| Postcode | DH5 8LH | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (8 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Hetton Road-Cemetery (NW) 
Hall Lane Estate Gillas Lane (SE) 
Hall Lane-Burns Avenue North (S) 
Hetton Road-Sandcroft Drive (SE) 
Hall Lane-Normandy Crescent (N) 
Gillas Lane East (SW) 
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| Number of UPRNs | 36 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       1 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring 
                            4 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring 
                            6 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring 
                            8 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring 
                            9 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring 
                            11 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring 
                            12 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring 
                            13 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring 
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| Main property type | Terraced | 
| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 54.836425 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.464766 | |
| Easting | 434476 | |
| Northing | 549198 | |
| Grid reference | NZ344491 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 598601 6077669 | |
| what3words | harsh.bottle.basket | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyrics skedaddle underpaid | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRGPP+H3 | |
| Altitude | 74 metres (244 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:16 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:25 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 8.8 KMs (5.5 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 | 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) | 66 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 30 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
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| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
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| 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) | E00044266 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Sunderland 034D | E01008717 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Sunderland 034D | E01008717 | 
| 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 | £152,591 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 3.0% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2023 | £60,000 | 
| 13 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring | Other (freehold) | Jul 2022 | £55,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2004 | £74,000 | |
| 8 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring | Terraced (freehold) | Jul 2021 | £55,000 | 
| Terraced (freehold) | Nov 2009 | £60,000 | |
| 12 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring | Terraced (freehold) | Jan 2021 | £40,000 | 
| Terraced (freehold) | Mar 2015 | £52,500 | |
| 1 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring | Terraced (freehold) | Aug 2019 | £51,500 | 
| 6 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring | Terraced (freehold) | Dec 2016 | £40,000 | 
| Terraced (freehold) | Nov 2006 | £87,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | Nov 2006 | £78,000 | |
| 4 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring | Terraced (freehold) | Jun 2015 | £64,000 | 
| Terraced (freehold) | Jul 2004 | £67,000 | |
| 11 Wordsworth Avenue East, Houghton Le Spring | Terraced (freehold) | Feb 2010 | £80,000 | 
| Terraced (freehold) | Sep 2007 | £85,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | Mar 2007 | £60,000 |