Sunderland: neighbourhoods, postcodes and homes
The areas of Sunderland, their postcodes and the kind of homes you’ll find, with what to record at check-in.
Postcode districts: SR1, SR2, SR3, SR4, SR5, SR6, NE37, NE38, DH4, DH5
City centre and Ashbrooke SR1, SR2
Victorian terraces and large villas in Ashbrooke, with flats over shops and student blocks in the centre.
Millfield and Pallion SR4
Dense Victorian terraced streets, including single-storey Sunderland cottages, many privately let.
Hendon SR2
Older terraced streets near the docks, with some newer housing on cleared sites.
Roker and Seaburn SR6
Victorian and Edwardian terraces and semis near the seafront, some converted to flats.
Southwick and Monkwearmouth SR5
Terraced streets and post-war council-built estates north of the river.
Washington NE37, NE38
A new town of numbered villages built from the 1960s, mostly terraced and semi-detached houses.
Houghton-le-Spring and Hetton-le-Hole DH4, DH5
Former mining towns with terraced colliery streets and later estates.
Doxford and Silksworth SR3
Post-war and modern estates of semi-detached and detached family houses.
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Sunderland postcodes: questions
Which postcodes are in Sunderland?
Sunderland covers all or part of these postcode districts: SR1, SR2, SR3, SR4, SR5, SR6, NE37, NE38, DH4, DH5. Some districts cross into neighbouring areas.
Can I get a report for one postcode?
Yes. The free property report shows the EPC, sold prices nearby, crime, flood risk and a rental yield calculator for any UK postcode.
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