Eden Lane County Durham
20 addresses across 4 postcodes (DL2), about 1 km (0.6 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 39710819.
- Sales: 12 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £215,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in County Durham cost £140,788 in August 2026 (+4.9% on a year); private rents averaged £653 a month.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 4, F: 1, G: 1).
- Flood: 3 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: 3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 43 times (254 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% 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 E; Band D in County Durham costs £2,622 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Shildon, about 10.4 km (6.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 580 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 74 to 91 m above sea level.
- Noise: 11 of its 23 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Gainford Surgery, about 360 m away.
- People: About 720 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 72% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £215,000 | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £190,000 | £190,000 | £190,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £144,000 | £144,000 | £144,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £152,500 | £152,500 | £152,500 |
| 2007 | 1 | £176,500 | £176,500 | £176,500 |
| 2005 | 3 | £135,000 | £134,000 | £200,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £147,000 | £147,000 | £147,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £76,000 | £76,000 | £76,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £50,500 | £50,500 | £50,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jan 1998 | 2 DL2 3BG | Semi-detached | £50,500 | |
| 5 Jul 2012 | 3 DL2 3BG | Semi-detached | £144,000 | |
| 19 Oct 2011 | 3 DL2 3BG | Semi-detached | £152,500 | |
| 28 Nov 2005 | 3 DL2 3BG | Semi-detached | £134,000 | |
| 5 May 2023 | 4 DL2 3BG | Semi-detached | £215,000 | |
| 13 Apr 2015 | 5A DL2 3BG | Detached | £190,000 | |
| 1 Jun 2004 | 5A DL2 3BG | Detached | £147,000 | |
| 9 Dec 2005 | 6 DL2 3BG | Detached | £135,000 | |
| 24 Aug 2001 | 7 DL2 3BG | Detached | £76,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2007 | ROBINS COURT EAST DL2 3BG | Flat or maisonette | £176,500 | |
| 16 Jul 2021 | ROBINS COURT WEST DL2 3BG | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 27 Jun 2005 | ROBINS COURT WEST DL2 3BG | Detached | £200,000 |
House prices and rents in County Durham
A typical home in County Durham cost £140,788 in August 2026, 4.9% more than a year before. That is 19% more than five years earlier and 43% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £238,105 |
| Semi-detached | £141,657 |
| Terraced | £117,275 |
| Flat or maisonette | £79,042 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £125,556 |
Private renters in County Durham paid £653 a month on average in September 2026, 6.1% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £459 |
| Two bedrooms | £582 |
| Three bedrooms | £697 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,004 |
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 106 m². Most common: House, detached (3); Bungalow, detached (3); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 1950-1966 (2); before 1900 (1); 2007 onwards (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 10,473 kWh of it on average in 2024, 18% less than the district's 12,735 kWh, and 2,793 kWh of electricity, 25% less than the district's 3,740 kWh. There are gas meters for about 98% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2 3BG | 11 | 2,832 kWh | 10 | 12,699 kWh |
| DL2 3DF | 44 | 2,248 kWh | 44 | 9,961 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is DL2.
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (19% of about 1,170 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)
- Main Road, DL2 3BQ: up to 16 homes, permissioned (530 m (0.3 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 23 October 2026 to 26 October 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the footway, carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DL2 3BG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| DL2 3BW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DL2 3DF | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 2 / 12 | unlikely |
| DL2 3EY | 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
3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 43 times, for 254 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Tees, Langton Beck.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gainford Sewage Treatment Works Northumbrian Water | River Tees | 31 | 180 | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Gainford Sewage Treatment Works Northumbrian Water; monitored 85% of the year | River Tees | 12 | 74 | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Headlam Sps Northumbrian Water | Langton Beck | 0 | 0 | 860 m (0.5 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
4 of the street's 4 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 5 to 10%: 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.
By postcode centre: 3 to 5% (1); 5 to 10% (4).
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. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). 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 23 addresses are between 74 m and 91 m above sea level (80 m on average); the ground rises about 18 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL2 3BG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DL2 3BW | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DL2 3DF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DL2 3EY | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shildon 60,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.4 km (6.5 miles) |
| Heighington 37,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.9 km (6.8 miles) | |
| North Road (Darlington) 51,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.5 km (7.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lord Nelson Gainford | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Teesside International Airport MME | 19.9 km (12 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 54.4 km (34 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Gainford Surgery Good Oct 2026 | 360 m |
| Pharmacies | Cockfield Pharmacy | 8.8 km (5.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | West Auckland Dental Practice | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
| Hospital | West Park Hospital | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| Care homes | Lyons Court Care Home Good Jun 2025 | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Police station | Durham Police - Cockerton Police Office | 10 km (6.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Green 7,790 m² | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 530 m² | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.1 ha | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade I), 780 m (0.5 miles) south-west. 37 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 780 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Gainford Hall | Listed building, Grade I | 820 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Dovecote, 45 metres south of Gainford Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 830 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| St Lawrence's Chapel, manorial settlement remains and dovecote | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Barforth Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Packhorse bridge | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Balmer Hill | Hill | 770 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Michell's Island | Island | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Hillhouse Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Gainford Great Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Grant Bank Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Dyance Bottom | Valley | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 23 |
11 of the street's 23 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gainford Church of England Primary School and Preschool | Primary | 3–11 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 29% in 2024 and 43% 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
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 167 childminders and 16 home childcarers (nannies) in Durham. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie and Rachel's Plaice DL2 3DZ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 12 Dec 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other theft | 4 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Eden Park (13); On or near Neville Close (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 | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 11% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 17% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 24% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 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 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility repair and maintenance works, 22 October 2026 to 27 October 2026 (give and take) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- DL2 3BG: 13 addresses
- DL2 3BW: 4 addresses of 5 in the postcode
- DL2 3DF: 2 addresses of 48 in the postcode
- DL2 3EY: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Eden Park · Neville Close · Eden Crest · Academy Gardens
All the streets in DL2 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; 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.