| Postcode | DH4 6GH | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (5 km) | 
| Bus stops | Blind Lane-Golf Course Road (SE) Blind Lane-Jane Pitts Cottage (SE) Blind Lane-Jane Pitts Cottage (NW) Golf Course Road-Bowes Lea (SE) Golf Course Road-Bowes Lea (NW) Chester Road-Boundary Houses (SW) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 11 View | 
| Known addresses | 1 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring 2 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring 3 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring 4 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring 5 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring 6 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring 7 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring 8 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring | 
| Main property type | Semi-detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 54.856234 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.499006 | |
| Easting | 432261 | |
| Northing | 551386 | |
| Grid reference | NZ322513 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 596355 6079825 | |
| what3words | shot.cages.lately | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyrics spiffy trance | |
| Plus code | 9C6WVG42+F9 | |
| Altitude | 42 metres (139 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 9.6 KMs (6 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 | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Sunderland | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | July 2019 | 
|---|---|
| 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 | 
| 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) | Shiney Row and Penshaw | E63007244 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00182875 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Sunderland 030G | E01034519 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Sunderland 030C | E01008797 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Shiney Row | E02001820 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Shiney Row | E02001820 | 
| Travel to work area | Sunderland | E30000275 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2024 | £230,000 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2021 | £233,995 | |
| 1 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring | New build detached (freehold) | Dec 2021 | £254,995 | 
| 2 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring | New build semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2021 | £236,995 | 
| 4 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring | New build semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2021 | £213,745 | 
| 5 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring | New build semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2021 | £227,995 | 
| 6 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring | New build detached (freehold) | Sep 2021 | £254,995 | 
| 7 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring | New build semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2021 | £211,845 | 
| 8 Hamsteels Close, Houghton Le Spring | New build semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2021 | £216,995 |