Brookside Barton, North Yorkshire
4 addresses across 1 postcode (DL10), about 20 m long. USRN 31904677.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 1).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are 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 C; Band D in North Yorkshire costs £2,544 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Darlington, about 8.3 km (5.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 72 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 4 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Doctors Lane Surgery, about 3.6 km (2.2 miles) away.
- People: About 240 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 25 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 51 m². Most common: Bungalow, end-terrace (2); Bungalow, mid-terrace (1). Built: 1976-1982 (3). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in North Yorkshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,544 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,696 | £1,979 | £2,262 | £2,544 | £3,110 | £3,675 | £4,241 | £5,089 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (21% of about 580 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Old Haulage Depot, Barton, permissioned (90 m)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 1 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 3 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 72 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL10 6JX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Darlington 2.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) |
| North Road (Darlington) 51,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) | |
| Dinsdale 88,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.5 km (7.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Half Moon Inn Barton | 110 m |
| EV charging points | Gridserve Charging Station | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Teesside International Airport MME | 14.6 km (9.1 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 62.9 km (39 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Doctors Lane Surgery | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | The Pharmacy | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Wilson Alexander And Henley | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Darlington Memorial Hospital | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) |
| Police station | Durham Police - Cockerton Police Office | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Moto - Barton Park - Truckstop, Barton Cashzone | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,400 m² | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.6 ha | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,750 m² | 160 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Medieval cross at Barton, a scheduled monument, 110 m north-west. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Medieval cross at Barton | Scheduled monument | 110 m north-west |
| Middleton Lodge | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Slack Plantation | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Lodge Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Little Beck Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Acre Howden Spring Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Micklow Hill | Hill | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-west |
| Tile Sheds Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 4 |
3 of the street's 4 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 North Yorkshire: see them on the North Yorkshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 250 m | Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post Office DL10 6JH | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 130 m | 5 Very good | 16 Aug 2022 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 9 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 5 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Marygate (8); On or near The Porch (4); On or near Glebe Close (3); On or near Cedar Grove (2); On or near Silver Garth (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 61 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 6% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 42% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 41% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 35% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 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 6 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
- DL10 6JX: 4 addresses of 5 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Marygate · Kettle End · The Porch · Kettle End · Glebe Close · Cedar Grove · Piper Hill Close · Marygate · The Ashes · Wells Green · St Mary's Close · Silver Street
All the streets in DL10 and across North Yorkshire.
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.