| Postcode | DH5 8BW |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring |
| Nearest station | Seaham (7 km) |
| Bus stops |
Queensway-Kingsway (NE)
Hall Lane-Burns Avenue North (S)
Hall Lane-Normandy Crescent (N)
Hall Lane-Holly Avenue (N)
Market Place (W)
Hall Lane-Holly Avenue (S)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 71 View |
| Known addresses |
11 Bedeswell Drive, Houghton Le Spring
25 Bedeswell Drive, Houghton Le Spring
34 Bedeswell Drive, Houghton Le Spring
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 54.840171 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.462334 | |
| Easting | 434629 | |
| Northing | 549616 | |
| Grid reference | NZ346496 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 598748 6078089 | |
| what3words | onion.tidy.range | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyrics slackness trodden | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRGRQ+33 | |
| Altitude | 85 metres (278 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:02 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:39 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 8.5 KMs (5.3 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 | May 2011 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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) | E00182881 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Sunderland 034A | E01008714 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Sunderland 034A | E01008714 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Bedeswell Drive, Houghton Le Spring | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2020 | £121,312 |
| 34 Bedeswell Drive, Houghton Le Spring | Terraced (leasehold) | Oct 2014 | £53,500 |
| 25 Bedeswell Drive, Houghton Le Spring | New build detached (freehold) | Jul 2012 | £154,950 |