Schools
48 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 5 secondary schools. The Poplars is the nearest published school at 210 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DH4 7AL
Herrington & Newbottle · Sunderland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Postcode district
- DH4
- Postcode sector
- DH4 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DH4 7AL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 November 2003
- Postcode area
- DH
- Postcode district
- DH4
- Postcode sector
- DH4 7
- Latitude
- 54.867036
- Longitude
- -1.484226
- British National Grid easting
- 433,202
- British National Grid northing
- 552,594
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
- E00044665
- Lower layer super output area
- Sunderland 032D · E01008796
- Middle layer super output area
- Sunderland 032 · E02001822
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore DH4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 48
- Primary
- 34
- Secondary
- 5
- 210 m
The Poplars
Other independent special school
- 504 m
Shiney Row Primary School
Community school
- 848 m
Barnwell Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,013
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 369
- Anti social behaviour 135
- Criminal damage and arson 99
- Shoplifting 86
- Public order 74
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DH4 7 residents
- 9,383
Age bands in DH4 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 31.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.7%
1,446 residents
949 residents
2,095 residents
2,782 residents
1,676 residents
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.
GP practices
15
within 5 km straight-line
HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE
ODS code A89009
160 m
WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP
KELSO GROVE, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RW
ODS code A89030
723 m
GRANGEWOOD SURGERY
CHESTER ROAD, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RB
ODS code A89028
935 m
KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE
LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ
ODS code A89021
2.5 km
HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,
THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4DN
ODS code A89023
3.0 km
I J HEALTHCARE
3 SWISS COTTAGES, VIGO LANE, WASHINGTON, NE38 9AB
ODS code A89617
3.4 km
RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE
OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH
ODS code A89616
4.3 km
HAPPY HOUSE SURGERY
DURHAM ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4BY
ODS code A89041
4.4 km
GALLERIES MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE GALLERIES HEALTH CENTRE, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89012
4.7 km
SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, THE GALLERIES, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89025
4.7 km
SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE SOUTH HYLTON SURG
2 UNION STREET, SOUTH HYLTON, SUNDERLAND, SR4 0LS
ODS code A89614
4.7 km
SPRINGWELL MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89027
4.7 km
THE BROADWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89024
4.7 km
NEW SILKSWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SILKSWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, SILKSWORTH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 2AN
ODS code A89032
5.0 km
VILLAGE SURGERY PARTNERSHIP
SILKSWORTH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 2AN
ODS code A89011
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Herrington Burn
BCT · Herrington Burn
- 0.0 miles
Herrington Burn
BCT · Herrington Burn
- 0.1 miles
Herrington Burn - A182
BCT · Herrington Burn
- 0.1 miles
St Aidans Terrace-Nursing Home
BCT · Herrington Burn
- 0.1 miles
Herrington Burn - A182
BCT · Herrington Burn
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 032D, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
15,644 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,013 published events cover 12 months, averaging 84.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 369 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.