Comet Drive Easington, County Durham

23 addresses across 2 postcodes (SR8), about 180 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 11908550.

21 homes have an energy certificate (C: 12, D: 9). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in County Durham costs £2,622 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Horden, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. There is a small park or garden about 120 m away, and Oak Road Neighbourhood Park (2.7 hectares) is about 170 m away. The nearest GP surgery is The Horden Group Practice, about 3.2 km away. About 260 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 22% of households owned their home and 13% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 56 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from October 2014 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

21 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 51 m². Most common: Bungalow, mid-terrace (8); Flat (8); Bungalow, end-terrace (3). Built: 1983-1990 (18); 1976-1982 (2); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (20).

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.

ABCDEFGH
£1,748£2,039£2,331£2,622£3,205£3,788£4,370£5,244

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (79% of about 920 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

Planned, as of 30 September 2026

  • 26 October 2026 to 10 December 2026: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS, New service connection, some carriageway incursion, on the carriageway, verge, footpath (major (paa) works)
  • 26 October 2026 to 10 December 2026: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS, New service connection, some carriageway incursion, on the carriageway, verge, footpath (major works)

Finished in the last three months

  • 15 September 2026 to 23 September 2026: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS, New service connection, give and take, on the footway, carriageway (standard works)
  • 1 September 2026 to 11 September 2026: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS, New service connection, give and take, on the footway, carriageway (standard works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

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.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
SR8 3EP100%100%100%0%
SR8 3EU100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsHorden 165,000 journeys in 2024–253.4 km
Seaham 165,000 journeys in 2024–255.9 km
Sunderland 709,000 journeys in 2024–2513.5 km
Bus stops11 stops within 400 m, 26 within 800 m; nearest Shakespeare Terrace Easington Village30 m
Bus or coach stationPeterlee Bus Station Stand A3.0 km
Car parksNFS 360 Connect - Depot Parking1.9 km
EV charging pointsInstaVolt Charging Station2.7 km
Airport with scheduled flightsTeesside International Airport MME31.3 km
Nearest large airportNewcastle International Airport NCL35.7 km

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeriesThe Horden Group Practice3.2 km
Pharmacies2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Easington Pharmacy1.0 km
NHS dentists1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery1.0 km
HospitalPeterlee Community Hospital3.7 km
Police stationDurham Police - Easington Police Office130 m
Cash machines1 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM640 m

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,780 m²120 m
Largest park within 800 mOak Road Neighbourhood Park 2.7 ha170 m
Play area3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 840 m²200 m
Playing field1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 8,310 m²580 m
Allotments5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,390 m²80 m

Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 4.3 hectares in all.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

No modelled figures for this square.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 31 October 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Easington Colliery Primary SchoolPrimary3–11310 m Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Rosemary Lane Nursery SchoolNursery2–5740 m Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
Easington AcademySecondary11–16850 m No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good
Easington CofE Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary4–111.0 km Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 31 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Easington Colliery Primary School 2746 SR8 3DJSchool/college/university290 m5 Very good9 Mar 2026
Easington Family Hub SR8 3DJOther catering premises290 m5 Very good4 Oct 2024
The Spud Hut SR8 3JUTakeaway/sandwich shop380 m3 Generally satisfactory4 Dec 2025
Davis Terrace Convenience Store SR8 3JARetailers - other390 m2 Improvement necessary4 Jun 2026
Harry's Fish and Chips SR8 3HATakeaway/sandwich shop450 m5 Very good23 Aug 2024

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

56 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences22
Anti-social behaviour10
Criminal damage and arson9
Other theft7
Public order3
Other crime3
Burglary1
Drugs1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Comet Drive (17); On or near Jupiter Court (9); On or near Wordsworth Road (8); On or near Burn Gardens (7); On or near Saturn Close (7).

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 255 residents in 106 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age6840
Children under 152%17%
Aged 65 and over54%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)22%61%
Owned outright8%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented66%17%
Private rented11%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work21%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)9%6%
Retired (of adults)50%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)20%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)11%32%
Travel to work by car or van68%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram0%4%
By any public transport, including bus8%8%
On foot or by bicycle11%10%
Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work)47%65%
Work 30 km or more away8%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)13%34%
No qualifications56%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification4%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)100%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all0%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

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.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Saturn Close · Seaside Lane · Shakespeare Terrace · Jupiter Court · Neptune Way · Milton Lane · Petwell Crescent · Burn Gardens · Lee Terrace · West Crescent · Laburnum Crescent · Whickham Street

All the streets in SR8 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.
  • Noise from roads, railways or aircraft, which is not shown yet; and planning applications.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.