The DH postcode area, also known as the Durham postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of eight postcode districts in north-east England, which are subdivisions of five post towns. These districts cover northern County Durham (including Durham,

Chester-le-Street Chester-le-Street (), also known as Chester, is a market town and civil parish in County Durham, England, around north of Durham and also close to Sunderland and Newcastle upon Tyne. It is located on the River Wear, which runs out to sea at ...

Consett Consett is a town in County Durham, England, about south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It had a population of 27,394 in 2001 and an estimate of 25,812 in 2019. History Consett sits high on the edge of the Pennines. Its' name originates in th ...

and Stanley) and south-west

Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear () is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newcast ...

(including Houghton-le-Spring), plus a very small part of

Northumberland Northumberland () is a ceremonial counties of England, county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Ab ...

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The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: , - ! DH1 , DURHAM , Durham , County Durham , - ! DH2 , CHESTER LE STREET ,

Chester-Le-Street Chester-le-Street (), also known as Chester, is a market town and civil parish in County Durham, England, around north of Durham and also close to Sunderland and Newcastle upon Tyne. It is located on the River Wear, which runs out to sea at ...

(west of

East Coast Main Line The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between London and Edinburgh via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle. The line is a key transport artery on the eastern side of Great Britain runni ...

), 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 Great Lumley is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated south east of Chester-le-Street, near Lumley Castle. It has a population of 3,843, reducing to 3,684 at the 2011 census. The Lumley family, East and West Halls The village of G ...

, Birtley (east of East Coast Main Line) , County Durham, Gateshead , - ! DH4 , HOUGHTON LE SPRING , Houghton-le-Spring (West of A690), Penshaw, Shiney Row , County Durham,

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...

, - ! DH5 , HOUGHTON LE SPRING , Houghton-le-Spring (East of A690), Hetton-le-Hole , Sunderland , - !DH6 , DURHAM ,

South Hetton South Hetton is a former mining village in the County Durham district of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated to the east of Durham and to the south of Sunderland as the crow flies. It had a population of 2,618 acco ...

, Haswell,

Shotton Colliery Shotton Colliery is a village in County Durham, England, situated north west of Peterlee. The two villages in the parish of Shotton are Old Shotton, a small village southeast of the main village, now merged into the town of Peterlee. History O ...

, Ludworth, Shadforth, Sherburn, Littletown, Kelloe, Coxhoe , Bowburn, Cassop, Pittington, Thornley, Wheatly Hill , County Durham , - ! DH7 , DURHAM , Brandon, Lanchester, Esh Winning, Burnhope, Langley Park, Sacriston,

Ushaw Moor Ushaw Moor is an old pit village in County Durham, in England, on the north side of the River Deerness. It is situated to the west of Durham, a short distance to the south of Bearpark. Ushaw Moor falls within the Deerness electoral ward in ...

, Brancepeth , County Durham , - !rowspan=3, DH8 , CONSETT ,

, Blackhill, Bridgehill, Shotley Bridge, Leadgate, Delves Lane , rowspan=3, County Durham,

, - , DURHAM , , - , STANLEY , , - ! DH9 , STANLEY , Dipton, Stanley,

Annfield Plain Annfield Plain is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on a plateau between the towns of Stanley, to the north-east, and Consett, to the west. According to the 2001 census, Annfield Plain has a population of 3,569. By the ti ...

, County Durham , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", DH97 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", DURHAM , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''

HM Passport Office His Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) is an agency of the Home Office in the United Kingdom. It provides passports for British nationals worldwide and was formed on 1 April 2006 as the Identity and Passport Service before being renamed HM Passp ...

'' , ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", DH98 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", DURHAM , style="background:#FFFFFF;", '' BT'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", DH99 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", DURHAM , style="background:#FFFFFF;", '' National Savings and Investments'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic''

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Royal Mail's Postcode Address FileA quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)
{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom Durham, England Postcode areas covering North East England

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