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AREA GUIDES
Houghton Le Spring Area Guide
DH5 8JE · Sunderland · Tyne and Wear
A clearer picture of local life, the housing market and the things that shape your day.
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WEATHER
Weather this week
Forecast for DH5 8JE.
OVERVIEW
Overview
A concise snapshot before the detail below.
YOUR LOCAL PICTURE
Around Houghton Le Spring
DH5 8JE is in the Sunderland local authority area. The nearest listed railway station is Seaham, about 4.3 miles from this location. Explore local services and travel connections below, alongside housing and planning records.
HOUSING MARKET
Explore house prices →Housing market
Completed property sales and the wider area price trend.
17 Sep 2025 – 24 Jul 2026
June 2026
June 2026 compared with a year earlier
The median is the middle recorded sale in the sample above. The official index adjusts for the mix of homes sold across a wider area. Recent registrations can arrive late; neither figure values an individual home.
What could that cost each month?
Take a recorded price into the mortgage calculator. Adjust the property price, deposit, rate and term for the home you have in mind.
PLANNING
View all planning →Planning
Recent nearby applications and a route to the full planning view.
PLANNING WATCH
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LOCAL LIFE
Places to eat, drink, shop and spend time nearby
We’re still building the local directory for this area.
Local-life coverage is still growing here.Restaurants, cafés, shops, attractions and other useful places will appear as the open-data directory expands.
LIVING HERE
Living here
Schools, population, reported crime and employment.
- Bernard Gilpin Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 5–110.5 mi
- Eppleton Academy Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 3–110.5 mi
- Houghton Le Spring Nursery SchoolNursery · Ages 3–50.6 mi
- KepierSecondary · Ages 11–160.9 mi
Population of the small statistical area surrounding DH5 8JE—not the whole town. 2024.
What area does this cover?
Sunderland 034C (LSOA) is a defined statistical boundary, not a mileage radius.
Reports within about one mile in the latest mapped month · 2026-07.
Unemployment estimate for Sunderland · Latest available period.
REPRESENTATION
Who represents this area?
Current representation and recent general-election history for Houghton and Sunderland South.
How this area has votedWinning party, vote share and turnout at recent general elections.
Constituency boundaries changed in 2024, so older results may not cover exactly the same streets.
GETTING AROUND
Getting around
Roads, rail, nearby car parks, EV charging, driving charges and airports.
NEARBY CAR PARKS
View all →Nearby car parks
The closest useful mapped car parks.
Nearby fuel prices
View allUp to four forecourts within 5 miles of DH5 8JE, ordered by unleaded price. Prices in pence per litre.
Official UK Fuel Finder data
EV CHARGING
View all →Nearby EV charging
Nearest public charging locations with useful charger details where available.
No reliable nearby EV-charger result is available right now.
NEAREST MAJOR AIRPORT
Newcastle Airport
About 16.8 miles away. Distance alone does not show whether a property is under a flight path.
No strategic aircraft-noise band is shown for this postcode. That does not guarantee aircraft will never be heard.
View airport map & nearby parking →NEARBY PLACES & OUTDOORS
Nearby places & outdoors
Useful nearby places, green space and walking routes.
Useful nearby places
HMP Frankland4.4 miles away
Green space and walks
- Hetton Lyons0.9 mi
- Herrington2.4 mi
- Cassop6.7 mi
- Hadrian's Wall Path9.3 mi
- Cleveland Way26.0 mi
- Coast To Coast28.7 mi
Distance is to the nearest mapped point; it does not guarantee immediate access to the route from this postcode.
Vets near this area
Explore practice profiles, owner reviews and contact details around DH5 8JE.
- Westway Veterinary Group, HoughtonSunderland DH5 8BJAbout 0.6 miles away
- SimplyCats Vet ClinicDurham DH4 6LPAbout 1.7 miles away
- Gilmoor Vets, SunderlandSunderland SR3 2NEAbout 2.5 miles away
- Westway Veterinary Group, SunderlandSunderland SR3 1TJAbout 3.4 miles away
- Seaham VetsSunderland SR7 0HSAbout 3.5 miles away
- Vets for Pets – Sunderland SouthSunderland SR4 8NWAbout 4.1 miles away
Published practices within 10 miles, ordered by approximate straight-line distance from the map point. Some practice locations use postcode centres. This is not a quality ranking or a complete directory.
Find and compare vets near DH5 8JECoverage at a glanceIndoor and outdoor coverage around DH5 8JE
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EEIndoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
Three
ThreeIndoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
O2
O2Indoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
Vodafone
VodafoneIndoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
UTILITIES & BROADBAND
Utilities & broadband
BIN DAYS
Check bin days →Collection dates are address-specific
Use the postcode, then choose the exact household before Place Keys shows collection dates.
Data, sources and limitationsSources, refresh dates and important context
Key sources
Weather: MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Mobile coverage and broadband: Ofcom. Population: ONS via Nomis. Property sales: HM Land Registry. Local places may include Food Standards Agency and OpenStreetMap data. Elections use published constituency results and current representative data.
How to read the figures
Small-area population is a defined statistical geography, not a town total or mileage radius. Distances are approximate straight-line or mapped distances unless a module states otherwise. Older election results may use pre-2024 constituency boundaries.
Dataset dates
- Weather: 17 Sep 2026, 16:26
- Sold prices: most recent displayed sale 24 Jul 2026
- Reported crime: 2026-07