Map of DH3 3JF postcode

General information

Postcode	DH3 3JF
Post Town	Chester le Street
Nearest station	Chester-Le-Street (1 km)
Bus stops	West Lane (NE) Clifford Terrace (N) Hermitage (NE) Clifford Terrace (S) Hermitage (SW) Mendip Avenue (S)
Roads in this postcode	Clifford Terrace Melville Street
Number of UPRNs	46 View
Known addresses	1 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 2 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 3 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 5 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 6 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 7 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 8 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 11 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 12 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 14 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 16 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 17 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 18 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 19 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 20 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 21 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 26 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 27 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 28 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 29 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 31 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 32 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 33 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 34 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 35 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 36 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 37 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 38 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 40 Melville Street, Chester Le Street 41 Melville Street, Chester Le Street
Main property type	Terraced
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	54.849483
	Longitude	-1.576418
	Easting	427296
	Northing	550602
	Grid reference	NZ272506
	UTM reference	30U 591401 6078970
	what3words	fallen.beside.owls
	Plus code	9C6WRCXF+QC
	Altitude	37 metres (121 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:22
	Sunset (today)	18:10
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	14.5 KMs (9 miles)

Administrative areas

Parish	County Durham, unparished area	E43000254
Ward	Chester-le-Street East	E05009043
Unitary Authority	County Durham	E06000047
County	County Durham	E11000007
Constituency (2024)	North Durham	E14001389
MP	Luke Akehurst	Labour
Police force	Durham
Water company	Northumbrian Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Durham
NUTS/ITL 2	Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
NUTS/ITL 1	North East
Country	England	E92000001

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	February 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	94
Households (2011)	41
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	18,222 / 32,844 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)	£46,500 Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban	Urban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)	Chester-le-Street	E63007253
Census output area (2021)	E00104483
Census output area (2011)	E00104483
Lower layer super output area (2021)	County Durham 013A	E01020594
Lower layer super output area (2011)	County Durham 013A	E01020594
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Chester-le-Street South & East	E02004294
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Chester-le-Street South & East	E02004294
Travel to work area	Newcastle	E30000245

Nearby schools

Bullion Lane Primary School (Primary)

Newker Primary School (Primary)

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street (Primary)

Red Rose Primary School (Primary)

Cestria Primary School (Primary)

Park View School (Secondary)

Property sales

Average property price in Durham	£143,964
Annual change	0.9%
View all properties sold in the DH postcode area

Properties recently sold in this postcode

Address	Type	Date	Price
12 Melville Street, Chester Le Street	Terraced (freehold)	Dec 2023	£105,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Jun 2014	£79,000
16 Melville Street, Chester Le Street	Terraced (freehold)	Jul 2023	£117,500
	Terraced (freehold)	Jul 1998	£21,000
28 Melville Street, Chester Le Street	Terraced (freehold)	Feb 2023	£109,950
	Terraced (freehold)	Oct 2011	£73,000
19 Melville Street, Chester Le Street	Terraced (freehold)	Dec 2021	£90,000
11 Melville Street, Chester Le Street	Terraced (freehold)	Sep 2021	£77,500
	Terraced (freehold)	Aug 2019	£74,000
	Terraced (freehold)	May 2008	£96,500
	Terraced (freehold)	Jan 2002	£39,950
21 Melville Street, Chester Le Street	Terraced (freehold)	Sep 2020	£63,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Oct 2003	£74,950
	Terraced (freehold)	Jun 2003	£50,500
29 Melville Street, Chester Le Street	Terraced (freehold)	Jun 2019	£100,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Dec 2005	£85,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Oct 2001	£40,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Apr 2000	£36,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Nov 1998	£32,750
	Terraced (freehold)	Dec 1995	£32,500
26 Melville Street, Chester Le Street	Semi-detached (freehold)	Jan 2019	£88,000
	Semi-detached (freehold)	Jul 1998	£22,000
41 Melville Street, Chester Le Street	Terraced (freehold)	Feb 2018	£87,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Jun 2006	£105,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Oct 2001	£46,500
6 Melville Street, Chester Le Street	Terraced (freehold)	Jul 2017	£90,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Dec 2010	£103,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Dec 2004	£86,010

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