DH8 8HF
a large user postcode in Castleside, County Durham
Coordinates
Latitude: 54.8369 / 54°50'12"N
Longitude: -1.8643 / 1°51'51"W
OS Eastings: 408816
OS Northings: 549123
OS Grid: NZ088491
Location Encoding
Mapcode National: GBR HDFH.5X
Mapcode Global: WHC46.BPHC
Plus Code: 9C6WR4PP+P7
Maidenhead Locator System: IO94bu60
What Three Birds: bufflehead.bobolink.honey-buzzard
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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Bruce Way, Castleside Industrial Estate, Castleside, Consett DH8 8HF
Summary
DH8 8HF is a large user postcode in Castleside, County Durham. It was first introduced in January 1980.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Labone Castleside Ltd, Castleside Industrial Estate, Consett DH8 8HF.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
Commercial rateable values range from £4,500 to £77,500 with an average of £41,150. The most common recorded business types are Factory and Communication Station. Farms and agricultural buildings do not pay business rates and are not included in these figures.
Castleside is a village, which had a population of 4,881 in the 2011 census.
DH8 8HF is in the Newcastle travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the County Durham Primary Care Trust.
DH8 8HF is approximately 202m (663ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing DH8 8HF
1b1: Rural Residents - Rural Tenants - Rural Life
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for DH8 8HF
England F1: a rural hamlet or isolated dwellings in populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
0/10 (Nonexistent)
Area Retail Diversity Index
3/10 (Low)
Supermarkets near DH8 8HF include Aldi, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, Morrisons and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
Other nearby postcodes
DH8 8HF at other websites
- Air quality forecast for DH8 8HF at Smogwatch
- Sunrise and sunset times at DH8 8HF at The Time and Place
- River levels and flood warnings near DH8 8HF at River Levels UK
- Listed Buildings near DH8 8HF at British Listed Buildings
- Food Hygiene Ratings near DH8 8HF at Hygiene Ratings UK
- Nearest beaches to DH8 8HF at British Beaches
- Electric vehicle charge points near DH8 8HF at Plugpoint
- See which government petitions are popular near DH8 8HF at Repetition.me
- Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs) near DH8 8HF at UPRN Data UK
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Councils, constituencies and elected representatives
Residents of DH8 8HF are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
Durham County Council
Ward
Lanchester
Councillors
Jude Considine (Labour)
Douglas Oliver (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
North West Durham
MP
Richard Holden (Conservative)
Broadband Internet
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for DH8 8HF.
- Definitions
- Ultrafast: 300Mbit/s or greater
- Superfast: 30Mbit/s to less than 300Mbit/s
- Universal Service Obligation: Download speeds at or above 10Mbit/s and upload speeds at or above 1Mbit/s
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
Schools
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near DH8 8HF.
Sorry, we have no current data to display for this area.