DH7 6TS

a postcode in County Durham

Introduced in January 1980

DH7 6TS	Normal (geographic) postcodes	Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Streets Associated with DH7 6TS

Lanchester Road - 5 properties, USRN 11725250

Unnamed road - 4 properties, USRN 11012747

Norburn Lane - 3 properties, USRN 11725028

Low Moor Road - 1 property, USRN 11004408

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8166 / 54°48'59"N

Longitude: -1.6589 / 1°39'32"W

UTM Reference: 30U 586177 6075202

OS Easting: 422019

OS Northing: 546907

OS Grid: NZ220469

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR JDVR.N6

Mapcode Global: WHC4H.H68D

Open Location Code: 9C6WR88R+JC

Maidenhead Locator System: IO94et05

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: D1

rural town
a small town or larger village, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2a2

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living
Settled Owner-Occupied Suburbs

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 9737 / 32844

3rd decile
more deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for DH7 6TS on Wednesday 8 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light)	02:02
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	03:46
Sunrise	04:40
Transit (sun is at its highest)	13:11
Sunset	21:43
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	22:37
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	00:21

Hours of daylight today	04:10 to 22:13
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	22:13 to 04:11
Moon Phase	Waning Crescent
Moon Sets	14:08
Moon Rises	23:17

For a full sun and moon calendar for DH7 6TS, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in DH7 6TS

	Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
	4 February 2021	Kaysburn Service Station, Witton Gilbert, Durham DH7 6TS	Other property type	Freehold	£795,000
	10 May 2019	West Hall, Witton Gilbert, Durham DH7 6TS	Detached	Freehold	£510,576

Key to property sale icons:

	First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
	Subsequent sale of existing property.
	Standard sale at market value to private individual.
	Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for DH7 6TS

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

North Durham

MP

Luke Akehurst Labour

DH7 6TS also falls within the Civil Parish of Burnhope, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for DH7 6TS

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00104684		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E01020633	County Durham 020A	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E02004306	County Durham 020	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 August 2004	ONS
E04010605	Burnhope	Civil Parishes	Administrative	1 April 2009	DLUHC
E05016180	Lanchester & Burnhope	Electoral Wards/Divisions	Administrative/Electoral	1 May 2025	DLUHC
E06000047	County Durham	Unitary Authorities	Administrative	1 April 2009	DLUHC
E12000001	North East	Regions	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E14001389	North Durham	Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies	Electoral	4 July 2024	LGBC
E23000008	Durham	Police Force Areas	Other	1 January 2009	Home Office
E30000245	Newcastle	Travel to Work Areas	Other	31 July 2015	ONS
E33001814		Workplace Zones	Census	31 December 2011	ONS
E37000025	North East	Local Enterprise Partnerships	Other	13 January 2011	BEIS
E38000234	NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB - 84H	Sub Integrated Care Board Locations	Health	1 July 2022	ODS
E40000012	North East and Yorkshire	NHS England Regions	Health	1 July 2022	ODS
E54000050	Cumbria and North East	Integrated Care Boards	Health	1 April 2020	NHS
E56000029	Northern	Cancer Alliances	Health	1 April 2020	NHS England
E65000001	England Non-National Park Area	England Non-National Park Area	Census	27 February 2023	ONS
E92000001	England	Country	Administrative	1 January 2009	ONS

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