Gregson Terrace Seaham, County Durham

42 addresses across 1 postcode (SR7), about 230 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 11907463.

  • Sales: 60 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £115,000 across 2 sales.
  • 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: 24 homes have an energy certificate (C: 4, D: 14, E: 5, F: 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.
  • 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: 5 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 36 times (123 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.
  • Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Seaham Solar Park, Stockton Road - Solar Farm, is 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the B1404, carries 12,262 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • 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 Seaham, about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 320 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 64 to 66 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 29 of its 42 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The New Seaham Medical Group, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 260 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 61% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 84 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 4 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025; 1 involved a pedestrian.

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House 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.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20252£115,000£80,000£150,000
20242£118,750£117,500£120,000
20231£94,950£94,950£94,950
20223£79,000£76,000£95,000
20194£91,975£65,020£127,000
20183£83,000£55,000£122,000
20161£52,000£52,000£52,000
20113£75,000£62,000£90,000
20074£88,725£84,000£95,000
20064£83,250£65,000£90,000
20052£89,975£79,950£100,000
20042£77,725£57,950£97,500
All 60 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
7 Feb 20251 SR7 0HSTerraced£80,000
10 Aug 20111 SR7 0HSTerraced£62,000
4 Mar 20111 SR7 0HSTerraced£75,000
16 May 20031 SR7 0HSTerraced£47,000
16 Apr 19991 SR7 0HSTerraced£34,500
27 Mar 20192 SR7 0HSTerraced£54,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
11 Feb 20042 SR7 0HSTerraced£57,950
4 Sep 20013 SR7 0HSSemi-detached£21,000
1 Apr 19973 SR7 0HSSemi-detached£31,000
24 Jan 20224 SR7 0HSTerraced£79,000
30 Aug 20194 SR7 0HSTerraced£88,950
5 Apr 20074 SR7 0HSTerraced£89,950
24 Aug 20015 SR7 0HSTerraced£32,000
25 Jan 20006 SR7 0HSTerraced£22,000
6 Dec 20197 SR7 0HSTerraced£65,020
29 Jul 20118 SR7 0HSTerraced£90,000
25 Apr 20038 SR7 0HSTerraced£51,000
20 Oct 20009 SR7 0HSTerraced£32,950
26 Jan 201812 SR7 0HSTerraced£62,500Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
18 Jul 200712 SR7 0HSTerraced£95,000
29 Mar 200612 SR7 0HSTerraced£65,000
1 Mar 202413 SR7 0HSTerraced£120,000
21 Jun 201919 SR7 0HSTerraced£127,000
26 May 200019 SR7 0HSTerraced£43,000
14 Jul 199519 SR7 0HSTerraced£36,500
12 Jul 202422 SR7 0HSTerraced£117,500
19 Oct 200122 SR7 0HSTerraced£39,500
17 Jan 202523 SR7 0HSTerraced£150,000
7 Jun 201923 SR7 0HSTerraced£95,000
20 May 200323 SR7 0HSTerraced£77,000
6 Jul 201824 SR7 0HSTerraced£122,000
6 Aug 200424 SR7 0HSTerraced£97,500
11 Feb 200527 SR7 0HSTerraced£100,000
9 Apr 199927 SR7 0HSTerraced£42,000
30 Nov 199527 SR7 0HSTerraced£41,000
30 Nov 201828 SR7 0HSTerraced£55,000
26 Sep 200328 SR7 0HSTerraced£62,000
10 Jul 199828A SR7 0HSTerraced£35,000
9 Sep 202233 SR7 0HSTerraced£95,000
27 Oct 202334 SR7 0HSTerraced£94,950
28 Mar 201834 SR7 0HSTerraced£83,000
6 Mar 201734 SR7 0HSTerraced£55,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
5 Apr 200735 SR7 0HSTerraced£84,000
11 Mar 200535 SR7 0HSTerraced£79,950
28 Aug 200235 SR7 0HSTerraced£39,950
24 Mar 199535 SR7 0HSTerraced£34,000
6 May 202236 SR7 0HSTerraced£76,000
2 Feb 200636 SR7 0HSTerraced£90,000
30 Jun 200036 SR7 0HSTerraced£30,000
22 Aug 200638 SR7 0HSTerraced£84,500
12 Jun 200238 SR7 0HSTerraced£29,500
7 Sep 200640 SR7 0HSTerraced£82,000
23 May 200340 SR7 0HSTerraced£40,500
4 Apr 202341 SR7 0HSTerraced£90,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
14 Jul 201641 SR7 0HSTerraced£52,000
16 Aug 202442 SR7 0HSTerraced£70,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
5 Nov 200742 SR7 0HSTerraced£87,500
2 Jun 199742 SR7 0HSTerraced£22,000
1 Feb 200043 SR7 0HSTerraced£14,000
17 Oct 199743 SR7 0HSTerraced£11,625

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.

