
Longitude
-1.922067
British National Grid easting
405,139
British National Grid northing
517,674

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010662
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105838
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 067D · E01020853
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. Montalbo Nursery & Primary School

    Community school

    645 m
  2. Teesdale School and Sixth Form

    Academy sponsor led

    736 m
  3. Green Lane Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
591
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 236
  • Other crime 76
  • Anti social behaviour 56
  • Shoplifting 53
  • Criminal damage and arson 52

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • BARNARD CASTLE SURGERY

    VICTORIA ROAD, BARNARD CASTLE, DL12 8HT

    ODS code A83046

    1.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Golf Course

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.1 miles
  • Golf Course

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.1 miles
  • Glaxo - for Sports Centre

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.2 miles
  • Glaxo - for Sports Centre

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.2 miles
  • Woodside

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 067D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,650 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Montalbo Nursery & Primary School is the nearest published school at 645 m.

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

Recorded crime

591 published events cover 12 months, averaging 49.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 236 events.

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