| Postcode | DH5 8BH |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring |
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (7 km) |
| Bus stops |
Elizabeth Street-Edwin Street (NE)
Lake Road (E)
Hall Lane-Holly Avenue (S)
Houghton Cut Slip Road (SW)
Market Place (W)
Market Place (E)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 8 View |
| Known addresses |
Drill Hall Cottage, Edwin Street, Houghton Le Spring
Gravel Walks, Edwin Street, Houghton Le Spring
|
| Main property type | Terraced |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 54.844054 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.464634 | |
| Easting | 434478 | |
| Northing | 550047 | |
| Grid reference | NZ344500 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 598591 6078518 | |
| what3words | heap.claps.indeed | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyrics sloped thyself | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRGVP+J4 | |
| Altitude | 75 metres (245 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 8.4 KMs (5.2 miles) |
| Parish | Sunderland, unparished area | E43000178 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Copt Hill | E05001155 |
| 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 | February 1984 |
|---|---|
| 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) | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 2 | |
| 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) | Houghton-le-Spring | E63007258 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00044254 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 7C1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Sunderland 034B | E01008715 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Sunderland 034B | E01008715 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Houghton Town | E02001824 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Houghton Town | E02001824 |
| Travel to work area | Sunderland | E30000275 |
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill Hall Cottage, Edwin Street, Houghton Le Spring | Terraced (freehold) | Aug 2019 | £131,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Sep 2016 | £125,000 | |
| Gravel Walks, Edwin Street, Houghton Le Spring | Detached (freehold) | Dec 2000 | £116,000 |