| Postcode | DH4 6RG |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring |
| Nearest station | Durham (6 km) |
| Bus stops |
Former Masons Arms (S)
Old Durham Road (SW)
Old Durham Road (NE)
Former Masons Arms (W)
Garage (NE)
Pittington Road (SE)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 8 View |
| Known addresses |
Bells Hill Service Station, West Rainton
Langdale, West Rainton
Tara, West Rainton
The Magpies, West Rainton
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 54.810725 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.502976 | |
| Easting | 432042 | |
| Northing | 546320 | |
| Grid reference | NZ320463 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 596209 6074756 | |
| what3words | inventors.weep.drops | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricist scrubber upchuck | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRF6W+7R | |
| Altitude | 94 metres (310 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:10 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:31 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 12.2 KMs (7.6 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) | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 4 | |
| 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) | E00105178 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B2 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langdale, West Rainton | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2021 | £222,500 |
| Detached (freehold) | Sep 2016 | £167,000 | |
| Bells Hill Service Station, West Rainton | Other (freehold) | Feb 2021 | £395,000 |
| The Magpies, West Rainton | Detached (freehold) | Dec 2016 | £198,000 |
| Tara, West Rainton | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2009 | £185,000 |