DH4 5AA postcode in Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland

DH4 5AA is a postcode in Houghton-le-Spring, in the Houghton North ward of Sunderland. It is in the Houghton and Sunderland South parliamentary constituency and the Northumbria police force area, and has been in use since October 2018.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses can get it. Sunderland: 95% Typical price £139,250 Homes sold in DH4 5, last 12 months. ▲ 11.4% on the year before Nearest station Chester-le-Street 6.0 km in a straight line

Where DH4 5AA is, and what is near it

Map of DH4 5AA and what is near it Map of DH4 5AA: its centre point, with the 171 other postcodes in the DH4 5 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 20 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. DH4 5AB: also in DH4 5DH4 5AD: also in DH4 5DH4 5AE: also in DH4 5DH4 5AG: also in DH4 5DH4 5AH: also in DH4 5DH4 5AJ: also in DH4 5DH4 5AL: also in DH4 5DH4 5AN: also in DH4 5DH4 5AQ: also in DH4 5DH4 5AW: also in DH4 5DH4 5EE: also in DH4 5DH4 5EF: also in DH4 5DH4 5EG: also in DH4 5DH4 5EJ: also in DH4 5DH4 5EQ: also in DH4 5DH4 5FB: also in DH4 5DH4 5FD: also in DH4 5DH4 5FE: also in DH4 5DH4 5FF: also in DH4 5DH4 5GU: also in DH4 5DH4 5HA: also in DH4 5DH4 5HB: also in DH4 5DH4 5HD: also in DH4 5DH4 5HE: also in DH4 5DH4 5HF: also in DH4 5DH4 5HG: also in DH4 5DH4 5HH: also in DH4 5DH4 5HJ: also in DH4 5DH4 5HL: also in DH4 5DH4 5HN: also in DH4 5DH4 5HP: also in DH4 5DH4 5HQ: also in DH4 5DH4 5HR: also in DH4 5DH4 5HS: also in DH4 5DH4 5HT: also in DH4 5DH4 5HU: also in DH4 5DH4 5HW: also in DH4 5DH4 5HX: also in DH4 5DH4 5HY: also in DH4 5DH4 5HZ: also in DH4 5DH4 5JA: also in DH4 5DH4 5JB: also in DH4 5DH4 5JE: also in DH4 5DH4 5JF: also in DH4 5DH4 5JH: also in DH4 5DH4 5JJ: also in DH4 5DH4 5JL: also in DH4 5DH4 5JN: also in DH4 5DH4 5JQ: also in DH4 5DH4 5JU: also in DH4 5DH4 5JW: also in DH4 5DH4 5JX: also in DH4 5DH4 5JY: also in DH4 5DH4 5JZ: also in DH4 5DH4 5LA: also in DH4 5DH4 5LB: also in DH4 5DH4 5LD: also in DH4 5DH4 5LE: also in DH4 5DH4 5LF: also in DH4 5DH4 5LG: also in DH4 5DH4 5LH: also in DH4 5DH4 5LJ: also in DH4 5DH4 5LL: also in DH4 5DH4 5LN: also in DH4 5DH4 5LP: also in DH4 5DH4 5LQ: also in DH4 5DH4 5LR: also in DH4 5DH4 5LS: also in DH4 5DH4 5LW: also in DH4 5DH4 5NA: also in DH4 5DH4 5NB: also in DH4 5DH4 5ND: also in DH4 5DH4 5NG: also in DH4 5DH4 5NH: also in DH4 5DH4 5NJ: also in DH4 5DH4 5NQ: also in DH4 5DH4 5NY: also in DH4 5DH4 5PL: also in DH4 5DH4 5PN: also in DH4 5DH4 5PW: also in DH4 5DH4 5RH: also in DH4 5DH4 5RJ: also in DH4 5 GP 1.5 km2 places, 1.6–1.9 kmNewbottle DH4 5AA Map of DH4 5AA and what is near it Map of DH4 5AA: its centre point, with the 171 other postcodes in the DH4 5 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 20 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. 2 places, 1.6–1.9 kmSunderland station 8.9 kmHoughton North DH4 5AA
  • DH4 5AA
  • Other postcodes in DH4 5: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 20 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 54.8514, longitude -1.4852)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after DH4 5AA?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at DH4 5AA?

