| Postcode | DH4 6NX | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (6 km) | 
| Bus stops | South Street (SW) South Street (NE) Benridge Bank-The Meadows (NW) Old Durham Road (NE) Old Durham Road (SW) Former Masons Arms (NE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 6 View | 
| Known addresses | Linglie, Marks Lane, West Rainton The Farmhouse, Marks Lane, West Rainton | 
| Main property type | Terraced | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 54.816505 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.501349 | |
| Easting | 432142 | |
| Northing | 546964 | |
| Grid reference | NZ321469 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 596299 6075402 | |
| what3words | different.hung.skillet | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricist sequence unmanned | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRF8X+JF | |
| Altitude | 89 metres (292 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 11.9 KMs (7.4 miles) | 
| Parish | West Rainton and Leamside | E04010710 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Lumley & West Rainton | E05016183 | 
| Unitary Authority | County Durham | E06000047 | 
| County | County Durham | E11000007 | 
| Constituency (2024) | City of Durham | E14001173 | 
| MP | Mary Kelly Foy | Labour | 
| Police force | Durham | |
| Water company | Northumbrian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Durham | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| 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) | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 3 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | West Rainton | E63007270 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00105175 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 027B | E01020726 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 027B | E01020726 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Sherburn & West Rainton | E02004311 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Sherburn & West Rainton | E02004311 | 
| Travel to work area | Durham and Bishop Auckland | E30000203 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| The Farmhouse, Marks Lane, West Rainton | Terraced (freehold) | Feb 2015 | £318,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Feb 2006 | £235,000 | |
| Linglie, Marks Lane, West Rainton | Detached (freehold) | Apr 2003 | £190,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Feb 1998 | £84,500 |