HomeTypical 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.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£459
Two bedrooms£582
Three bedrooms£697
Four or more bedrooms£1,004

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from December 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

24 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 85 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (16); Bungalow, mid-terrace (5); House, end-terrace (2). Built: 1930-1949 (10); 1900-1929 (8); 1967-1975 (5). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (16); rented (private) (5).

Each home's certificates and sales (24 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 11,535 kWh of it on average in 2024, about the same as the district, and 2,427 kWh of electricity, 9% less than the district's 2,666 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.

These are all the homes on the 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 SR7.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

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 (83% of about 1,030 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.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

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.

Energy projects nearby

5 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Seaham Solar Park, Stockton Road - Solar Farm County Durham DM/25/00287/FPA Solar farm 48 MW Planning application made Feb 2025 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
High Sharpley Wind Farm County Durham 02/221 Wind 2 turbines 2.6 MW Operational Dec 2006 2 km (1.2 miles)
South Sharpley Wind Farm (Revised) County Durham PLAN/2008/0355 Wind 3 turbines 7.5 MW Operational Jan 2013 2.2 km (1.4 miles)
Great Eppleton Wind Farm Wind 4 turbines 3 MW Operational Apr 1997 4.2 km (2.6 miles)
Great Eppleton Farm Repowering Sunderland 07/00086/FUL Wind 4 turbines 8.2 MW Operational Mar 2010 4.2 km (2.6 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.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 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

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre 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.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; 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.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

5 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 36 times, for 123 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Seaton Burn, Scawpie Dean, Ice House Dean.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Glebe Estate Cso Northumbrian Water Seaton Burn 3 1 290 m
Mill Inn A Sso Northumbrian Water Seaton Burn 11 108 290 m
Seaham Urban District Council Sso Northumbrian Water Seaton Burn 10 1 450 m (0.3 miles)
Cso at Warkworth Crescent Northumbrian Water Scawpie Dean 10 14 740 m (0.5 miles)
Durham Street Cso Northumbrian Water Ice House Dean 2 0 880 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.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

This postcode is 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.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 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 the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.

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.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 42 addresses are between 64 m and 66 m above sea level (65 m on average).

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

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
SR7 0HS100%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 stationsSeaham 165,000 journeys in 2024–251.5 km (0.9 miles)
Sunderland 709,000 journeys in 2024–256.9 km (4.3 miles)
Horden 165,000 journeys in 2024–259.7 km (6 miles)
Bus stops8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 24 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Byron Terrace New Seaham50 m
Bus or coach stationInterchange Seaham2.5 km (1.5 miles)
Car parksSeaham Hall Beach Car Park1.7 km (1 mile)
EV charging points2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station330 m
Airport with scheduled flightsNewcastle International Airport NCL29.8 km (19 miles)

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. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). 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 surgeries2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The New Seaham Medical Group Good Jan 20231.1 km (0.7 miles)
Pharmacies3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Netscripts Direct570 m (0.4 miles)
NHS dentistsSeaham Smiles1.9 km (1.2 miles)
HospitalCherry Knowle Hospital2.2 km (1.4 miles)
Care homes5 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dr. Ashdown's Stockton Lodge Good Mar 2023590 m (0.4 miles)
Police stationDurham Police - Seaham Police Office1.5 km (0.9 miles)
Cash machines2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Suri's Store40 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 garden1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.4 ha320 m
Play area2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,780 m²320 m
Playing field3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Seaham Town Park 9.0 ha140 m
Allotments3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Melrose Crescent Allotments 8,020 m²290 m

