| Postcode | DH5 8YL |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring |
| Nearest station | Seaham (7 km) |
| Bus stops |
Queensway-Balmoral Crescent (SW)
Hall Lane-Normandy Crescent (N)
Queensway-Kingsway (NE)
Hall Lane Estate Gillas Lane (SE)
Hall Lane-Holly Avenue (N)
Hall Lane Estate Gillas Lane (NW)
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| Known addresses |
No addresses found
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| Businesses |
No businesses found
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| Latitude | 54.8388 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.463302 | |
| Easting | 434568 | |
| Northing | 549463 | |
| Grid reference | NZ345494 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 598690 6077935 | |
| what3words | slip.faster.tolls | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyrics skinhead velocity | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRGQP+GM | |
| Altitude | 81 metres (267 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 8.6 KMs (5.4 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 | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Sunderland | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | June 2000 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | April 2001 |
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Postcode sector mean (mainly PO Boxes) |
| 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) | E00044262 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8D3 | |
| 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% |