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Coordinates: 54°31′41″N 1°33′11″W / 54.528°N 1.553°W / 54.528; -1.553

Darlington postcode area
DL is located in the United Kingdom
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Postcode area DL
Postcode area name Darlington
Post towns 14
Postcode districts 17
Postcode sectors 65
Postcodes (live) 13,031
Postcodes (total) 15,448
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The DL postcode area, also known as the Darlington postcode area,[2] is a group of postcode districts around Barnard Castle, Bedale, Bishop Auckland, Catterick Garrison, Crook, Darlington, Ferryhill, Hawes, Leyburn, Newton Aycliffe, Northallerton, Richmond, Shildon and Spennymoor in England.

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[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area
DL1 DARLINGTON Darlington East Darlington
DL2 DARLINGTON Staindrop, Gainford & Darlington new estates County Durham, Darlington
DL3 DARLINGTON Darlington West Darlington
DL4 SHILDON Shildon County Durham
DL5 NEWTON AYCLIFFE Newton Aycliffe & Heighington County Durham
DL6 NORTHALLERTON Northallerton East & Ingleby Cross North Yorkshire
DL7 NORTHALLERTON Northallerton West North Yorkshire
DL8 BEDALE, HAWES, LEYBURN Wensleydale & Bedale North Yorkshire
DL9 CATTERICK GARRISON Catterick Garrison North Yorkshire
DL10 RICHMOND Richmond, Catterick, Brompton-upon-Swale & Scotch Corner North Yorkshire
DL11 RICHMOND Swaledale & Arkengarthdale North Yorkshire, Cumbria
DL12 BARNARD CASTLE Barnard Castle, Bowes & Middleton-in-Teesdale County Durham
DL13 BISHOP AUCKLAND Stanhope, Frosterley, Wolsingham & Tow Law County Durham, Cumbria
DL14 BISHOP AUCKLAND Bishop Auckland & Evenwood County Durham
DL15 CROOK Crook & Willington County Durham
DL16 SPENNYMOOR Spennymoor County Durham
DL17 FERRYHILL Ferryhill, Chilton, Cornforth & Bishop Middleham County Durham

[edit] Adjacent areas

Adjacent postcode areas
NE DH
North
CA West DL East TS
South
BD HG YO

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: TS (Cleveland), YO (York), HG (Harrogate), BD (Bradford), CA (City of Carlisle), NE (Newcastle upon Tyne), DH (Durham).

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory" (PDF). Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)


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