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 2.4 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Dalden Tower: a medieval fortified manor house and related earthworks, a scheduled monument, 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Dalden Tower: a medieval fortified manor house and related earthworksScheduled monument1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Lodge Field PlantationWood800 m (0.5 miles) east
Seaton PlantationWood1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west
Cherry Knowle HillHill1.6 km (1 mile) north
Seaham BeachBeach1.9 km (1.2 miles) east
Dawdon DeneValley1.9 km (1.2 miles) south
South DockLake or reservoir2.8 km (1.7 miles) east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, 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.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)7.94010
Fine particles (PM2.5)5.6205
Particles (PM10)10.44015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
70 to 7410
60 to 6460
55 to 59220
Under 551342

29 of the street's 42 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

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 7 November 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.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
New Seaham AcademyPrimary4–11110 m Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 94% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 29% at the higher standard (2025; 83% in 2024 and 83% in 2023)
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Seaham Roman CatholicPrimary4–11270 m No published inspection 75% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 84% in 2024 and 83% in 2023)
Seaham High SchoolSecondary11–16510 m (0.3 miles) Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 47.8 (45.8 in 2025 and 43.0 in 2024); 47.8% grade 5+ in English and maths
Westlea Primary SchoolPrimary3–11610 m (0.4 miles) Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 77% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 69% in 2024 and 66% in 2023)
Seaview Primary SchoolPrimary2–111.4 km (0.9 miles) Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 64% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 74% in 2023)
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary4–111.8 km (1.1 miles) No published inspection 76% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 14% at the higher standard (2025; 79% in 2024 and 57% 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

2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 770 m (0.5 miles) from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Harbour View Kindergarten SR7 0BN Full day care 80 Not inspected yet 770 m (0.5 miles)
Tots 'R' Us Nursery SR7 8DX Sessional day care 21 Outstanding (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.1 km (0.7 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.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 7 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Suri's Store SR7 0HSRetailers - other50 m4 Good2 Sep 2024
Ambleside Fisheries SR7 0HUTakeaway/sandwich shop160 m4 Good5 Mar 2026
Oregano SR7 0HYRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen170 m4 Good23 Sep 2026
Seaton Supply Stores SR7 0JLRetailers - other250 m5 Very good9 May 2025
The Barn at The Mill SR7 0HPPub/bar/nightclub270 m4 Good17 Jan 2025
Veterans and Community CIC SR7 0HPRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen280 m5 Very good12 May 2026
Veterans and community hub cafe SR7 0HPRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen280 m5 Very good12 May 2026
Fun Shack SR7 0PURestaurant/Cafe/Canteen420 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good20 Jan 2025
The Well SR7 0BHOther catering premises460 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good4 Mar 2025
Dr Ashdown's Stockton Lodge SR7 0HJHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises490 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good19 Mar 2026

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.

84 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences33
Anti-social behaviour25
Criminal damage and arson11
Other crime3
Vehicle crime3
Shoplifting2
Theft from the person2
Public order2
Burglary1
Robbery1
Other theft1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Mill Road (33); On or near Gregson Terrace (24); On or near Sports/Recreation Area (13); On or near Hoy Crescent (4); On or near Burdon Crescent (4).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

4 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight. 1 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a cyclist; 1 involved a child under 16. 25% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202120
202200
202300
202410
202510
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
14 Apr 2025 17:14 Slight 2 people: 1 child B1404, 30 mph Daylight
26 Nov 2024 17:00 Slight 1 person B1285, 30 mph Dark, street lights on
2 Aug 2021 10:45 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist B1404, 30 mph Daylight
19 Jan 2021 14:40 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian Minor road, 30 mph Daylight

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

The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the B1404, with 12,262 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 240 m from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
B1404 Not recorded 12,262 counted 2025 1% 240 m

Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

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: 259 residents in 128 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 age4240
Children under 1519%17%
Aged 65 and over23%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)61%61%
Owned outright31%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented18%17%
Private rented22%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work59%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)4%6%
Retired (of adults)27%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)3%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)28%32%
Travel to work by car or van55%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tramunder 1%4%
By any public transport, including bus10%8%
On foot or by bicycle7%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)59%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away7%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)29%34%
No qualifications21%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification6%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 5 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

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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.

  • SR7 0HS: 42 addresses of 44 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Gregson Terrace · Hoy Crescent · Stockton Road · Rutherford Avenue · Ambleside Avenue · Leechmere Crescent · McCutcheon Street · Seaton Lane · Burdon Crescent · East View · Park View · Mill Road

All the streets in SR7 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.