| Postcode | DH4 4XU | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (6 km) | 
| Bus stops | Coaley Lane-Melrose Gardens (SW) Philadelphia Lane-The Crescent (N) Philadelphia Lane-The Crescent (S) Front Street (E) Philadelphia Lane-Bus Depot (S) Front Street (W) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 7 View | 
| Known addresses | 1 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring 2 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring 3 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring 4 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring 5 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring 6 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring 7 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 54.857534 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.481201 | |
| Easting | 433403 | |
| Northing | 551539 | |
| Grid reference | NZ334515 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 597495 6079994 | |
| what3words | plays.puddles.sleeps | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyrics spiral unmapped | |
| Plus code | 9C6WVG59+2G | |
| Altitude | 72 metres (235 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 8.5 KMs (5.3 miles) | 
| Parish | Sunderland, unparished area | E43000178 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Houghton | E05001160 | 
| Metropolitan District | Sunderland | E08000024 | 
| County | Tyne and Wear | E11000017 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Houghton and Sunderland South | E14001295 | 
| MP | Bridget Phillipson | Labour | 
| Police force | Northumbria | |
| Water company | Northumbrian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Sunderland | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | December 2000 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Population (2011) | 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 7 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban major conurbation | |
| Built up area (2024) | Newbottle | E63007248 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00044247 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Sunderland 032B | E01008721 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Sunderland 032B | E01008721 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Newbottle & Penshaw | E02001822 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Newbottle & Penshaw | E02001822 | 
| Travel to work area | Sunderland | E30000275 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring | Detached (freehold) | Jun 2024 | £295,000 | 
| Detached (leasehold) | Feb 2007 | £228,000 | |
| Detached (leasehold) | Jul 2004 | £230,000 | |
| 6 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2019 | £150,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2004 | £150,000 | |
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2000 | £73,950 | |
| 7 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2019 | £159,950 | 
| Semi-detached (leasehold) | Apr 2010 | £149,950 | |
| Semi-detached (leasehold) | Apr 2005 | £157,000 | |
| Semi-detached (leasehold) | Nov 2002 | £107,995 | |
| New build semi-detached (leasehold) | Jul 2000 | £73,950 | |
| 4 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring | Detached (leasehold) | May 2013 | £225,000 | 
| 2 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2012 | £142,000 | 
| New build detached (freehold) | Jun 2000 | £82,950 | |
| 5 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring | New build detached (freehold) | Jul 2000 | £82,950 | 
| 3 Sidmouth Close, Houghton Le Spring | New build detached (freehold) | May 2000 | £82,950 |