Green Lane Shildon, County Durham
6 addresses across 4 postcodes (DL4), about 650 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 33914746.
- 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.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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: 2 of its postcodes are in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Landfill: 4 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Sunnydale Waste Disposal Site, is 50 m away.
- Storm overflows: 3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 19 times (29 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% 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 A; Band D in County Durham costs £2,622 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 67% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Shildon, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 710 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 143 to 150 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 6 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Hallgarth Surgery, about 410 m (0.3 miles) away.
- People: About 1,100 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 47% of households owned their home and 16% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 40 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- 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
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
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
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 10,615 kWh of it on average in 2024, about the same as the district, and 2,818 kWh of electricity, about the same as the district. There are gas meters for about 96% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL4 2ER | 40 | 2,099 kWh | 39 | 10,191 kWh |
| DL4 2HL | 8 | 1,509 kWh | 7 | 11,201 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 DL4.
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 (93% of about 2,590 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.
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Road AD Plant (Waste AD) County Durham CMA/7/74 | Anaerobic digestion | 2.8 MW | Operational Oct 2013 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
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.
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 19 times, for 29 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Dene Beck, Trib of the Woodham Burn, Trib of River Skerne.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close House Storm Sewage Overflow Northumbrian Water; monitored 36% of the year | Dene Beck | 0 | 0 | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Shildon Cso West Road Auckland Northumbrian Water | Trib of the Woodham Burn | 4 | 2 | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Jubilee Road Cso Northumbrian Water; monitored 66% of the year | Trib of River Skerne | 15 | 28 | 1 km (0.6 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
2 of the street's 4 postcodes are in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground. 2 more are elsewhere in the coalfield, at low risk.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: 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: less than 1% (1); 1 to 3% (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. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
4 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 50 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnydale Waste Disposal Site Shildon, Bishop Auckland, County Durham | 1957 to 1983 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household; gas control on site | 50 m |
| Eldon Hill Quarry Eldon, County Durham | from 1962 | Industrial, liquid sludge | 90 m |
| Shildon Tunnel Sedgefield, County Durham | Not recorded | Not recorded | 350 m |
| Old Eldon Quarry Eldon, Bishop Auckland, County Durham | 1977 to 1993 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household, special (hazardous), liquid sludge | 380 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 143 m and 150 m above sea level (147 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL4 2EP | 67% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| DL4 2ER | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DL4 2HL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shildon 60,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Bishop Auckland 169,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2 miles) | |
| Newton Aycliffe 78,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 16 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Eldon Bank Shildon | 220 m |
| Bus or coach station | St Johns RC School Yard Bishop Auckland | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Teesside International Airport MME | 19.7 km (12 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 44.6 km (28 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hallgarth Surgery Good Aug 2018 | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cheapside Pharmacy | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest 23-27 Main Street (Dental Surgery) | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Bishop Auckland Hospital | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Holly Lodge Care Home Good Feb 2020 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Police station | Shildon Police Station | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest ATM | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,670 m² | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 350 m² | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 70 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Gurney Valley | Valley | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Thickley Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Shawbrow Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Tuft Hill | Hill | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-east |
| Howlish Plantation | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
| High Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3 km (1.8 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.4 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 6 |
1 of the street's 6 addresses is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Church of England Aided Primary School, Shildon | Primary | 3–11 | 560 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 53% in 2024 and 43% in 2023) |
| Thornhill Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 870 m (0.5 miles) | Outstanding (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 93% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 20% at the higher standard (2025; 93% in 2024 and 73% in 2023) |
| Timothy Hackworth Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 52% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 39% in 2024 and 41% in 2023) |
| Prince Bishops Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | None published |
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
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 690 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nellie's Day Nursery DL4 1DU | Full day care | 75 | Jan 2026: Needs attention in 4 areas, Urgent improvement in 2; safeguarding standards not met | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Shildon Early Years DL4 1HN | Full day care | 28 | Nov 2025: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 4, Needs attention in 1 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapside Chemists DL4 2HP | Retailers - other | 420 m (0.3 miles) | Exempt | |
| Xpress Stores DL4 2HW | Retailers - other | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 10 Mar 2025 |
| The King William DL4 2HW | Pub/bar/nightclub | 450 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection | |
| Nourish Hub DL4 1DT | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 500 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 20 Feb 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 18 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 10 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 7 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Green Lane (26); On or near Foundry Street (7); On or near North Terrace (4); On or near Eldon Bank Top (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 | 38 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 22% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 47% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 28% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 31% | 17% |
| Private rented | 22% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 11% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 13% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 69% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 61% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 16% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all in decile 1 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
- DL4 2ER: 3 addresses of 50 in the postcode
- DL4 2BS: 1 address of 2 in the postcode
- DL4 2EP: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
- DL4 2HL: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Middridge Lane · Eldon Bank Top · North Terrace · North Terrace · Alexandra Gardens · Aged Miners Homes · King Edward Street · Alexandra Gardens · Foundry Street · Foundry Street · Phoenix Place · Temperance Avenue
All the streets in DL4 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.