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DL2 3HD

Lower Teesdale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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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 3NT 779 m
DL2 3HX 852 m
DL2 3HE 1.2 km
DL2 3HF 1.3 km
DL2 3HG 1.5 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL2 3HD
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1998
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL2
Postcode sector
DL2 3
Latitude
54.571394
Longitude
-1.761773
British National Grid easting
415,500
British National Grid northing
519,600

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
E04010657
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105890
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 064F · E01020862
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 064 · E02004345

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
1

  1. Ingleton CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

  2. Staindrop CofE (Controlled) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.5 km

  3. Gainford Church of England Primary School and Preschool

    Academy converter

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Burglary 1
  • Possession of weapons 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

  • GAINFORD SURGERY

    MAIN ROAD, GAINFORD, DARLINGTON, DL2 3BE

    ODS code A83061

    3.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Lane End

    BCT · Ingleton

    0.9 miles

  • Lane End

    BCT · Ingleton

    0.9 miles

  • Alwent Hall

    BCT · Cleatlam

    1.1 miles

  • Alwent Hall

    BCT · Cleatlam

    1.1 miles

  • Hilton Road End

    BCT · Ingleton

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 064F, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,531 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ingleton CofE 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

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 5 events.

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