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DL2 3BL lies on Main Road in Gainford, Darlington. DL2 3BL is located in the Barnard Castle East electoral ward, within the unitary authority of County Durham and the English Parliamentary constituency of Bishop Auckland. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB - 84H and the police force is Durham. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is DL2 3BL?

Street	Main Road
Locality	Gainford
Town/City	Darlington
Country	England
Postcode District	DL2

DL2 3BL Elevation

Elevation or altitude of DL2 3BL as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	80m	262ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	Barnard Castle East
Constituency	Bishop Auckland

Transport

Nearest bus stops to DL2 3BL

Snow Hall (Street Not Known)	Gainford	173m
Snow Hall (Street Not Known)	Gainford	217m
Railway Cottages (Street Not Known)	Gainford	634m
Railway Cottages (Street Not Known)	Gainford	642m
A67/Former School (Street Not Known)	Gainford	1,085m

Broadband

Broadband access in DL2 3BL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	92.3%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	69.2%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in DL2 3BL (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	13.1Mbps
Average download speed	12.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	19.21Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.2Mbps
Average upload speed	1.2Mbps
Maximum upload speed	1.24Mbps

Broadband limitations in DL2 3BL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	23.1%

DL2 3BL gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in DL2 3BL by fuel type, 2015.

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	34,465
Meter count	11
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,133
Median (kWh/meter)	2,866

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in DL2 3BL, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in DL2 3BL.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

30.1% of English postcodes are less deprived than DL2 3BL:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to DL2 3BL (metres)

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Nearest post box to DL2 3BL

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Eppleby	16:30	10:30	3,071m
Langton	16:00	08:00	3,589m
Forcett	16:30	10:45	4,119m

DL2 3BL ITL and DL2 3BL LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for DL2 3BL:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLC	North East (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLC1	Tees Valley and Durham
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLC14	Durham
LAU 1 Code	Name
E06000047	County Durham

DL2 3BL census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for DL2 3BL:

	Code	Name
OA	E00105878
LSOA	E01020862	County Durham 064F
MSOA	E02004345	County Durham 064

Nearest postcodes to DL2 3BL

DL2 3BJ		680m
DL2 3BQ	Main Road	1203m
DL2 3DA		1211m
DL2 3BE	Main Road	1381m
DL2 3DB	Eden Park	1403m
DL2 3BG	Eden Lane	1447m
DL2 3DF	Neville Close	1541m
DL2 3DX	Tees View	1559m
DL2 3DE	Eden Crest	1567m
DL2 3DD	Eden Crest	1572m