| Postcode | DH9 9NH | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Stanley | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (9 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       The Crescent (SE) 
The Crescent (NW) 
Tanfield Comprehensive School () 
Road End (SW) 
Road End (NE) 
Good Street (NW) 
                     | 
                  
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 11 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       1 Houghwell Gardens, Tanfield Lea 
                            2 Houghwell Gardens, Tanfield Lea 
                            4 Houghwell Gardens, Tanfield Lea 
                            5 Houghwell Gardens, Tanfield Lea 
                            6 Houghwell Gardens, Tanfield Lea 
                       | 
                  
| Main property type | Semi-detached | 
| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
                   | 
                
| Latitude | 54.879174 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.70819 | |
| Easting | 418821 | |
| Northing | 553863 | |
| Grid reference | NZ188538 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 582880 6082110 | |
| what3words | highlight.slicer.unlocking | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyrically stranger trapdoor | |
| Plus code | 9C6WV7HR+MP | |
| Altitude | 148 metres (486 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:17 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:25 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 22.2 KMs (13.8 miles) | 
| Parish | Stanley | E04010699 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Annfield Plain & Tanfield | E05016152 | 
| Unitary Authority | County Durham | E06000047 | 
| County | County Durham | E11000007 | 
| Constituency (2024) | North Durham | E14001389 | 
| MP | Luke Akehurst | Labour | 
| Police force | Durham | |
| Water company | Northumbrian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Durham | |
| 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) | 17 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 9 | |
| 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 city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Tanfield Lea | E63007236 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00104921 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 004E | E01020678 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 004E | E01020678 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Stanley North & East | E02004299 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Stanley North & East | E02004299 | 
| Travel to work area | Newcastle | E30000245 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £152,591 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 3.0% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Houghwell Gardens, Tanfield Lea | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2025 | £63,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2016 | £108,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Nov 2002 | £80,000 | |
| 1 Houghwell Gardens, Tanfield Lea | Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2015 | £118,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2014 | £118,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2013 | £90,000 | |
| 4 Houghwell Gardens, Tanfield Lea | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2010 | £125,000 | 
| 5 Houghwell Gardens, Tanfield Lea | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2007 | £145,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 1996 | £39,000 | |
| 2 Houghwell Gardens, Tanfield Lea | Terraced (freehold) | May 2002 | £70,000 | 
| Terraced (freehold) | May 1995 | £42,000 |