DL2 3PX

Lower Teesdale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Darlington
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL2
Postcode sector
DL2 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL2 3PU 1.1 km
DL12 8UT 1.3 km
DL12 8UX 1.4 km
DL12 8UU 1.5 km
DL2 3PZ 1.6 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL2 3PX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL2
Postcode sector
DL2 3
Latitude
54.544091
Longitude
-1.858247
British National Grid easting
409,269
British National Grid northing
516,545

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010713
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105918
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 064H · E01020867
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 064 · E02004345

Postcode source versions

Explore DL2

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Hill House Farm, Winston, Darlington, DL2 3PX 22 March 2024 £800,000
Hill House Farm, Winston, Darlington, DL2 3PX 24 May 2017 £550,000
Vigne Cottage, Winston, Darlington, DL2 3PX 4 February 2015 £124,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
3
Secondary
2
  1. Green Lane Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.4 km
  2. Barnard Castle School

    Other independent school

    3.5 km
  3. Teesdale School and Sixth Form

    Academy sponsor led

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

6 female, 7 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.9
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 0.3% 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
57.1%

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

  • BARNARD CASTLE SURGERY

    VICTORIA ROAD, BARNARD CASTLE, DL12 8HT

    ODS code A83046

    3.8 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

  • Farm

    BCT · Westwick

    0.8 miles
  • Farm

    BCT · Westwick

    0.8 miles
  • Cottages

    BCT · Westwick

    0.9 miles
  • Cottages

    BCT · Westwick

    0.9 miles
  • Crossroads

    BCT · Whorlton

    0.9 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

Property market

The five-year median is £800,000 from 1 recorded sale in DL2 3PX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 2 secondary schools. Green Lane Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 1 events.

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