Postcodes in County Durham District

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Browse Information On County Durham Postcodes

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• County Durham Census And Postcode Overview.
• View County Durham Postcodes
• Postcodes in Map
• Wards in County Durham

County Durham Postcode and Census - Statistical Overview

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Population	513265
Addresses / Property Count	223809
Active Postcodes	16224
County	County Durham
No Of Wards in County Durham	63

What is a District

The United Kingdom is primarily divided into large area blocks called Counties. A district is an administrative block in the UK and part of a County council area. The district is also the second-largest administrative block in the UK after counties. These are also known as local authority districts and are different from city districts. County Durham is a local authority district in County Durham county. Districts are majorly categorized into 4 types namely:

• Non-Metropolitan districts
• Unitary authority areas
• Metropolitan boroughs
• London boroughs

Sub Divisions Of a district

Districts are subdivided into different local administrative blocks. Other categories of local administrative blocks that comes under district authority are as follows:

• Parish
• Wards
• Cities

Wards in County Durham

There are 63 wards in the district. Below is a list of the wards. You can click on any ward link to view the postcodes of that ward.

Annfield Plain Aycliffe East Aycliffe North and Middridge Aycliffe West Barnard Castle East Barnard Castle West Belmont Benfieldside Bishop Auckland Town Bishop Middleham and Cornforth Blackhalls Brandon Burnopfield and Dipton Chester-le-Street East Chester-le-Street North Chester-le-Street South Chester-le-Street West Central Chilton Consett North Consett South Coundon Coxhoe Craghead and South Moor Crook Dawdon Deerness Delves Lane Deneside Durham South Easington Elvet and Gilesgate Esh and Witton Gilbert Evenwood Ferryhill Framwellgate and Newton Hall Horden Lanchester Leadgate and Medomsley Lumley Murton Neville's Cross North Lodge Passfield Pelton Peterlee East Peterlee West Sacriston Seaham Sedgefield Sherburn Shildon and Dene Valley Shotton and South Hetton Spennymoor Stanley Tanfield Tow Law Trimdon and Thornley Tudhoe Weardale West Auckland Willington and Hunwick Wingate Woodhouse Close