| Postcode | DH4 6GL | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (5 km) | 
| Bus stops | Golf Course Road-Bowes Lea (NW) Golf Course Road-Bowes Lea (SE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 41 View | 
| Known addresses | 1 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 2 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 3 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 4 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 5 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 6 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 7 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 8 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 9 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 10 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 11 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 12 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 14 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 15 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 16 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 17 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 18 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 19 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 20 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 21 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 22 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 23 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 24 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 25 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 26 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 27 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 28 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 29 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 30 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 31 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 32 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 33 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 34 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 35 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring 36 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 54.856171 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.505783 | |
| Easting | 431826 | |
| Northing | 551376 | |
| Grid reference | NZ318513 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 595920 6079809 | |
| what3words | cracks.upgrading.cafe | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricist spinster trend | |
| Plus code | 9C6WVF4V+FM | |
| Altitude | 44 metres (143 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 10 KMs (6.2 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 | June 2014 | 
|---|---|
| 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) | E00182884 | |
| 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2024 | £231,000 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | May 2015 | £205,500 | |
| 19 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2023 | £250,000 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2015 | £209,995 | |
| 26 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2022 | £235,000 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2018 | £212,500 | |
| 11 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2022 | £292,500 | 
| New build detached (freehold) | Dec 2014 | £237,500 | |
| 8 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2022 | £335,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2015 | £335,000 | |
| 10 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2022 | £345,000 | 
| New build detached (freehold) | Jun 2015 | £294,000 | |
| 21 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2022 | £245,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2020 | £180,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2020 | £200,000 | |
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2015 | £209,995 | |
| 33 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2022 | £185,000 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2018 | £194,995 | |
| 35 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring | Terraced (freehold) | Dec 2021 | £147,500 | 
| Terraced (freehold) | Dec 2017 | £128,995 | |
| 29 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2021 | £245,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2018 | £215,000 |