DH5 8 postcode sector in the DH5 district

DH5 8 is a sector of the DH5 district: every postcode that starts DH5 8. It has 136 postcodes in use.

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Every postcode in the DH5 8 sector, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the DH5 8 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 136 postcodes in the DH5 8 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 135 were in use before 2020. Places named: Houghton-le-Spring. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A690A182 DH5 8AA: before 2020DH5 8AE: before 2020DH5 8AG: before 2020DH5 8AH: before 2020DH5 8AJ: before 2020DH5 8AL: before 2020DH5 8AN: before 2020DH5 8AP: before 2020DH5 8AQ: before 2020DH5 8AR: before 2020DH5 8AS: before 2020DH5 8AT: before 2020DH5 8AU: before 2020DH5 8AW: before 2020DH5 8AX: before 2020DH5 8AY: before 2020DH5 8AZ: before 2020DH5 8BA: before 2020DH5 8BB: before 2020DH5 8BD: before 2020DH5 8BE: before 2020DH5 8BG: before 2020DH5 8BH: before 2020DH5 8BJ: before 2020DH5 8BL: before 2020DH5 8BN: before 2020DH5 8BQ: before 2020DH5 8BT: before 2020DH5 8BU: before 2020DH5 8BW: before 2020DH5 8BX: before 2020DH5 8DA: before 2020DH5 8DB: before 2020DH5 8DD: before 2020DH5 8DJ: before 2020DH5 8DN: before 2020DH5 8DP: before 2020DH5 8DU: before 2020DH5 8DW: before 2020DH5 8DX: before 2020DH5 8DY: before 2020DH5 8EA: before 2020DH5 8EB: before 2020DH5 8ED: before 2020DH5 8EE: before 2020DH5 8EF: before 2020DH5 8EG: before 2020DH5 8EH: before 2020DH5 8EJ: before 2020DH5 8EL: before 2020DH5 8EN: before 2020DH5 8EP: before 2020DH5 8EQ: before 2020DH5 8ER: before 2020DH5 8ES: before 2020DH5 8ET: before 2020DH5 8EU: before 2020DH5 8EW: before 2020DH5 8EX: before 2020DH5 8EY: before 2020DH5 8GA: before 2020DH5 8GB: before 2020DH5 8GY: before 2020DH5 8GZ: before 2020DH5 8HA: before 2020DH5 8HB: before 2020DH5 8HD: before 2020DH5 8HF: before 2020DH5 8HG: before 2020DH5 8HH: before 2020DH5 8HJ: before 2020DH5 8HL: before 2020DH5 8HN: before 2020DH5 8HQ: before 2020DH5 8HR: before 2020DH5 8HS: before 2020DH5 8HT: before 2020DH5 8HU: before 2020DH5 8HW: before 2020DH5 8HX: before 2020DH5 8HY: before 2020DH5 8HZ: before 2020DH5 8JA: before 2020DH5 8JB: before 2020DH5 8JD: before 2020DH5 8JE: before 2020DH5 8JG: before 2020DH5 8JH: before 2020DH5 8JJ: before 2020DH5 8JL: before 2020DH5 8JN: before 2020DH5 8JP: before 2020DH5 8JR: before 2020DH5 8JS: before 2020DH5 8JT: before 2020DH5 8JW: before 2020DH5 8JX: before 2020DH5 8JY: before 2020DH5 8JZ: before 2020DH5 8LA: before 2020DH5 8LB: before 2020DH5 8LD: before 2020DH5 8LE: before 2020DH5 8LF: before 2020DH5 8LG: before 2020DH5 8LH: before 2020DH5 8LJ: before 2020DH5 8LL: before 2020DH5 8LN: before 2020DH5 8LQ: before 2020DH5 8LR: before 2020DH5 8LT: before 2020DH5 8LU: before 2020DH5 8LX: before 2020DH5 8NB: before 2020DH5 8ND: before 2020DH5 8NE: before 2020DH5 8NF: before 2020DH5 8NG: before 2020DH5 8NH: before 2020DH5 8NJ: before 2020DH5 8NL: before 2020DH5 8NN: before 2020DH5 8NP: before 2020DH5 8NQ: before 2020DH5 8NR: before 2020DH5 8NS: before 2020DH5 8NT: before 2020DH5 8NW: before 2020DH5 8NX: before 2020DH5 8PA: before 2020DH5 8PB: before 2020DH5 8PF: before 2020DH5 8QA: before 2020DH5 8BZ: new since 2020 Houghton-le-Spring Map of every postcode in the DH5 8 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 136 postcodes in the DH5 8 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 135 were in use before 2020. Places named: Houghton-le-Spring. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Houghton-le-Spring
  • New since 2020: 1
  • In use before 2020: 135

Of the 136 postcodes in the DH5 8 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 135 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.

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

The newest postcode

DH5 8BZOctober 2020

What do homes sell for in DH5 8?

Homes in DH5 8 sold for a typical £158,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 67 sales, up 10.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£158,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£143,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 10.1% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £245,000 19 sales
  • Semi-detached £156,500 32 sales
  • Terraced £98,000 13 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start DH5 8. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

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

Postcodes in DH5 8

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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