| Postcode | DH4 6GP | 
|---|---|
| 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) Chester Road-Fernlea (NE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 75 View | 
| Known addresses | 1 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 3 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 5 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 7 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 9 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 11 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 15 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 17 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 19 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 21 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 25 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 25A Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 27 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 29 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 35 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 37 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 39 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 41 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 43 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 45 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 47 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 49 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 51 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 53 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 55 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 57 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 59 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 61 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 63 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 65 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 67 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 69 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 71 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 73 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 75 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 77 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 79 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 81 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 83 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 85 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 87 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 89 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 91 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 93 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 95 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 97 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 99 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 101 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 105 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 107 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 119 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 121 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 129 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 131 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 133 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 135 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 137 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 139 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 141 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring 143 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring | 
| Main property type | Semi-detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 54.857222 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.505614 | |
| Easting | 431836 | |
| Northing | 551493 | |
| Grid reference | NZ318514 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 595929 6079926 | |
| what3words | pill.slope.rams | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricist splatter triage | |
| Plus code | 9C6WVF4V+VQ | |
| Altitude | 45 metres (147 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 | August 2011 | 
|---|---|
| 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring | Terraced (freehold) | Jun 2025 | £229,950 | 
| Terraced (freehold) | May 2023 | £212,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | Jun 2021 | £207,500 | |
| New build terraced (freehold) | Aug 2016 | £189,995 | |
| 61 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2025 | £230,000 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2016 | £198,545 | |
| 133 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2024 | £241,500 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | May 2014 | £189,995 | |
| 79 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2024 | £240,000 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2015 | £209,500 | |
| 105 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2023 | £144,108 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2023 | £145,000 | |
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2012 | £137,500 | |
| 85 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2023 | £247,500 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2018 | £219,995 | |
| 59 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2022 | £250,000 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2016 | £208,995 | |
| 11 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring | Terraced (freehold) | Nov 2022 | £245,000 | 
| New build terraced (freehold) | Apr 2019 | £229,995 | |
| 49 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring | Terraced (freehold) | May 2022 | £220,000 | 
| Terraced (freehold) | May 2018 | £172,000 | |
| New build terraced (freehold) | Sep 2016 | £189,995 | |
| 25 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2022 | £236,500 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2018 | £199,995 |