Property market
The five-year median is £221,000 from 3 recorded sales in SR6 8LT. 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.
SR6 8LT
Fulwell · Sunderland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Sunderland
- Ward
- Fulwell
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Postcode district
- SR6
- Postcode sector
- SR6 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SR6 8LT
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SR
- Postcode district
- SR6
- Postcode sector
- SR6 8
- Latitude
- 54.935803
- Longitude
- -1.389827
- British National Grid easting
- 439,194
- British National Grid northing
- 560,295
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Sunderland · E08000024
- Electoral ward
- Fulwell · E05016377
- Parish or community
- E43000178
- Westminster constituency
- Sunderland Central · E14001531
- Output area
- E00044303
- Lower layer super output area
- Sunderland 001C · E01008724
- Middle layer super output area
- Sunderland 001 · E02001791
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 SR6
Property
37 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 76, Dovedale Road, Sunderland, SR6 8LT | 15 August 2024 | £221,000 |
| 74, Dovedale Road, Sunderland, SR6 8LT | 29 November 2023 | £240,000 |
| 62, Dovedale Road, Sunderland, SR6 8LT | 11 February 2022 | £220,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 62
- Primary
- 39
- Secondary
- 9
- 257 m
Monkwearmouth Academy
Academy converter
- 297 m
Seaburn Dene Primary School
Community school
- 1.1 km
Fulwell Infant School Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,328
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 355
- Shoplifting 335
- Anti social behaviour 170
- Criminal damage and arson 108
- Burglary 73
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 86
- Postcode households
- 33
- Residents per household
- 2.6
- SR6 8 residents
- 6,190
49 female, 37 male
Age bands in SR6 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 12.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 31.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 26.3%
724 residents
497 residents
1,189 residents
1,800 residents
1,506 residents
This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SR6 8 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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- 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
23
within 5 km
FULWELL MEDICAL CENTRE,
EBDON LANE, SUNDERLAND, SR6 8DZ
ODS code A89015
734 m
BRIDGE VIEW MEDICAL GROUP
SOUTHWICK HEALTH CENTRE, THE GREEN, SOUTHWICK, SUNDERLAND, SR5 2LT
ODS code A89019
2.0 km
RED HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
RED HOUSE SURGERY, 127 RENFREW ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR5 5PS
ODS code A89008
2.5 km
WHITBURN SURGERY
3 BRYERS STREET, WHITBURN, SUNDERLAND, SR6 7EE
ODS code A88023
2.5 km
ST BEDE MEDICAL CENTRE
LOWER DUNDAS STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR6 0QQ
ODS code A89016
2.6 km
MONKWEARMOUTH HEALTH CENTRE
DUNDAS STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR6 0AB
ODS code A89040
2.6 km
FORGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE OLD FORGE SURGERY, PALLION PARK, SUNDERLAND, SR4 6QE
ODS code A89020
3.2 km
MILLFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
63-83 HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7AF
ODS code A89017
3.2 km
HYLTON MEDICAL GROUP
PALLION H.C, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89031
3.4 km
PALLION FAMILY PRACTICE
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89007
3.4 km
PALLION PRIMARY CARE SERVICES
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code Y01262
3.4 km
WEARSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89006
3.4 km
ASHBURN MEDICAL CENTRE
RIVERVIEW HEALTH CENTRE, BOROUGH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR1 2HJ
ODS code A89018
3.5 km
RIVERVIEW SURGERY
RIVERVIEW HEALTH CENTRE, BOROUGH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR1 2HJ
ODS code A89002
3.5 km
THE NEW CITY MEDICAL GROUP
TATHAM STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR1 2QB
ODS code A89013
3.6 km
PARK LANE PRACTICE
1-6 CITY GREEN, SUNDERLAND, SR2 7BA
ODS code A89034
3.9 km
CHESTER SURGERY
215 CHESTER ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7TU
ODS code A89623
4.0 km
DEERNESS PARK MEDICAL GROUP
DEERNESS PARK MEDICAL CENTRE, SUFFOLK STREET, HENDON, SUNDERLAND, SR2 8AD
ODS code A89001
4.1 km
CENTRAL SURGERY
CLEADON PARK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, SOUTH SHIELDS, NE34 8PS
ODS code A88013
4.3 km
VILLETTE SURGERY
SUFFOLK STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR2 8AX
ODS code A89005
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Dovedale Road-Cumbrian Avenue
BCT · Seaburn Dene
- 0.1 miles
Dovedale Road-Alston Crescent
BCT · Seaburn Dene
- 0.1 miles
Alston Crescent-Dovedale Road
BCT · Seaburn Dene
- 0.1 miles
Alston Crescent-Number 164
BCT · Seaburn Dene
- 0.1 miles
Shields Road-Dovedale Road
BCT · Seaburn Dene
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 001C, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
30,955 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
- 1
- 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
Schools
62 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 9 secondary schools. Monkwearmouth Academy is the nearest published school at 257 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,328 published events cover 12 months, averaging 110.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 355 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.