DL postcode area: Darlington
The DL postcode area is known as the Darlington area. It is every postcode that begins DL followed by a number. It has 18 districts and 13,555 postcodes in use, across 5 councils.
Homes in the DL area sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £80,000 in DL4 (Shildon) to £346,000 in DL11 (North Yorkshire).
For the town itself, see Darlington postcodes.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 54.5328
Longitude -1.6663
This is the middle of the postcodes in the DL area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
What do homes cost in the DL area?
Homes in the DL area sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 4,222 sales, down 2.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £290,000 1,165 sales
- Semi-detached £172,000 1,430 sales
- Terraced £115,000 1,436 sales
- Flat or maisonette £96,500 191 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How do the DL districts compare?
A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.
- DL1 postcode district: DarlingtonDarlington, County Durham 1,411 postcodes Typical price£147,188 Gigabit, every home971 of 1,204 At flood risk85 of 1,411
- DL2 postcode district: Middleton St GeorgeDarlington, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Stockton-on-Tees 848 postcodes Typical price£246,475 Gigabit, every home456 of 829 At flood risk112 of 848
- DL3 postcode district: DarlingtonDarlington 1,152 postcodes Typical price£168,000 Gigabit, every home988 of 1,133 At flood risk18 of 1,152
- DL4 postcode district: ShildonCounty Durham, Darlington 302 postcodes Typical price£80,000 Gigabit, every home261 of 301 At flood risk10 of 302
- DL5 postcode district: Newton AycliffeCounty Durham, Darlington 802 postcodes Typical price£167,500 Gigabit, every home551 of 784 At flood risk30 of 802
- DL6 postcode district: NorthallertonNorth Yorkshire 686 postcodes Typical price£233,851 Gigabit, every home373 of 662 At flood risk100 of 686
- DL7 postcode district: NorthallertonNorth Yorkshire 751 postcodes Typical price£250,000 Gigabit, every home448 of 689 At flood risk71 of 751
- DL8 postcode district: BedaleNorth Yorkshire 1,169 postcodes Typical price£293,000 Gigabit, every home556 of 1,149 At flood risk152 of 1,169
- DL9 postcode district: Catterick GarrisonNorth Yorkshire 398 postcodes Typical price£180,000 Gigabit, every home286 of 377 At flood risk5 of 398
- DL10 postcode district: RichmondNorth Yorkshire 842 postcodes Typical price£258,500 Gigabit, every home531 of 819 At flood risk118 of 842
- DL11 postcode district: No place listedNorth Yorkshire, County Durham 453 postcodes Typical price£346,000 Gigabit, every home121 of 449 At flood risk81 of 453
- DL12 postcode district: Barnard CastleCounty Durham, North Yorkshire, Westmorland and Furness 726 postcodes Typical price£227,500 Gigabit, every home414 of 717 At flood risk56 of 726
- DL13 postcode district: StanhopeCounty Durham 961 postcodes Typical price£157,500 Gigabit, every home226 of 953 At flood risk91 of 961
- DL14 postcode district: Bishop AucklandCounty Durham 1,189 postcodes Typical price£129,950 Gigabit, every home950 of 1,162 At flood risk116 of 1,189
- DL15 postcode district: CrookCounty Durham 708 postcodes Typical price£132,500 Gigabit, every home517 of 700 At flood risk40 of 708
- DL16 postcode district: SpennymoorCounty Durham 612 postcodes Typical price£145,000 Gigabit, every home477 of 583 At flood risk11 of 612
- DL17 postcode district: FerryhillCounty Durham 539 postcodes Typical price£105,000 Gigabit, every home384 of 531 At flood risk6 of 539
- DL98 postcode district: DarlingtonDarlington 6 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them
One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.
Places in the DL area
Towns and villages with postcodes in the DL area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.
Councils in the DL area
How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.
- County Durham5,996 postcodes
- North Yorkshire4,370 postcodes
- Darlington3,182 postcodes
- Stockton-on-Tees6 postcodes
- Westmorland and Furness1 postcode
Near the DL area
The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.
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