# DH5 8PA

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 54.83341, -1.461521
- **Open Location Code:** 9C6WRGMQ+99
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO94gu
- **Qibla:** 120.5°
- **Grid reference:** NZ 34688 48863
- **UTM:** 30U 598817 6077338
- **Elevation:** 70m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North East (E12000001)
- **Admin district:** Sunderland (E08000024)
- **Ward:** Copt Hill (E05001155)
- **Constituency:** Houghton and Sunderland South (E14001295)
- **Parish code:** E43000178
- **Travel to work area:** E30000275
- **Police force area:** E23000007
- **Built-up area:** E63007258
- **European electoral region:** North East (E15000001)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01008716
- **2021 MSOA:** Houghton Town (E02001824)
- **2021 output area:** E00044268
- **2011 LSOA:** E01008716
- **2011 MSOA:** E02001824
- **2011 output area:** E00044268
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33001406
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6B2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 24415
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000012
- **ICB location:** E38000176
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000050
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000029

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Seaham | 7726 |
| Hospital | Chester Le Street Community Hospital | 7528 |
| GP | Houghton Health Centre | 1030 |
| School | St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton | 693 |
| Airport | Newcastle International Airport | 27010 |
| Bus stop | Houghton Road-Rainton Bank | 125 |
| Food bank | Sunderland | 4318 |
| Defibrillator | Houghton Pharmacy | 644 |
| Pharmacy | G. Whitfield | 1054 |
| Post office | Houghton-le-Spring Post Office | 1254 |
| Library | Hetton Centre Library | 1366 |
| Coast | — | 10385 |
| Central London | — | 380352 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Northern Powergrid (region F, MPAN 15)
- **Water:** Northumbrian Water
- **Sewerage:** Northumbrian Water
- **Broadband:** 95.5% gigabit, 95.5% superfast, 95.5% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [DH5 8BY](https://openpostcodes.uk/DH5%208BY)
- [DH5 8BZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/DH5%208BZ)
- [DH5 8PB](https://openpostcodes.uk/DH5%208PB)
- [DH5 8JW](https://openpostcodes.uk/DH5%208JW)
- [DH5 9BY](https://openpostcodes.uk/DH5%209BY)
- [DH5 9FA](https://openpostcodes.uk/DH5%209FA)
- [DH5 8LA](https://openpostcodes.uk/DH5%208LA)
- [DH5 9PT](https://openpostcodes.uk/DH5%209PT)

## Boundary

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## Data

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