DH postcode area
Postcode area within the United Kingdom
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::summary Postcode area within the United Kingdom ::
The DH postcode area, also known as the Durham postcode area, is a group of nine postcode districts in north-east England, within five post towns. These cover northern County Durham (including Durham, Chester-le-Street, Consett and Stanley), parts of southern Tyne and Wear (including Houghton-le-Spring) and a small part of southern Northumberland.
Mail for the DH postcode area is processed at Tyneside Mail Centre in Gateshead, along with mail for the DL, NE, SR and TS postcode areas.
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Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
|- ! DH1 | DURHAM | Durham
| County Durham |
|---|
| ! DH2 |
| CHESTER LE STREET |
| Chester-le-Street (west of East Coast Main Line), Ouston, Pelton, Birtley (west of East Coast Main Line) |
| County Durham, Gateshead |
| - |
| ! DH3 |
| CHESTER LE STREET |
| Chester-le-Street (east of East Coast Main Line), Great Lumley, Birtley (east of East Coast Main Line) |
| County Durham, Gateshead |
| - |
| ! DH4 |
| HOUGHTON LE SPRING |
| Houghton-le-Spring (west of A690), Penshaw, Shiney Row, West Rainton |
| Sunderland, County Durham |
| - |
| ! DH5 |
| HOUGHTON LE SPRING |
| Houghton-le-Spring (east of A690), Hetton-le-Hole, East Rainton |
| Sunderland, County Durham |
| - |
| ! DH6 |
| DURHAM |
| South Hetton, Haswell, Shotton Colliery, Ludworth, Shadforth, Sherburn, Littletown, Kelloe, Coxhoe, Bowburn, Cassop, Pittington, Thornley, Wheatley Hill |
| County Durham |
| - |
| ! DH7 |
| DURHAM |
| Brandon, Lanchester, Esh Winning, Burnhope, Langley Park, Sacriston, Ushaw Moor, Brancepeth |
| County Durham |
| - |
| ! DH8 |
| CONSETT |
| Consett, Blackhill, Bridgehill, Shotley Bridge, Leadgate, Delves Lane |
| County Durham, Northumberland |
| - |
| ! DH9 |
| STANLEY |
| Dipton, Stanley, Annfield Plain |
| County Durham |
| - |
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References
References
- Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)
- (July 2012). "Non Geographic Codes". Royal Mail Address Management Unit.
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