Fence Houses

Fence Houses is covered by postcode district DH4. It is mostly in the Sunderland council area: 121 of its 162 postcodes. The others are in County Durham.

Typical price £142,000 Homes sold in Fence Houses, last 12 months. ▼ 5.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 143 of 162 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 5 of 162 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 10 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Fence Houses, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Fence Houses, by flood risk Of the 162 postcodes in Fence Houses that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 157 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Fence Houses. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. DH4 5FB: not on the flood risk listDH4 5FD: not on the flood risk listDH4 5FE: not on the flood risk listDH4 5FF: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NA: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NB: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NE: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NF: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NG: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NJ: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NN: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NP: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NR: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NS: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NT: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NU: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NW: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NX: not on the flood risk listDH4 5NY: not on the flood risk listDH4 5PA: not on the flood risk listDH4 5PB: not on the flood risk listDH4 5PD: not on the flood risk listDH4 5PE: not on the flood risk listDH4 5PF: not on the flood risk listDH4 5PG: not on the flood risk listDH4 5PJ: not on the flood risk listDH4 5PQ: not on the flood risk listDH4 5RH: not on the flood risk listDH4 5RJ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AA: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AB: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AD: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AE: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AF: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AG: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AH: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AJ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AL: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AN: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AP: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AQ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AR: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AS: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AT: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AU: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AW: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AX: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AY: not on the flood risk listDH4 6AZ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6BA: not on the flood risk listDH4 6BB: not on the flood risk listDH4 6BD: not on the flood risk listDH4 6BE: not on the flood risk listDH4 6BF: not on the flood risk listDH4 6BG: not on the flood risk listDH4 6DL: not on the flood risk listDH4 6DQ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6DS: not on the flood risk listDH4 6DU: not on the flood risk listDH4 6FA: not on the flood risk listDH4 6FB: not on the flood risk listDH4 6FD: not on the flood risk listDH4 6FE: not on the flood risk listDH4 6FT: not on the flood risk listDH4 6FU: not on the flood risk listDH4 6FX: not on the flood risk listDH4 6FY: not on the flood risk listDH4 6GG: not on the flood risk listDH4 6GW: not on the flood risk listDH4 6GX: not on the flood risk listDH4 6GY: not on the flood risk listDH4 6GZ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6HL: not on the flood risk listDH4 6HN: not on the flood risk listDH4 6HP: not on the flood risk listDH4 6HR: not on the flood risk listDH4 6HS: not on the flood risk listDH4 6HT: not on the flood risk listDH4 6HU: not on the flood risk listDH4 6HW: not on the flood risk listDH4 6HX: not on the flood risk listDH4 6HY: not on the flood risk listDH4 6HZ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JA: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JB: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JD: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JE: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JF: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JG: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JH: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JJ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JL: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JN: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JQ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JS: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JT: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JU: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JW: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JX: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JY: not on the flood risk listDH4 6JZ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LA: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LB: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LD: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LE: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LF: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LG: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LH: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LJ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LL: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LN: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LP: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LQ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LR: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LS: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LT: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LU: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LW: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LX: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LY: not on the flood risk listDH4 6LZ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6NA: not on the flood risk listDH4 6ND: not on the flood risk listDH4 6NF: not on the flood risk listDH4 6NG: not on the flood risk listDH4 6NL: not on the flood risk listDH4 6NQ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6PB: not on the flood risk listDH4 6PH: not on the flood risk listDH4 6PT: not on the flood risk listDH4 6RA: not on the flood risk listDH4 6RB: not on the flood risk listDH4 6RD: not on the flood risk listDH4 6RF: not on the flood risk listDH4 6SL: not on the flood risk listDH4 6SN: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TA: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TB: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TE: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TH: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TJ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TL: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TP: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TQ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TR: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TS: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TT: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TU: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TX: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TY: not on the flood risk listDH4 6TZ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6UE: not on the flood risk listDH4 6UG: not on the flood risk listDH4 6UH: not on the flood risk listDH4 6UJ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6UL: not on the flood risk listDH4 6FW: low flood risk at worstDH4 5ND: medium flood risk at worstDH4 5NH: medium flood risk at worstDH4 5NQ: medium flood risk at worstDH4 6NE: high flood risk Fence Houses Map of every postcode in Fence Houses, by flood risk Of the 162 postcodes in Fence Houses that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 157 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Fence Houses. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Fence Houses
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 157

Of the 162 postcodes in Fence Houses that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 157 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.8441, longitude -1.5024. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

DH4 6NE1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Fence Houses?

