Eldon Close Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
16 addresses across 1 postcode (DL5), about 40 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 33910375.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2019 the median was £84,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 13 homes have an energy certificate (C: 5, D: 7, E: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Newton Aycliffe, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Town Park, is about 260 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 93 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bewick Crescent Surgery, about 390 m away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 50% of households owned their home and 14% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 322 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | £84,000 | £84,000 | £84,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £20,000 | £20,000 | £20,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2019 | 9 DL5 5PY | Terraced | £84,000 | |
| 29 Jan 2018 | 13 DL5 5PY | Terraced | £74,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 16 Oct 1998 | 14 DL5 5PY | Terraced | £20,000 |
Energy performance certificates
13 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 78 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (8); House, end-terrace (3); Bungalow, semi-detached (1). Built: 1950-1966 (12); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (9); rented (private) (2); owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (50% of about 660 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)
- Site 1 at Clarence Green: up to 47 homes, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
- Clarence Green, DL5 5HZ: up to 8 homes, not permissioned (860 m (0.5 miles))
- Travellers Green, DL5 5EB: up to 7 homes, not permissioned (950 m (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 20 August 2026 to 26 August 2026: NORTHUMBRIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the carriageway, verge, footpath (immediate - urgent works)
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 93 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL5 5PY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Newton Aycliffe 78,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Heighington 37,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Shildon 60,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 53 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Central Avenue Tesco Newton Aycliffe | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Town Centre Ferryhill | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mer | 310 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Teesside International Airport MME | 15.2 km (9.5 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 47.2 km (29 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bewick Crescent Surgery | 390 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 200 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 330 m |
| Hospital | Bishop Auckland Hospital | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Police station | Newton Aycliffe Police Station | 130 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Morrisons Daily - Newton Aycliffe Cashzone | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Town Park 2.7 ha | 260 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 510 m² | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.2 ha | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Clarence Chare Allotments 1.3 ha | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 5 parks and gardens, 5.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Warren Plantation | Wood | 780 m (0.5 miles) east |
| South Agnew Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Agnew Plantation | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| North Agnew Plantation | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Tuft Hill | Hill | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) west |
| Old Mill Race | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 16 | 16 |
None of the street's 16 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Hill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 270 m | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 360 m | No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Vane Road Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 600 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Woodham Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 840 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 870 m (0.5 miles) | Requires improvement (Dec 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Byerley Park Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Feb 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; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesco DL5 4DH | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 160 m | 5 Very good | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Tesco Family Dining Ltd DL5 4DH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 160 m | 5 Very good | 16 May 2025 |
| New Look DL5 4DH | Retailers - other | 160 m | Exempt | |
| Domino's Pizza DL5 4DH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 180 m | 5 Very good | 27 Nov 2024 |
| One Beyond DL5 4DH | Retailers - other | 210 m | 5 Very good | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Cafe HQ DL5 4DZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 230 m | 5 Very good | 13 Mar 2026 |
| Bargain Buys DL5 4DZ | Retailers - other | 240 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jul 2026 |
| Boyes DL5 4DU | Retailers - other | 250 m | Exempt | |
| Heron Foods DL5 4DP | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 260 m | 5 Very good | 25 Feb 2025 |
| Subway DL5 4DJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 280 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Aldi DL5 4DH | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 290 m | 5 Very good | 26 Jan 2026 |
| Pizza Cottage - Cuccina DL5 4DH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 290 m | 5 Very good | 5 Jun 2025 |
| Mike's Fish Bar DL5 4DH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 290 m | 5 Very good | 2 Apr 2025 |
| Spice Village DL5 4DH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 290 m | 5 Very good | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Elachi Indian Restaurant DL5 4EE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 300 m | 5 Very good | 17 Dec 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 106 |
| Shoplifting | 95 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 51 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 30 |
| Public order | 21 |
| Robbery | 5 |
| Other theft | 5 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Supermarket (250); On or near Central Avenue (17); On or near Parking Area (12); On or near Biscop Crescent (10); On or near Hatfield Road (9).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 50% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 29% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 29% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 40% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 40% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 12% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 14% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 39% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 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
- DL5 5PY: 16 addresses of 18 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Biscop Crescent · Heild Close · Conyers Place · Hatfield Road · Sheraton Road · Church Close · Shafto Way · Jenkins Court · Raine Walk · Shield Walk · Skirlaw Road · Beveridge Way
All the streets in DL5 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.