| Postcode | DH4 6QE |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring |
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (4 km) |
| Bus stops |
No nearby bus stops
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| Known addresses |
No addresses found
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| Businesses |
No businesses found
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| Latitude | 54.825938 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.529919 | |
| Easting | 430299 | |
| Northing | 548001 | |
| Grid reference | NZ302480 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 594442 6076412 | |
| what3words | harder.elsewhere.frock | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricist shortcut victory | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRFGC+92 | |
| Altitude | 62 metres (204 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 13 KMs (8.1 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 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1994 |
| 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
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|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00105179 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 027C | E01020727 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 027C | E01020727 |
| 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% |