Shiney Row and Penshaw

18°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 13° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:30

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

43US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

65 reported · July 2026▼ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences17
• Shoplifting15
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson6

Neighbourhood team: Houghton · Northumbria

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

335 reported road collisions (2024)

68 killed or seriously injured · 424 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

158 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: South Hylton (4.8 km)
• 56 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£143,216 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Sunderland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£704 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £521
• 2 bed £645
• 3 bed £769

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (12 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

95 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Herrington Country Park (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches22
• Playgrounds11

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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 33 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

23% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sunderland

234 CQC-registered services

• Care homes87
• GP practices46
• Dentists36
• Homecare agencies43
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sunderland

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

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

151 applications decided

89.4% granted · 135 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

34% low-carbon electricity

Imports 66% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 14% · Wind 4%

19 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

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

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England1,367 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth488 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office457 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases420 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s346 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Shiney Row · 0.5 km

  Shiney Row is a village in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, England. One of the most notable people who was born in Shiney Row is Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet, owner of the factory that produced the first Transatl…

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  Penshaw railway station · 0.6 km

  Penshaw railway station served the village of Penshaw, Tyne and Wear, England from 1840 to 1964 on the Leamside line.

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  Penshaw · 0.9 km

  Penshaw, formerly known as Painshaw or Pensher is a village in the metropolitan district of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. Historically, Penshaw was located in County Durham.

• All Saints' Church, Penshaw · 1.0 km

  All Saints' Church is a Grade II listed parish church located at Penshaw, Tyne and Wear, in the City of Sunderland.

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  Philadelphia, Tyne and Wear · 1.0 km

  Philadelphia is a village in the City of Sunderland, England. It lies on the A182 road between Newbottle and Shiney Row. It is named after the American city of Philadelphia.

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  Biddick Hall (house) · 1.1 km

  Biddick Hall is a small privately owned 18th-century country mansion at Bournmoor, County Durham, near the City of Sunderland and Chester-le-Street. It is a Grade I listed building and the home of the Lambton family.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)