| Postcode | DH4 6SU |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring |
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (7 km) |
| Bus stops |
South Street (SW)
Benridge Bank-The Meadows (NW)
South Street (NE)
Old Durham Road (NE)
Old Durham Road (SW)
Benridge Bank (NE)
|
| Known addresses |
No addresses found
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 54.815935 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.500469 | |
| Easting | 432199 | |
| Northing | 546901 | |
| Grid reference | NZ321469 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 596357 6075339 | |
| what3words | accented.timeless.dawn | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricist sensation wasp | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRF8X+9R | |
| Altitude | 91 metres (298 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:02 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:48 | |
| 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 | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Durham | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | June 1981 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1995 |
| Last updated | September 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)
|
|
| 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) | E00105180 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A1 | |
| 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 | £152,591 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 3.0% |