Homes sold for a typical £142,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.3% on the 12 months before. At 143 of the 162 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 10 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 162 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Kepier Medical Practice, 1.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, 5.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Fence Houses?

Homes in Fence Houses sold for a typical £142,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, down 5.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£142,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£149,950 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 5.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £252,500 22 sales
  • Semi-detached £135,000 11 sales
  • Terraced £105,000 34 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £60,000 6 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole DH4 district, Fence Houses's main postcode district: a typical £155,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Fence Houses: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Fence Houses?

20 of the 162 postcodes now in use in Fence Houses came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 18 of the 97 homes sold in Fence Houses were newly built (19%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH4 district, 23%.

The newest postcodes

DH4 6RFsince February 2024DH4 6SLsince September 2023DH4 6PHsince August 2023DH4 6UHsince July 2023DH4 6PBsince April 2023DH4 6UGsince January 2023

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Fence HousesAcross the DH4 district
The 12 months to August 2026 2 of 73 (3%) 28 of 389 (7%)
The 12 months to August 2025 18 of 97 (19%) 136 of 592 (23%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Fence Houses?

Ofcom reports on 162 of the 162 postcodes in Fence Houses. At 143 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit143 of 162
Postcodes where every home can get superfast159 of 162
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 162

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Fence Houses at risk of flooding?

5 of the 162 postcodes in Fence Houses have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 10 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 5 of 162 postcodes High: 1Medium: 9Low: 2

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Fence Houses?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Fence Houses. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Fence Houses?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Fence Houses is Chester-le-Street Rail Station, 5.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Chester-le-Street Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmCycle
  • Durham Rail Station Railway station 8.8 kmDrive
  • Seaham Rail Station Railway station 10.0 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Fence Houses?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Fence Houses. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Fence Houses safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 857 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Fence Houses over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 79 September 2025
  2. 86 October 2025
  3. 83 November 2025
  4. 84 December 2025
  5. 44 January 2026
  6. 44 February 2026
  7. 61 March 2026
  8. 69 April 2026
  9. 100 May 2026
  10. 55 June 2026
  11. 82 July 2026
  12. 70 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences315 reports
Anti-social behaviour159 reports
Criminal damage and arson101 reports
Burglary61 reports
Vehicle crime56 reports
Public order45 reports
Other theft42 reports
Other crime36 reports

Also: shoplifting 20, drugs 12, possession of weapons 4, theft from the person 3, bicycle theft 2, robbery 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Fence Houses?

Councils
Sunderland (121) and County Durham (41)
Parliamentary constituencies
Houghton and Sunderland South (121) and North Durham (41)
Police force areas
Northumbria (121) and Durham (41)
Region
North East
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Moving to Fence Houses

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Fence Houses is in Sunderland; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Fence Houses postcodes

162 postcodes in use in Fence Houses, by district:

DH4 postcode district,162 postcodes

That district is in the DH postcode area.

Check a Fence Houses postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Fence Houses

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Fence Houses's £142,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Bournmoor1.6 km, £205,000Houghton-le-Spring1.9 km, £152,475Newbottle2.2 km, £151,250Great Lumley2.7 km, £190,000Shiney Row and Penshaw2.8 km, £160,000West Rainton3.4 km, £145,000Hetton-le-Hole4.0 km, £151,000Chester-le-Street5.2 km, £172,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Fence Houses

What is it like to live in Fence Houses?
Homes sold for a typical £142,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.3% on the 12 months before. At 143 of the 162 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 10 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 162 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Kepier Medical Practice, 1.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, 5.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Fence Houses?
Fence Houses is covered by postcode district DH4, across 162 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Fence Houses?
Homes in Fence Houses sold for a typical £142,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, down 5.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Fence Houses?
In Fence Houses, primary schools at its postcodes include Dubmire Primary and Woodlea Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Kepier, 1.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Fence Houses have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Fence Houses is Chester-le-Street, 5.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Fence Houses?
Ofcom reports on 162 of the 162 postcodes in Fence Houses. At 143 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Fence Houses at risk of flooding?
5 of the 162 postcodes in Fence Houses have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 10 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Fence Houses?
20 of the 162 postcodes now in use in Fence Houses came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 18 of the 97 homes sold in Fence Houses were newly built (19%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH4 district, 23%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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