Map of DH5 8AN postcode

General information
Postcode DH5 8AN
Post Town Houghton le Spring
Nearest station Seaham (7 km)
Bus stops
Market Place (W)
Seaham Road-Market Place (NW)
Seaham Road-Market Place (SE)
Lake Road (W)
Elizabeth Street-Edwin Street (NE)
Hall Lane Estate (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 19 View
Known addresses
K M Electrical Services Ltd, Market Place Industrial Estate, Houghton Le Spring
K M Electricals, Market Place Industrial Estate, Houghton Le Spring
Lincoln Haulage, Market Place Industrial Estate, Houghton Le Spring
Main property type Other
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 54.844058
Longitude -1.461348
Easting 434689
Northing 550049
Grid reference NZ346500
UTM reference 30U 598802 6078523
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Plus code 9C6WRGVQ+JF
Altitude 77 metres (251 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:33
Sunset (today) 21:38
Distance away
Distance to sea 8.3 KMs (5.1 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishSunderland, unparished areaE43000178
Ward Copt Hill E05001155
Metropolitan District Sunderland E08000024
Constituency (2024) Houghton and Sunderland South E14001295
MPBridget PhillipsonLabour
Police forceNorthumbria
Water companyNorthumbrian Water
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
Last updated June 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
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
7,225 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£40,200
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)Houghton-le-SpringE63007258
Census output area (2021)E00044252
Census output area (2011)E00044252
Lower layer super output area (2021)Sunderland 032AE01008720
Lower layer super output area (2011)Sunderland 032AE01008720
Middle layer super output area (2021)Newbottle & PenshawE02001822
Middle layer super output area (2011)Newbottle & PenshawE02001822
Travel to work areaSunderlandE30000275
Property sales
Average property price in Durham £150,498
Annual change 4.8%
View all properties sold in the DH postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
Lincoln Haulage, Market Place Industrial Estate, Houghton Le SpringOther (freehold)Nov 2017£13,900
K M Electrical Services Ltd, Market Place Industrial Estate, Houghton Le SpringOther (freehold)Oct 2013£60,000
K M Electricals, Market Place Industrial Estate, Houghton Le SpringDetached (freehold)Feb 1997£17,000


View all properties sold in the DH5 8 sector

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