DH97 postcode district: Durham and around

DH97 is a postcode district in England, with 1 postcode in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in Durham. Its council is County Durham.

Postcodes in use
1
Sectors
1
Places
Durham

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Where it is

Latitude 54.7927

Longitude -1.5350

This is the middle of the postcodes in DH97. It is not a boundary: we do not draw one for a district.

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is DH97 at risk of flooding?

None of the 1 postcode in DH97 is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcodes in DH97

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

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Places in DH97

Towns and villages with postcodes in DH97, and how many each has here.

Who covers DH97

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

What council am I in?

Constituencies

  • City of Durham1

Police force areas

  • Durham1

Next to DH97

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after DH97 in the DH area.

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