| Postcode | DH4 6DG | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (4 km) | 
| Bus stops | Community Centre (E) Woodstone Terrace (SW) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 54.846588 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.525008 | |
| Easting | 430599 | |
| Northing | 550301 | |
| Grid reference | NZ305503 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 594709 6078716 | |
| what3words | claim.intervals.faster | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricist smite unrushed | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRFWF+JX | |
| Altitude | 57 metres (186 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 11.6 KMs (7.2 miles) | 
| Parish | Little Lumley | E04010659 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Lumley & West Rainton | E05016183 | 
| Unitary Authority | County Durham | E06000047 | 
| County | County Durham | E11000007 | 
| Constituency (2024) | North Durham | E14001389 | 
| MP | Luke Akehurst | Labour | 
| Police force | Durham | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Durham | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1990 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| 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 | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00171850 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 015C | E01020608 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 015C | E01020608 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Great Lumley & Bournmoor | E02004295 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Great Lumley & Bournmoor | E02004295 | 
| Travel to work area | Newcastle | E30000245 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% |