Map of DH5 0LW postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode DH5 0LW
Post Town Houghton le Spring
Nearest station Seaham (7 km)
Bus stops
Easington Lane (E)
South Hetton Road-Primary School (NW)
High Street (SE)
South Hetton Road-St Marys Church (SE)
Murton Lane-East View (SW)
Sheriffs Moor Estate (S)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 54.806649
Longitude -1.43213
Easting 436599
Northing 545901
Grid reference NZ365459
UTM reference 30U 600771 6074402
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Plus code 9C6WRH49+M4
Altitude 138 metres (452 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:53
Sunset (today) 20:27
Distance away
Distance to sea 7.6 KMs (4.7 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishHettonE04000140
Ward Hetton E05001159
Metropolitan District Sunderland E08000024
County Tyne and Wear E11000017
Constituency (2024) Houghton and Sunderland South E14001295
MPBridget PhillipsonLabour
Police forceNorthumbria
NUTS/ITL 3 Sunderland
NUTS/ITL 2 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
NUTS/ITL 1 North East
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Date usage ended December 1991
Last updated July 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
1,580 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£32,700
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)Easington LaneE63007272
Census output area (2021)E00044414
Census output area (2011)E00044414
Lower layer super output area (2021)Sunderland 036DE01008746
Lower layer super output area (2011)Sunderland 036DE01008746
Middle layer super output area (2021)Hetton-le-Hole SouthE02001826
Middle layer super output area (2011)Hetton-le-Hole SouthE02001826
Travel to work areaSunderlandE30000275
Property sales
Average property price in Durham £150,306
Annual change 3.2%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
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