imported>Peter James: seems to be only one address and one postcode (DL12 0JA) in Cumbria, no DL11 or DL13

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seems to be only one address and one postcode (DL12 0JA) in Cumbria, no DL11 or DL13

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{{Short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=DL}}
The '''DL postcode area''', also known as the '''Darlington postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of seventeen postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of fourteen post towns. These districts cover central [[County Durham]] (including [[Darlington]], [[Bishop Auckland]], [[Ferryhill]], [[Crook, County Durham|Crook]], [[Spennymoor]], [[Shildon]], [[Barnard Castle]] and [[Newton Aycliffe]]), northern [[North Yorkshire]] (including [[Northallerton]], [[Bedale]], [[Hawes]], [[Leyburn]], [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]] and [[Catterick Garrison]]) and a very small part of [[Cumbria]].

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==Coverage==
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

{{postcode area table start}}
|-
! DL1
| DARLINGTON
| [[Darlington]] (east)
| [[Borough of Darlington|Darlington]]
|-
! DL2
| DARLINGTON
| [[Staindrop]], [[Gainford, County Durham|Gainford]], Darlington new estates
| [[County Durham]], Darlington
|-
! DL3
| DARLINGTON
| Darlington (west), [[Faverdale]], [[Coatham Mundeville]]
| Darlington
|-
! DL4
| SHILDON
| [[Shildon]]
| County Durham
|-
! DL5
| NEWTON AYCLIFFE
| [[Newton Aycliffe]], [[Heighington, County Durham|Heighington]]
| County Durham
|-
! DL6
| NORTHALLERTON
| [[Northallerton]] (east), [[Ingleby Cross]]
| [[North Yorkshire]]
|-
! DL7
| NORTHALLERTON
| Northallerton (west), [[Romanby]], [[Leeming Bar]]
| North Yorkshire
|-
!rowspan=3|DL8
| BEDALE
| [[Bedale]]
| North Yorkshire
|-
| HAWES
| [[Hawes]]
| North Yorkshire
|-
| LEYBURN
| [[Coverham]], [[Leyburn]], [[Middleham]]
| North Yorkshire
|-
! DL9
| CATTERICK GARRISON
| [[Catterick Garrison]]
| North Yorkshire
|-
! DL10
| RICHMOND
| [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]], [[Catterick, North Yorkshire|Catterick]], Brompton-upon-Swale, [[Scotch Corner]]
| North Yorkshire
|-
! DL11
| RICHMOND
| [[Swaledale]], [[Reeth]], [[Low Row]], [[Arkengarthdale]]
| North Yorkshire
|-
! DL12
| BARNARD CASTLE
| [[Barnard Castle]], [[Bowes]], [[Middleton-in-Teesdale]]
| County Durham, [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! DL13
| BISHOP AUCKLAND
| [[Stanhope, County Durham|Stanhope]], [[Frosterley]], [[Wolsingham]], [[Tow Law]]
| County Durham
|-
! DL14
| BISHOP AUCKLAND
| [[Bishop Auckland]], [[Evenwood]]
| County Durham
|-
! DL15
| CROOK
| [[Crook, County Durham|Crook]], [[Willington, County Durham|Willington]]
| County Durham
|-
! DL16
| SPENNYMOOR
| [[Spennymoor]]
| County Durham
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|DL16
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|FERRYHILL
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''[[Non-geographic postcodes|non-geographic]]''<ref name="nongeo1207">{{Cite web|url=http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf |format=PDF |title=Non Geographic Codes |publisher=Royal Mail Address Management Unit |date=July 2012 |access-date=20 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916141140/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012 }}</ref><ref name="amu1212">{{Cite web|url=http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/122012_new_localities.pdf |format=PDF |title=New sectors and localities to 14 December 2012 |publisher=Royal Mail Address Management Unit |date=20 December 2012 |access-date=20 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202184830/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/122012_new_localities.pdf |archive-date=2 February 2015 }}</ref>
|-
! DL17
| FERRYHILL
| [[Ferryhill]], [[Chilton, County Durham|Chilton]], [[Cornforth]], [[Bishop Middleham]]
| County Durham
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|DL98
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|DARLINGTON
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''<ref name="amu1208">{{Cite web |url=http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/082012_new_localities.pdf |format=PDF |title=New sectors and localities to 17 August 2012 |publisher=Royal Mail Address Management Unit |date=17 August 2012 |access-date=21 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916141203/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/082012_new_localities.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
|}

==Map==
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=DL postcode area|size=500x500px}}

==See also==
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Postcode Address File]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Postcode areas covering North East England]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering Yorkshire and the Humber]]
[[Category:Borough of Darlington]]

DL postcode area - Revision history

imported>Peter James: seems to be only one address and one postcode (DL12 0JA) in Cumbria, no DL11 or DL13