EV Charging Points in DL5

County Durham, England

Public chargers in the County Durham council area

Most of DL5's postcodes are in the County Durham council area. On 1 July 2026, County Durham had 802 public EV chargers, including 204 rated 50kW or more. That is 149.1 per 100,000 people, 164th of 361 UK local authorities (UK: 174.9). The Department for Transport does not publish figures for individual postcode districts, so these figures cover the whole council area.

County Durham council area, 1 July 2026

802

Public EV chargers

204

Rated 50kW or more

149.1

Per 100,000 people

164th

Rank of 361 councils (per person)

90.9% of DL5's postcodes are in County Durham. The rest are in Darlington (9.1%).

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Charge points listed near DL5

Open Charge Map lists 6 sites with DL5 postcodes, with 14 sockets between them. This is community-maintained data from October 2026 and is incomplete: across the UK it lists about 48 sockets for every 100 devices the Department for Transport counts. Check the network app before you travel.

Tesco Extra - Newton Aycliffe
POD Point (UK) · DL5 4DH · up to 7 kW · 2 sockets
checked October 2026
S.W. Durham Training 1
POD Point (UK) · DL5 6AT · up to 3.7 kW · 2 sockets
checked October 2026
DCC Pioneering Care Partnership
MER · DL5 4SF · up to 22 kW · 2 sockets
not recently verified
DCC Youth and Community Centre
MER · DL5 4HX · up to 22 kW · 2 sockets
not recently verified
Greenwell Road
Charge Your Car · DL5 4DP · up to 7 kW · 2 sockets
not recently verified
Tesco Extra - Newton Aycliffe
POD Point (UK) · DL5 4DH · up to 7 kW · 4 sockets
not recently verified

Charge point data from Open Charge Map contributors, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Some records contain public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many public EV chargers are there in DL5?

The Department for Transport does not count chargers by postcode district. Most of DL5's postcodes are in the County Durham council area. Figures cover the whole County Durham council area. It had 802 public EV chargers on 1 July 2026, including 204 chargers rated 50kW or more.

How does County Durham compare with the rest of the UK?

County Durham had 149.1 public chargers per 100,000 people on 1 July 2026, ranking 164th of 361 UK local authorities. The UK figure was 174.9.

How much does public charging cost in DL5?

Prices are set by each charging network, not by area, so ChargeFinder does not publish an area average. Our network pages show prices where we have checked them against the operator's website, with the month checked. Otherwise, the page says the price has not been checked or that prices vary by site.

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