DH8 postcode district

Postcodes and sectors

1,332 of the district's 1,753 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 54.85689, -1.85014, which locates the district, not a building.

Companies registered in DH8

Companies House lists 1,775 companies with a registered office in DH8; 157 of them at addresses 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 DH8

• North East
• County Durham
• Consett
• Leadgate
• Northumberland
• Ebchester
• Castleside
• Medomsley
• Edmundbyers
• Blanchland
• Medomsley Edge
• Iveston
• The Dene
• Rowley
• Whittonstall
• East Law
• Townfield
• Broom Hill
• Newlands
• Muggleswick
• Knitsley
• Carterway Heads
• Ruffside
• Hunstanworth

Roads filed under DH8

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.

• Abbotts Way
• Agar Close
• Aintree Drive
• Albert Road
• Alder Grove
• Alexandra Street
• Allensford Bank
• Allison Gardens
• Allison Street
• Alnwick Mews
• Alston Road
• Alston Terrace
• Ambleside Mews
• Angelica Close
• Annaside Mews
• Ann Street
• Anvil Court
• Arkless Grove
• Ascot Road
• Ashby Crescent
• Ashby Lane
• Ashdale Road
• Ashfield
• Ash Grove
• Ash Street
• Askrigg Close
• Avondale Road
• Aynsley Mews
• Aynsley Terrace
• Back East Parade
• Back Lane
• Back Palmerston Street
• Backstone Burn
• Backstone Road
• Bainbridge Close
• Baker Street
• Bale Hill
• Balfour Street
• Balmoral Grove
• Barley Mill Crescent
• Barley Mill Road
• Barnsley Way
• Barr Hills
• Barr House Avenue
• Bath Lane
• Beaconsfield Street
• Beaumont Way
• Beechdale Road
• Beeches Lane
• Beech Road
• Belle View Drive
• Belle Vue Gardens
• Bells Wood Court
• Benfield Close
• Benfieldside Road
• Berry Edge Road
• Berry Edge View
• Bertha Street
• Bessemer Court
• Bessemer Street

Check an address in DH8

Check an address in DH8

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

curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=DH8" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"

Common questions about DH8

What does a DH8 postcode tell you?

That the address lies in the DH8 district of the DH (Durham) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Consett. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 1,332 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 DH8

• NE176.6 km
• DH99.0 km
• NE399.3 km
• NE4310.7 km
• NE4211.7 km
• NE4412.6 km
• NE1613.0 km
• NE4013.1 km
• NE4113.4 km
• NE2113.9 km
• DH714.0 km
• DH216.0 km
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