| Postcode | DH4 7LB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (5 km) | 
| Bus stops | Station Road-Redlands (SE) Our Lady Queen Of Peace Rc School (W) Station Road-Wensleydale Avenue (N) Station Road-Wensleydale Avenue (S) Biddick Woods Estate (NW) Wensleydale Avenue-Station Road (W) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 89 View | 
| Known addresses | Farnsworth House, Station Road, Penshaw Monument View Childrens Home, Station Road, Penshaw Old Winding House, Station Road, Penshaw Penshaw House, Station Road, Penshaw White Cottage, Station Road, Penshaw 1 Stables Farm House, Station Road, Penshaw 2 Stables Farm House, Station Road, Penshaw | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 54.870489 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.502055 | |
| Easting | 432054 | |
| Northing | 552971 | |
| Grid reference | NZ320529 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 596126 6081407 | |
| what3words | agree.orange.slurs | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyricist statue unlovable | |
| Plus code | 9C6WVFCX+55 | |
| Altitude | 51 metres (169 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 9.3 KMs (5.8 miles) | 
| Parish | Sunderland, unparished area | E43000178 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Shiney Row | E05001170 | 
| Metropolitan District | Sunderland | E08000024 | 
| County | Tyne and Wear | E11000017 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Houghton and Sunderland South | E14001295 | 
| MP | Bridget Phillipson | Labour | 
| Police force | Northumbria | |
| Water company | Northumbrian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Sunderland | |
| 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) | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 6 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban major conurbation | |
| Built up area (2024) | Shiney Row and Penshaw | E63007244 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00044656 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Sunderland 030B | E01008795 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Sunderland 030B | E01008795 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Shiney Row | E02001820 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Shiney Row | E02001820 | 
| Travel to work area | Sunderland | E30000275 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Farnsworth House, Station Road, Penshaw | Detached (freehold) | Jan 2024 | £425,280 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Sep 2004 | £381,500 | |
| Penshaw House, Station Road, Penshaw | Other (freehold) | Sep 2022 | £265,000 | 
| 2 Stables Farm House, Station Road, Penshaw | Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2018 | £179,950 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2003 | £168,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2001 | £98,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 1997 | £87,000 | |
| Monument View Childrens Home, Station Road, Penshaw | Other (freehold) | May 2017 | £260,655 | 
| White Cottage, Station Road, Penshaw | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2006 | £257,000 | 
| 1 Stables Farm House, Station Road, Penshaw | Detached (freehold) | Dec 1998 | £105,000 | 
| Old Winding House, Station Road, Penshaw | Detached (freehold) | Feb 1995 | £174,500 |