DL8 postcode district

Postcodes and sectors

1,169 of the district's 1,325 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 54.29262, -1.78287, which locates the district, not a building.

Companies registered in DL8

Companies House lists 1,019 companies with a registered office in DL8; 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 DL8

• North Yorkshire
• Yorkshire and the Humber
• Bedale
• Leyburn
• Aiskew
• Middleham
• Hawes
• Newton-le-Willows
• Bainbridge
• Redmire
• Little Crakehall
• Snape
• Askrigg
• Burneston
• Harmby
• Hunton
• Bellerby
• Carthorpe
• Hackforth
• West Witton
• Aysgarth
• Gayle
• West Burton
• Great Crakehall

Roads filed under DL8

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.

• Aconite Road
• Annas Garth
• Annas Garth Close
• Apedale Road
• Argill
• Arkengarthdale Way
• Ascough Wynd
• Ashbank Lane
• Ashdowne Close
• Ashdowne Court
• Ashfield Close
• Ash Tree Close
• Ash Tree Road
• Ash Tree Walk
• Aysgarth Croft
• Back Lane
• Back Nook
• Back Street
• Back Syke
• Badger Court
• Badger Hill Drive
• Bands Lane
• Barden Lane
• Barf Bank
• Bay Bolton Avenue
• Beckclose Lane
• Beckside
• Beckstones
• Beckwood
• Bedale Road
• Beech Close
• Beechwood Close
• Beechwood Court
• Beggarmans Road
• Bellerby Road
• Bence
• Benkhill Drive
• Beresford Close
• Bielby Close
• Bird Ridding Lane
• Bishopdale Close
• Bishopdale Lane
• Black Bull Yard
• Blacksmith Bank
• Blean Lane
• Blewhouse Lane
• Blind Lane
• Bluebell Way
• Bob Lane
• Bolton Court
• Bolton Way
• Bowe Crescent
• Braithwaite Lane
• Brentwood
• Briar Close
• Bridge Close
• Bridge Street
• Broad Close
• Brompton Road
• Brookside

Check an address in DL8

Check an address in DL8

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

curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=DL8" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"

Common questions about DL8

What does a DL8 postcode tell you?

That the address lies in the DL8 district of the DL (Darlington) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is North Yorkshire. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 1,169 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 DL8

• DL910.5 km
• DL1014.8 km
• DL1117.4 km
• DL719.8 km
• HG420.6 km
• DL626.7 km
• DL228.9 km
• YO729.0 km
• DL330.0 km
• DL130.8 km
• HG331.2 km
• DL1233.7 km
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