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DH4 4LG

Herrington & Newbottle · Sunderland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Houghton Le Spring
Ward
Herrington & Newbottle
Local authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH4 4LP 43 m
DH4 4LH 44 m
DH4 4LL 69 m
DH4 4LJ 76 m
DH4 4UT 127 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH4 4LG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2009
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 4
Latitude
54.869351
Longitude
-1.472729
British National Grid easting
433,938
British National Grid northing
552,857

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Sunderland · E08000024
Electoral ward
Herrington & Newbottle · E05016380
Parish or community
E43000178
Westminster constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South · E14001295
Output area
E00044661
Lower layer super output area
Sunderland 032F · E01032483
Middle layer super output area
Sunderland 032 · E02001822

Postcode source versions

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Property

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Flighters Place, New Herrington, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 4LG 20 February 2025 £120,000
11, Flighters Place, New Herrington, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 4LG 29 February 2024 £100,000
10, Flighters Place, New Herrington, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 4LG 20 December 2021 £115,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
55
Primary
36
Secondary
5

  1. The Poplars

    Other independent special school

    602 m

  2. Shiney Row Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km

  3. Barnwell Academy

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
712
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 263
  • Anti social behaviour 94
  • Criminal damage and arson 68
  • Shoplifting 65
  • Public order 54

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

10 female, 8 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
1.8
DH4 4 residents
8,280

Age bands in DH4 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,398 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

883 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.5%

2,056 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

2,521 residents

Age 65 and over
21.7%

1,897 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH4 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
91.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
91.7%
Gigabit-capable
91.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

15

within 5 km straight-line

  • HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE

    ODS code A89009

    794 m

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP

    KELSO GROVE, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RW

    ODS code A89030

    1.5 km

  • GRANGEWOOD SURGERY

    CHESTER ROAD, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RB

    ODS code A89028

    1.7 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    2.7 km

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4DN

    ODS code A89023

    3.1 km

  • HAPPY HOUSE SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4BY

    ODS code A89041

    3.6 km

  • I J HEALTHCARE

    3 SWISS COTTAGES, VIGO LANE, WASHINGTON, NE38 9AB

    ODS code A89617

    4.0 km

  • SPRINGWELL MEDICAL GROUP

    SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG

    ODS code A89027

    4.0 km

  • THE BROADWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG

    ODS code A89024

    4.0 km

  • SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE SOUTH HYLTON SURG

    2 UNION STREET, SOUTH HYLTON, SUNDERLAND, SR4 0LS

    ODS code A89614

    4.2 km

  • NEW SILKSWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SILKSWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, SILKSWORTH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 2AN

    ODS code A89032

    4.2 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY PARTNERSHIP

    SILKSWORTH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 2AN

    ODS code A89011

    4.2 km

  • RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH

    ODS code A89616

    5.0 km

  • GALLERIES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE GALLERIES HEALTH CENTRE, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ

    ODS code A89012

    5.0 km

  • SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HEALTH CENTRE, THE GALLERIES, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ

    ODS code A89025

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • St Aidans Terrace-Flighters

    BCT · West Herrington

    0.0 miles

  • St Aidans Terrace-Flighters

    BCT · West Herrington

    0.0 miles

  • St Aidans Terrace-Freezemoor Road

    BCT · West Herrington

    0.2 miles

  • St Aidans Terrace-Freezemoor Road

    BCT · West Herrington

    0.3 miles

  • St Aidans Terrace-Old Church Hse

    BCT · West Herrington

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 032F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,841 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £115,000 from 3 recorded sales in DH4 4LG. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Sunderland is £143,216 in June 2026, up 4.6% year on year.

Schools

55 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 5 secondary schools. The Poplars is the nearest published school at 602 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

712 published events cover 12 months, averaging 59.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 263 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.