The GATESHEAD Post Town in County Durham

The GATESHEAD Post Town is a Postal Region within the historic Postal County of County Durham

When addressing mail to properties within this area it is important to write GATESHEAD in capital letters before the postcode.

You no longer need to write the postal county of County Durham when writing an address but many still do because it's fun and avoids confusion when a postal town shares the same name.

The Royal Mail Delivery Office for GATESHEAD is the Valley Delivery Office which is based at Station Approach, Gateshead, NE11 0UE