DH postcode area

The DH postcode area, also known as the Durham postcode area, is a group of nine postcode districts in north-east England, within five post towns. These cover northern County Durham (including Durham, Chester-le-Street, Consett and Stanley), parts of southern Tyne and Wear (including Houghton-le-Spring) and a small part of southern Northumberland.

Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

! DH1 ! DH2 ! DH3 ! DH4 ! DH5 ! DH6 ! DH7 ! DH8 ! DH9 ! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|DH97 ! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|DH98 ! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|DH99
 * DURHAM
 * Durham
 * County Durham
 * CHESTER LE STREET
 * Chester-le-Street (west of East Coast Main Line), Ouston, Pelton, Birtley (west of East Coast Main Line)
 * County Durham, Gateshead
 * CHESTER LE STREET
 * Chester-le-Street (east of East Coast Main Line), Great Lumley, Birtley (east of East Coast Main Line)
 * County Durham, Gateshead
 * HOUGHTON LE SPRING
 * Houghton-le-Spring (west of A690), Penshaw, Shiney Row, West Rainton
 * Sunderland, County Durham
 * HOUGHTON LE SPRING
 * Houghton-le-Spring (east of A690), Hetton-le-Hole, East Rainton
 * Sunderland, County Durham
 * DURHAM
 * South Hetton, Haswell, Shotton Colliery, Ludworth, Shadforth, Sherburn, Littletown, Kelloe, Coxhoe, Bowburn, Cassop, Pittington, Thornley, Wheatley Hill
 * County Durham
 * DURHAM
 * Brandon, Lanchester, Esh Winning, Burnhope, Langley Park, Sacriston, Ushaw Moor, Brancepeth
 * County Durham
 * CONSETT
 * Consett, Blackhill, Bridgehill, Shotley Bridge, Leadgate, Delves Lane
 * County Durham, Northumberland
 * STANLEY
 * Dipton, Stanley, Annfield Plain
 * County Durham
 * style="background:#FFFFFF;"|DURHAM
 * style="background:#FFFFFF;"|HM Passport Office
 * non-geographic
 * style="background:#FFFFFF;"|DURHAM
 * style="background:#FFFFFF;"|BT
 * style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic
 * style="background:#FFFFFF;"|DURHAM
 * style="background:#FFFFFF;"|National Savings and Investments
 * style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic
 * }