DL12 8AY

a postcode in Barnard Castle, County Durham

Introduced in August 1993

DL12 8AY	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 DL12 8AY

Hawthorn Drive - 35 properties, USRN 39713042

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 54.5496 / 54°32'58"N

Longitude: -1.922 / 1°55'19"W

UTM Reference: 30U 569729 6045206

OS Easting: 405145

OS Northing: 517151

OS Grid: NZ051171

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR HH0T.PW

Mapcode Global: WHB4D.GX03

Open Location Code: 9C6WG3XH+R6

Maidenhead Locator System: IO94an91

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: D1

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

ONS Population Classification: 1b3

Rural Residents
Rural Tenants
Ageing Rural Flat Tenants

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 26225 / 32844

8th decile
less deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for DL12 8AY on Thursday 23 January 2025

Astromomical twilight begins (full darkness ends)	06:02
Nautical twilight begins (First light)	06:45
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	07:29
Sunrise	08:10
Transit (sun is at its highest)	12:19
Sunset	16:28
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	17:09
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	17:53
Astromomical twilight ends (full darkness starts)	18:36

Hours of daylight today	07:40 to 16:58
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	16:58 to 07:38
Moon Phase	Waning Crescent
Moon Rises	03:03
Moon sets	10:47

For a full sun and moon calendar for DL12 8AY, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in DL12 8AY

Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
30 May 2024	27 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£450,000
29 February 2024	35 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£300,000
9 August 2023	6 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£365,000
29 April 2022	11 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£380,000
26 November 2021	2 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£340,000
20 November 2020	3 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£233,000
12 September 2019	23 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£295,000
29 May 2019	16 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£240,000
29 March 2019	16 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£250,000
14 September 2018	25 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£229,000
21 November 2017	22 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£255,000
7 July 2017	27 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£305,000
25 November 2016	14 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£205,000
23 June 2016	3 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£200,000
29 January 2016	10 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£230,000
4 December 2015	9 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£255,000
30 October 2015	2 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£250,000
4 March 2011	33 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£225,000
16 July 2010	16 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£230,000
21 May 2010	6 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£248,000
12 August 2009	10 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£250,000
10 October 2008	30 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£260,000
11 July 2008	20 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£277,450
15 October 2007	31 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£269,000
5 October 2007	3 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£223,000
9 January 2007	1 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£282,000
12 October 2006	6 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£246,000
31 August 2006	4 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£212,000
30 January 2006	27 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£285,000
7 December 2004	18 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£259,950
9 May 2003	9 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£190,000
9 April 2003	31 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£181,000
1 November 2002	20 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£154,000
6 September 2002	6 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£370,000
30 August 2002	11 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£149,950
16 August 2002	30 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£138,500
6 June 2002	7 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£126,000
15 February 2002	32 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£135,000
21 November 2001	17 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£128,000
28 September 2001	19 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£127,000
25 October 2000	6 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£120,000
31 August 2000	3 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£110,000
12 March 1999	17 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£104,750
30 October 1998	11 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£105,000
29 May 1998	32 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£117,000
14 October 1997	25 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£93,500
30 September 1997	3 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£79,000
18 July 1997	29 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£76,000
29 March 1996	20 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£87,500
15 March 1996	3 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£84,000
8 December 1995	27 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£111,000
9 August 1995	14 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£82,000
30 June 1995	1 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£115,000
31 March 1995	32 Hawthorn Drive, Barnard Castle DL12 8AY	Detached	Freehold	£94,500

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 DL12 8AY

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

Bishop Auckland

MP

Sam Rushworth Labour

Durham County Council

Unitary Authority electoral division (UTE)

Barnard Castle West

Councillors

Richard Bell Conservative

Ted Henderson Conservative

DL12 8AY also falls within the Civil Parish of Barnard Castle, 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 DL12 8AY

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00105845		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E01020855	County Durham 066D	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E02004347	County Durham 066	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 August 2004	ONS
E02007022	County Durham 067	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	21 March 2021	ONS
E04010591	Barnard Castle	Civil Parishes	Administrative	1 April 2009	DLUHC
E05009035	Barnard Castle West	Electoral Wards/Divisions	Administrative/Electoral	2 May 2013	DLUHC
E06000047	County Durham	Unitary Authorities	Administrative	1 April 2009	DLUHC
E12000001	North East	Regions	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E14001101	Bishop Auckland	Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies	Electoral	4 July 2024	LGBC
E23000008	Durham	Police Force Areas	Other	1 January 2009	Home Office
E30000203	Durham and Bishop Auckland	Travel to Work Areas	Other	31 July 2015	ONS
E33001981		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	NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board	Integrated Care Boards	Health	1 July 2022	ODS
E56000029	Northern	Cancer Alliances	Health	1 April 2020	NHS England
E63000329	Barnard Castle	Built Up Areas	Census	1 December 2022	OS
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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