Front Street Dipton, County Durham
115 addresses across 23 postcodes (DH9), about 130 m long, classed as a a road. USRN 11005242.
- Sales: 12 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £195,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 39 homes have an energy certificate (B: 4, C: 10, D: 14, E: 11).
- Flood: 7 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 A; 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 Blaydon, about 10.2 km (6.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 410 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 175 to 243 m above sea level.
- Noise: 99 of its 115 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Drs Lambert & Ng, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
- People: About 1,460 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 64% of households owned their home and 25% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 41 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £195,000 | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £100,000 | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £126,000 | £126,000 | £126,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £170,000 | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £130,000 | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | £154,950 | £154,950 | £154,950 |
| 2009 | 1 | £333,000 | £333,000 | £333,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £145,000 | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jul 2024 | THE KEEP DH9 9HQ | Semi-detached | £195,000 | |
| 23 Nov 2021 | DERWENTSIDE GLASS LTD DH9 9DF | Other | £20,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 6 Aug 2021 | LONDON VILLA DH9 9AA | Semi-detached | £100,000 | |
| 7 Aug 2020 | LONDON COTTAGE DH9 9AA | Terraced | £126,000 | |
| 27 Sep 2019 | THE KEEP DH9 9HQ | Semi-detached | £185,000 | |
| 2 Jul 2018 | THE KEEP DH9 9HQ | Semi-detached | £170,000 | |
| 14 Sep 2017 | CHURCH VIEW DH9 9EY | Other | £140,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Jun 2016 | ST JOHNS CHURCH DH9 9EY | Detached | £130,000 | |
| 26 Sep 2014 | THE KEEP DH9 9HQ | Semi-detached | £154,950 | |
| 11 Sep 2014 | ROWAN TREE HOUSE DH9 9HQ | Semi-detached | £154,950 | |
| 25 Sep 2009 | FOXGLOVES DH9 9JH | Detached | £333,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2005 | LONDON VILLA DH9 9AA | Semi-detached | £145,000 |
Energy performance certificates
39 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 110 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (10); House, detached (6); House, end-terrace (6). Built: before 1900 (17); 1900-1929 (8); 2019 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (22); rented (private) (6).
Each home's certificates and sales (27 addresses)
- 1 Hillside, Dipton
- 1, School View, Dipton
- 1-2 Browns Buildings, Dipton
- 2, School View, Dipton
- 3a Browns Buildings, Dipton
- 4, The Gables, Dipton
- 5, The Gables, Dipton
- 6, The Gables, Dipton
- Alma Lea Cottage, Dipton
- Beechwood, Dipton
- Church View, Front Street, Dipton
- Collierley County School House, Dipton
- Emerald Cottage, Dipton
- Ferndale, Dipton
- London Cottage, Front Street, Dipton
- London Villa, Front Street, Dipton
- Maddison House, Dipton
- Oakfield House, Dipton
- Pontopside House, Dipton
- Ramsey House, Camerons Buildings, Dipton
- Red Ox House, Front Street
- St. Johns Church House, Front Street, Dipton
- Startforth Cottage, Dipton
- Summer Cottage, Front Street, Dipton
- Swinburnside House, Dipton
- The Keep, Dipton
- The Old Police House, Dipton
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 (61% of about 1,560 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.
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, 6 at medium risk and 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DH9 9DN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9DQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9HQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 6 | unlikely |
| DH9 9EB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 3 / 2 | unlikely |
| DH9 9AA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9AB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9AE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9JH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| DH9 9EY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| DH9 9DH | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9GA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9HA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9DJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9DA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9DE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| DH9 9DF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9DR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9HE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 3 | unlikely |
| DH9 9HR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| DH9 9AG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9BP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9ED | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DH9 9HB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 115 addresses are between 175 m and 243 m above sea level (236 m on average); the ground rises about 69 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DH9 9AA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9AB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9AE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9AG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9BP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9DA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9DE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9DF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9DH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9DJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9DN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9DQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9DR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9EB | 100% | 89% | 89% | 0% |
| DH9 9ED | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DH9 9EY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9GA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9HA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9HB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9HE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9HQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9HR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DH9 9JH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Blaydon 69,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.2 km (6.3 miles) |
| MetroCentre 632,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.8 km (6.7 miles) | |
| Dunston 51,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11 km (6.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 18 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cooperative Terrace Dipton | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | Tanfield Comprehensive School Tanfield Lea | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 18.3 km (11 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Drs Lambert & Ng | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dipton Pharmacy | 80 m |
| NHS dentists | Smile In Durham | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Hospital | South Moor Hospital | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Police station | Durham Constabulary - Catchgate Police Station | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Bestone Cashzone | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.5 ha | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 170 m² | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha | 140 m |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.6 ha | 30 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 3.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Pontop Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 690 m (0.4 miles) west. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Pontop Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 690 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Collierley Chapel | Scheduled monument | 810 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Bantling Castle Lime Kilns | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Simpson's Hill | Hill | 380 m south-east |
| Dipton Wood | Wood | 810 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Pontop Pike | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Ewehurst Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Lintzhall Dene | Valley | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 49 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 36 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 14 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 16 | 115 |
99 of the street's 115 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collierley Nursery and Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 220 m | Report card (Jun 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 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 620 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number 17 DH9 9AB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 90 m | 4 Good | 9 Apr 2026 |
| Premier - Dipton Convenience Store DH9 9AH | Retailers - other | 140 m | 5 Very good | 19 Nov 2025 |
| Dipton Fisheries DH9 9AH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 140 m | 5 Very good | 10 Jul 2025 |
| The Hungry Caterpillar DH9 9AH | Retailers - other | 150 m | 5 Very good | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Dipton Workingmens Club DH9 9AQ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 180 m | 5 Very good | 9 Aug 2019 |
| New Moti Jheel Ne Limited DH9 9DN | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 200 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Dipton Community Centre DH9 9DR | Other catering premises | 320 m | 5 Very good | 19 Feb 2026 |
| The Bread and Butter Thing DH9 9DR | Retailers - other | 320 m | 5 Very good | 3 Jun 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 13 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 11 |
| Other theft | 4 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Co-Operative Terrace (22); On or near George Street (6); On or near Coleridge Gardens (6); On or near Parking Area (5); On or near Catchwell Road (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 64% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 34% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 22% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 22% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 45% | 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) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 2 to 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
- DH9 9DN: 15 addresses
- DH9 9DQ: 14 addresses
- DH9 9HQ: 14 addresses of 17 in the postcode
- DH9 9EB: 11 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- DH9 9AA: 7 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- DH9 9AB: 6 addresses
- DH9 9AE: 6 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- DH9 9JH: 6 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- DH9 9EY: 5 addresses of 6 in the postcode
- DH9 9DH: 4 addresses
- DH9 9GA: 4 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- DH9 9HA: 4 addresses of 11 in the postcode
- DH9 9DJ: 3 addresses
- DH9 9DA: 2 addresses
- DH9 9DE: 2 addresses
- DH9 9DF: 2 addresses of 3 in the postcode
- DH9 9DR: 2 addresses
- DH9 9HE: 2 addresses of 29 in the postcode
- DH9 9HR: 2 addresses of 18 in the postcode
- DH9 9AG: 1 address of 4 in the postcode
- DH9 9BP: 1 address
- DH9 9ED: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
- DH9 9HB: 1 address of 22 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Front Street · George Street · Coleridge Gardens · Wesley Cottages · Cooperative Villas · Delight Row · Cooperative Terrace East · Cooperative Terrace West · Cooperative Terrace West · Co-Operative Terrace · Wordsworth Gardens · Catchwell Road
All the streets in DH9 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.