| Postcode | DH4 6ST |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring |
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (7 km) |
| Bus stops |
Rainton Lodge (NE)
Benridge Bank (NE)
Benridge Bank (SW)
Old Durham Road (NE)
Old Durham Road (SW)
South Street (SW)
|
| Known addresses |
No addresses found
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 54.815914 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.497344 | |
| Easting | 432400 | |
| Northing | 546900 | |
| Grid reference | NZ324469 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 596558 6075341 | |
| what3words | rollover.improving.option | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRG83+93 | |
| Altitude | 93 metres (306 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 4:30 | |
| Sunset (today) | 21:43 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 11.7 KMs (7.3 miles) |
| Parish | West Rainton and Leamside | E04010710 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Sherburn | E05009079 |
| Unitary Authority | County Durham | E06000047 |
| County | County Durham | E11000007 |
| Constituency (2024) | City of Durham | E14001173 |
| MP | Mary Kelly Foy | Labour |
| Police force | Durham | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Durham | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | March 1982 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | January 1995 |
| Last updated | June 2025 |
| User type | Large (addresses receive more 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 | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | West Rainton | E63007270 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00105175 | |
| Census output area (2011) | E00105175 | |
| 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 | £150,498 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 4.8% |