| Postcode | DH4 6XJ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring |
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (5 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 | 54.836809 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.508822 | |
| Easting | 431646 | |
| Northing | 549220 | |
| Grid reference | NZ316492 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 595771 6077650 | |
| what3words | grace.goat.rams | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricist skewer urologist | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRFPR+PF | |
| Altitude | 58 metres (190 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:10 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:31 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 11.2 KMs (7 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 1998 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | May 2001 |
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Postcode sector mean (mainly PO Boxes) |
| 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% |