Fence Houses

9°CClear

• Today: 11° / 9° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:25

9h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

69 reported · August 2026▲ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences31
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Criminal damage & arson10
• Vehicle crime5

Neighbourhood team: Houghton · Northumbria

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

332 reported road collisions (2025)

80 killed or seriously injured · 430 casualties · 12.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

175 food businesses within 2 miles

• 141 rated 4–5 ★ (120 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chester-le-Street (4.7 km)
• 36 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£147,763 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Sunderland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£707 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £523
• 2 bed £647
• 3 bed £773

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

4.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.8 times median annual pay (4.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,161 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · BP (8.4 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

74 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Houghton and Hetton Depot (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

274,175 residents in Sunderland · 1,995/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,616
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,432
• Net moves−816

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 31 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

28% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,197 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 134,620)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

125 schools · 41,439 pupils

81 primary · 16 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 45 of 47 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

116 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sunderland

235 CQC-registered services

• Care homes87
• GP practices45
• Dentists36
• Homecare agencies43
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sunderland

• Not in the Green Belt
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

153 applications decided

94.1% granted · 144 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Bridget Phillipson

Labour

Houghton and Sunderland South

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 5
• LD 12
• Ref 57
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools4
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£655 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,252 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 173,812 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

58% low-carbon electricity

Imports 42% · Nuclear 36% · Wind 21%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 77.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56.3 women · 56.4 men

77% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

14 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in DH4

• West Rainton Surgery
• Herrington Medical Centre
• Kepier Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Houghton and Sunderland South:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England1,390 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth491 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases423 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK192 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND159 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Fencehouses railway station · 0.1 km

  Fencehouses railway station served the village of Fencehouses, Tyne and Wear, England from 1841 to 1964 on the Leamside line.

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  Railway Wood (County Durham) · 0.5 km

  Railway Wood is a woodland in County Durham, England, near the village of Fence Houses. It covers a total area of 4.83 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.

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  Fence Houses · 0.5 km

  Fence Houses, or Fencehouses is a village in the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England.

• Lambton Railway · 0.6 km

  The Lambton Railway was a private industrial railway in County Durham, England, constructed initially as a tramway from 1737, to enable coal to be transported from Lambton Collieries to the Port of Sunderland. It clos…

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  Woodstone Village · 0.8 km

  Woodstone Village is a hamlet in the civil parish of Little Lumley, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It neighbours the larger villages of Fencehouses and Burnmoor. The local…

• New Lambton, County Durham · 1.4 km

  New Lambton is a village in County Durham, England, although the postal address is Tyne and Wear. It lies between the villages of Bournmoor and Fencehouses, and about 3 miles (5 km) east of Chester-le-Street.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)