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DL2 3AL

Lower Teesdale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Lower Teesdale
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL2
Postcode sector
DL2 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL2 3AN 615 m
DL2 3AW 731 m
DL2 3AG 902 m
DL2 3AQ 910 m
DL13 5RB 930 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL2 3AL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL2
Postcode sector
DL2 3
Latitude
54.598769
Longitude
-1.787074
British National Grid easting
413,855
British National Grid northing
522,641

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Lower Teesdale · E05016182
Parish or community
E04010679
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105907
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 064H · E01020867
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 064 · E02004345

Postcode source versions

Explore DL2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1

  1. Highcroft School

    Other independent special school

    2.0 km

  2. Staindrop CofE (Controlled) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.2 km

  3. Cockfield Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Shoplifting 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

2 female, 4 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.0
DL2 3 residents
4,206

Age bands in DL2 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.3%

545 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

360 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.3%

669 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.2%

1,325 residents

Age 65 and over
29.5%

1,211 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL2 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
100%

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

3

within 5 km

  • WOODVIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, COCKFIELD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL13 5AF

    ODS code A83032

    1.9 km

  • EVENWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    EVENWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE, COPELAND LANE, EVENWOOD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 9SU

    ODS code A83626

    3.0 km

  • PINFOLD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PINFOLD LANE, BUTTERKNOWLE, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL13 5NX

    ODS code A83060

    4.4 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

  • Burnthouses Lane

    BCT · Keverstone Grange

    0.0 miles

  • Burnthouses Lane

    BCT · Keverstone Grange

    0.0 miles

  • North Lodge

    BCT · Raby Castle

    0.5 miles

  • North Lodge

    BCT · Raby Castle

    0.5 miles

  • Burton House Lane End

    BCT · Staindrop

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 064H, 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

16,829 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Highcroft School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 3 events.

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