Springwell
Springwell is covered by postcode district NE9. It is in the Sunderland council area, England.
Every postcode in Springwell, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 0
- In use before 2020: 78
Of the 78 postcodes in Springwell that ONS places, 78 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 54.9192, longitude -1.5525. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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
Further out, not drawn
This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.
What is it like to live in Springwell?
Homes sold for a typical £157,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.8% on the 12 months before. At 57 of the 78 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 78 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Wrekenton Medical Group, 1.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Heworth, 3.6 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 Springwell?
Homes in Springwell sold for a typical £157,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 21 sales, down 4.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached 1 sale, too few to price
- Semi-detached £155,000 6 sales
- Terraced £155,500 14 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NE9 district, Springwell's main postcode district: a typical £180,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Springwell: 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 Springwell?
None of the 78 postcodes now in use in Springwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Springwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE9 district, 1%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Springwell | Across the NE9 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 21 (0%) | 0 of 356 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 31 (0%) | 6 of 456 (1%) |
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 Springwell?
Ofcom reports on 78 of the 78 postcodes in Springwell. At 57 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Springwell at risk of flooding?
None of the 78 postcodes in Springwell is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
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 Springwell?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Springwell. 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.
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 Springwell?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Springwell is Heworth Rail Station, 3.6 km away in a straight line.
- Heworth Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle
- Dunston Rail Station Railway station 6.7 kmDrive
- Manors Rail Station Railway station 6.8 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 Springwell?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Springwell. 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.
- Wrekenton Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0191 487 6129 1.4 kmCycle
- Concord Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0191 417 3557 1.9 kmCycle
- New Washington Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 0191 415 5656 1.9 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Springwell safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,305 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Springwell 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
- 138 September 2025
- 134 October 2025
- 129 November 2025
- 138 December 2025
- 19 January 2026
- 75 February 2026
- 76 March 2026
- 128 April 2026
- 125 May 2026
- 123 June 2026
- 120 July 2026
- 100 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 55, robbery 23, drugs 22, theft from the person 12, possession of weapons 6, bicycle theft 4.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Springwell?
- Council
- Sunderland
- Parliamentary constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South
- Police force area
- Northumbria
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Labour)
All 78 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Springwell
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Sunderland about council tax Council tax, on sunderland.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Springwell postcodes
78 postcodes in use in Springwell, by district:
That district is in the NE postcode area.
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Places near Springwell
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Springwell's £157,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Springwell
- What is it like to live in Springwell?
- Homes sold for a typical £157,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.8% on the 12 months before. At 57 of the 78 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 78 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Wrekenton Medical Group, 1.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Heworth, 3.6 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 Springwell?
- Springwell is covered by postcode district NE9, across 78 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Springwell in?
- Springwell is in the Sunderland council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Springwell?
- Springwell is in the Washington and Gateshead South parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Springwell?
- Homes in Springwell sold for a typical £157,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 21 sales, down 4.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Springwell?
- In Springwell, primary schools at its postcodes include Springwell Village Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Hill Top School, 1.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Springwell have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Springwell is Heworth, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Springwell?
- Ofcom reports on 78 of the 78 postcodes in Springwell. At 57 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Springwell at risk of flooding?
- None of the 78 postcodes in Springwell is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Springwell?
- None of the 78 postcodes now in use in Springwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Springwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE9 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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