DH2 postcode district

Postcodes and sectors

712 of the district's 873 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 54.85978, -1.59981, which locates the district, not a building.

Companies registered in DH2

Companies House lists 793 companies with a registered office in DH2; none of them at an address shared by 25 or more companies (1 October 2026 snapshot). 25 is the count at which the address lookup reports a company cluster.

Places OS Open Names lists for DH2

• North East
• County Durham
• Chester-le-Street
• Pelton
• Ouston
• Whitehill
• Newfield
• Urpeth
• Pelton Fell
• High Handenhold
• Grange Villa
• Nettlesworth
• Kimblesworth
• Chester Moor
• Waldridge
• Plawsworth
• Birtley
• Tan Hills
• Gateshead
• Plawsworth Gate

Roads filed under DH2

Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.

• Abbotside Close
• Aberdeen
• Aberfoyle
• Abernethy
• Aberwick Drive
• Abington
• Acorn Street
• Albert Street
• Alder Close
• Alexandra Street
• Alford
• Alnwick Close
• Alpine Court
• Alwinton Drive
• Angus
• Ardrossan
• Arisaig
• Arthur Street
• Arundel Walk
• Ascot Place
• Ashgrove
• Ashkirk Close
• Ashton Downe
• Ashton Rise
• Askrigg Close
• Aspen Drive
• Atholl
• Auckland
• Banks Holt
• Barbary Close
• Barford Drive
• Bassenthwaite Avenue
• Baytree Terrace
• Beadnell Close
• Beamish Court
• Beaney Lane
• Bede Terrace
• Beechwoods
• Bellerby Drive
• Belsay Close
• Bewick Close
• Birch View
• Blencathra Way
• Blindy Burn Court
• Bluehouse Bank
• Boulmer Court
• Bowmont Walk
• Brackenbeds Close
• Brackenbeds Lane
• Bradley Close
• Brandon Close
• Brantwood
• Brecon Place
• Briar Close
• Briarhill
• Briarwood Avenue
• Brinkburn
• Brompton Close
• Buckingham Walk
• Bullion Lane

Check an address in DH2

Check an address in DH2

The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:

curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=DH2" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"

Common questions about DH2

What does a DH2 postcode tell you?

That the address lies in the DH2 district of the DH (Durham) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Chester-le-Street. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 712 live postcodes.

Where the counts come from

• ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
• os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
• uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0

What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.

Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.

Districts nearest DH2

• DH32.5 km
• NE386.1 km
• DH46.9 km
• DH97.2 km
• NE377.5 km
• NE98.0 km
• DH998.6 km
• DH78.8 km
• DH18.9 km
• NE119.2 km
• NE169.9 km
• DH510.1 km
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distance between the districts' centroids