B6306 Northumberland, County Durham
33 addresses across 10 postcodes (DH8), about 7.1 km (4.4 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 42850035.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 2, E: 4, G: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in County Durham costs £2,622 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Riding Mill, about 9.7 km (6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Pow Hill Country Park, is about 900 m (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 1.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 226 to 382 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 33 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- People: About 410 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 62% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 157 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (4); House, detached (4). Built: before 1900 (7); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (4); owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in County Durham in 2026-27: Band D £2,622 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,748 | £2,039 | £2,331 | £2,622 | £3,205 | £3,788 | £4,370 | £5,244 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (26% of about 1,370 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Edmondbyers, Blanchland. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 17.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade I
- CHURCHYARD CROSS 17 METRES WEST OF DOOR OF CHURCH OF ST. MARY, grade I
- 10, THE SQUARE, grade II
- 11 AND 12, THE SQUARE, grade II
- 13 AND 14, THE SQUARE, grade II
- BLANCHBAND BRIDGE, PARTLY IN COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND, grade II
- BLANCHLAND BRIDGE, OVER THE RIVER DERWENT, grade II
- BYRE/HAYLOFT 10 METRES SOUTH-EAST OF NO.10, grade II
- FARMBUIDLINGS TO SOUTH OF NO. 10, grade II
- GOWLAND'S COTTAGE, grade II
- GROUP OF FARMBUILDINGS 60 METRES NORTH OF COWBYERS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- NO. 17 AND ADJACENT BUILDING TO WEST, NOW A WING OF LORD CREWE ARMS, grade II
- OUTBUILDING AND ATTACHED PRIVIES 5 METRES EAST OF NO.17, grade II
- PRIVIES TO REAR OF NO. 13, 14 AND GOWLAND'S COTTAGE, grade II
- RUFFSIDE HALL, grade II
- WALL ON SOUTH SIDE OF CHURCHYARD, grade II
- WARD HEADSTONE 12 METRES SOUTH-WEST OF DOOR OF CHURCH OF ST. MARY, grade II
Roadworks
Started, not reported finished by 31 October 2026
- 12 May 2026 to 2 November 2026: NORTHUMBRIAN WATER, Utility asset works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (major works)
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 3 November 2026 to 5 November 2026: BT, Utility asset works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
Finished in the last three months
- 13 October 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (minor works)
- 21 September 2026 to 23 September 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the carriageway, verge (minor works)
- 28 August 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 18 March 2026 to 9 October 2026: NORTHUMBRIAN WATER, Utility asset works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 3 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 6 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DH8 9NN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| DH8 9NU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH8 9PL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| DH8 9PE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH8 9NQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH8 9PB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH8 9NR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH8 9NT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH8 9PA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH8 9SP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 33 addresses are between 226 m and 382 m above sea level (269 m on average); the ground rises about 156 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DH8 9NN | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DH8 9NQ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DH8 9NR | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DH8 9NT | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DH8 9NU | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DH8 9PA | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| DH8 9PB | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| DH8 9PE | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| DH8 9PL | 67% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DH8 9SP | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Riding Mill 33,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
| Stocksfield 52,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.8 km (6.7 miles) | |
| Corbridge 77,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.5 km (7.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ruffside Hall | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 27.9 km (17 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacies | Moorside Pharmacy | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 9.9 km (6.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Shotley Bridge Hospital | 10.2 km (6.4 miles) |
| Police station | Durham Constabulary - Consett Police Station | 10.7 km (6.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Pow Hill Country Park 20 ha | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| High Hospital Plantation | Wood | 140 m south |
| Low Hospital Plantation | Wood | 200 m north |
| Hunter House Plantation | Wood | 660 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Derwentdale | Valley | 810 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Ruffside Dam | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Tod Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 1.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 6.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 3 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 24 | 33 |
9 of the street's 33 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 County Durham: see them on the County Durham page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (northumbria).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 7% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 62% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 14% | 17% |
| Private rented | 24% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 18% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 39% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility asset works, 3 November 2026 to 5 November 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- DH8 9NN: 8 addresses of 30 in the postcode
- DH8 9NU: 7 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- DH8 9PL: 7 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- DH8 9PE: 3 addresses of 30 in the postcode
- DH8 9NQ: 2 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- DH8 9PB: 2 addresses of 3 in the postcode
- DH8 9NR: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
- DH8 9NT: 1 address of 4 in the postcode
- DH8 9PA: 1 address of 7 in the postcode
- DH8 9SP: 1 address of 13 in the postcode
All the streets in DH8 and across County Durham.
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.
- 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.