Mandarin Road Rainton Bridge, Sunderland
38 addresses across 2 postcodes (DH4), about 110 m long. USRN 38741196.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Sunderland cost £147,763 in August 2026 (+4.6% on a year); private rents averaged £710 a month.
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Storm overflows: 5 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 68 times (125 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Sunderland costs £2,197 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Chester-Le-Street, about 6.7 km (4.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 430 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 49 to 51 m above sea level.
- Noise: 21 of its 38 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Houghton Medical Group,, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 500 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 44% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 8 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often other theft.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2016 | THE VENTNER BUILDING, 3 DH4 5RA | Other | £834,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 23 Mar 2022 | CHASE HOUSE, 4 DH4 5RA | Other | £7,000,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
House prices and rents in Sunderland
A typical home in Sunderland cost £147,763 in August 2026, 4.6% more than a year before. That is 18% more than five years earlier and 38% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £261,768 |
| Semi-detached | £158,375 |
| Terraced | £128,937 |
| Flat or maisonette | £82,296 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £131,489 |
Private renters in Sunderland paid £710 a month on average in September 2026, 4.1% more than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £525 |
| Two bedrooms | £650 |
| Three bedrooms | £776 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,083 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
None of the street's postcodes has the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
Council tax
What each band costs in Sunderland in 2026-27: Band D £2,197 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,465 | £1,709 | £1,953 | £2,197 | £2,685 | £3,174 | £3,662 | £4,394 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (38% of about 810 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Energy projects nearby
4 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houghton-le-Spring Landfill Site | Landfill Gas | 3 MW | Operational Dec 2006 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Mark's Quarry County Durham CMA/4/10 | Landfill Gas | 1 MW | Operational Dec 2003 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Great Eppleton Wind Farm | Wind 4 turbines | 3 MW | Operational Apr 1997 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Great Eppleton Farm Repowering Sunderland 07/00086/FUL | Wind 4 turbines | 8.2 MW | Operational Mar 2010 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 8 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| DH4 5RA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 8 | unlikely |
| DH4 5QY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
5 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 68 times, for 125 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Rainton Burn, Red Burn.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A690 Slip Road Cso, Su27 Northumbrian Water; monitored 79% of the year | Rainton Burn | 1 | 1 | 350 m |
| Warden Grove Sso Northumbrian Water | Rainton Burn | 40 | 72 | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Stanhope Close Cso Su 26 Northumbrian Water | Rainton Burn | 24 | 51 | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Brinkburn Sso Northumbrian Water | Red Burn | 0 | 0 | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Rear St Michaels Cso Northumbrian Water | Red Burn | 3 | 1 | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
2 of the street's 2 postcodes are in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 39 addresses are between 49 m and 51 m above sea level (49 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DH4 5QY | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| DH4 5RA | 0% | 0% | 0% | 61% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Chester-Le-Street 232,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Durham 2.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) | |
| Seaham 165,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 18 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rainton Bridge Ind Est D Houghton-le-Spring | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Interchange Hetton-le-Hole | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Imperial Buildings | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 26.5 km (16 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Houghton Medical Group, Good Feb 2016 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest G Whitfield Limited | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Rectory | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Chester-Le-Street Community Hospital | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Care homes | 3 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dairy Lane Care Centre Good Oct 2023 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Northumbria Police | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Thandi Food Market - Houghton Le Spring Cashzone | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 15 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 460 m² | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,740 m² | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,330 m² | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 15 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Durham Castle and Cathedral, a World Heritage Site, 8.9 km (5.5 miles) south-west. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Durham Castle and Cathedral | World Heritage Site | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Joe's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 540 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Hetton Houses Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Morton Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Rye Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Houghton Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Elemore Vale | Valley | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 21 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 17 | 38 |
21 of the street's 38 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Sunderland: see them on the Sunderland page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 740 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 87% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 76% in 2024 and 45% in 2023) |
| East Rainton Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 910 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection | 72% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 28% at the higher standard (2025; 69% in 2024 and 69% in 2023) |
| Kepier | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 46.3 (43.6 in 2025 and 46.9 in 2024); 46.1% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Bernard Gilpin Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | Outstanding (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 87% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 28% at the higher standard (2025; 83% in 2024 and 86% in 2023) |
| Burnside Academy Inspires | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 56% in 2024 and 70% in 2023) |
| Houghton Le Spring Nursery School | Nursery | 3–5 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | |
| Dubmire Primary | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Outstanding | 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 64% in 2024 and 73% in 2023) |
| Gillas Lane Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 15% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
| Eppleton Academy Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 62% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 52% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.3 km (0.8 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilton Meadows Nursery DH4 6LX | Full day care | 35 | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 66 childminders and 4 home childcarers (nannies) in Sunderland. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cheese & Pickle DH4 5QY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 60 m | 5 Very good | 28 May 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other theft | 2 |
| Shoplifting | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near B1284 (5); On or near Conference/Exhibition Centre (3).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | under 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 50% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Durham Road · Gadwall Road · Durham Road
All the streets in DH4 and across Sunderland.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.