Every home and business at DH4 5AA can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

Sunderland: 95%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Sunderland: 99%

The line marks the figure across Sunderland.

Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at DH4 5AA?

BinDayBuddy does not read Sunderland City Council's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

Sunderland City Council's bin days

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is DH4 5AA at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include DH4 5AA.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

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

From surface water, across Sunderland

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for DH4 5AA: 3,030 properties in Sunderland are at high risk (2.1% of all its properties). All the figures for Sunderland

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of DH4 5AA is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near DH4 5AA?

Homes in DH4 5 sold for a typical £139,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 62 sales, up 11.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£139,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£125,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 11.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £228,000 9 sales
  • Semi-detached £145,000 25 sales
  • Terraced £111,000 26 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole DH4 district: a typical £155,000 from 389 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in DH4 5AA

HM Land Registry records 2 standard sales of homes in DH4 5AA from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 15 March 2024. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near DH4 5AA?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 750 homes in the neighbourhood around DH4 5AA. Over half of them (55%) are in council tax band A. More were built from 1945 to 1964 than in any other period (54%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around DH4 5AA

Band D in Sunderland for 2026‑27: £2,197. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,465 (band A) to £2,197 (band D); band A, the most common, is £1,465.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 410 (55%)£1,465
Band Babout 120 (16%)£1,709
Band Cabout 80 (11%)£1,953
Band Dabout 140 (19%)£2,197
Band Efewer than 5£2,685
Band Fwithheld£3,174
Band Gfewer than 5£3,662
Band Hfewer than 5£4,394

When the homes were built

  1. None Before 1900
  2. None 1900 to 1918
  3. None 1919 to 1939
  4. 54% 1945 to 1964
  5. 1% 1965 to 1982
  6. None 1983 to 1999
  7. 8% 2000 to 2009
  8. 18% 2010 to 2019
  9. 19% 2020 or later

Before 1900, 1900 to 1918, 1919 to 1939, 1983 to 1999: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Sunderland before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of DH4 5AA is in (ONS area E01008751), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near DH4 5AA?

The nearest open schools to DH4 5AA, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near DH4 5AA, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to DH4 5AA?

The nearest railway station to the centre of DH4 5AA is Chester-le-Street Rail Station, 6.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Chester-le-Street Rail Station Railway station 6.0 kmDrive
  • Sunderland Rail Station Railway station 8.9 kmDrive

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

20 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Blind Lane-Newstead Road, 68 m away.

More stations near DH4 5AA, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near DH4 5AA?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of DH4 5AA, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near DH4 5AA?

0 within 1 km 3 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of DH4 5AA, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • A charging point Charging point · No details mapped 1.1 kmWalk
  • A charging point Charging point · No details mapped 2.4 kmCycle
  • A charging point Charging point · No details mapped 2.4 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near DH4 5AA?

The nearest to the centre of DH4 5AA, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to DH4 5AA?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near DH4 5AA?

The nearest care homes to the centre of DH4 5AA, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near DH4 5AA?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of DH4 5AA, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near DH4 5AA?

The nearest vets to the centre of DH4 5AA on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is DH4 5AA in a conservation area?

The centre of DH4 5AA is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near DH4 5AA?

Police.uk records 100 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of DH4 5AA in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour26 reports
Violence and sexual offences26 reports
Criminal damage and arson10 reports
Vehicle crime10 reports
Shoplifting10 reports
Public order6 reports

Also: other theft 3, theft from the person 3, burglary 2, robbery 2, possession of weapons 1, other crime 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for DH4 5AA

Ward
Houghton North
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
North East
Country
England
Built-up area
Houghton-le-Spring
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
October 2018

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

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The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

DH4 5JX30 mDH4 5JL80 mDH4 5JH90 mDH4 5JN100 mDH4 5AB110 mDH4 5LH120 m
All of DH4

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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