Low Side Mickleton, County Durham
54 addresses across 11 postcodes (DL12), about 550 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 39711192.
24 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 10, E: 6, F: 3, G: 3). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in County Durham costs £2,622 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 87% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland, about 23.9 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden, Mickleton Station Picnic Area, is about 610 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 1.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 214 to 245 m above sea level. 24 of its 54 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Old Forge Surgery, about 2.9 km away. About 390 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 2 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often burglary.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
24 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 137 m². Most common: House, detached (12); House, semi-detached (4); House, mid-terrace (4). Built: before 1900 (10); 1996-2002 (3); 2007 onwards (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (15); rented (private) (3).
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 B (32% of about 1,240 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Mickleton. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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.
Listed buildings
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
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 55 addresses are between 214 m and 245 m above sea level (227 m on average); the ground rises about 32 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL12 0JF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DL12 0JP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DL12 0JQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DL12 0JR | 97% | 97% | 97% | 0% |
| DL12 0JS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DL12 0JY | 100% | 87% | 87% | 0% |
| DL12 0LE | 100% | 91% | 91% | 0% |
| DL12 0LG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DL12 0LL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DL12 0LP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DL12 0LQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Bishop Auckland 169,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 23.9 km |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 6 within 800 m; nearest Middle Green Mickleton | 90 m |
| Car parks | Grassholme Reservoir Car Park | 2.8 km |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 8.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Teesside International Airport MME | 41.1 km |
| Nearest large airport | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 52.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Old Forge Surgery | 2.9 km |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 3.2 km |
| Hospital | Richardson Hospital | 10.6 km |
| Police station | Durham Constabulary - Barnard Castle Police Station | 10.8 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Mickleton Station Picnic Area 3,670 m² | 610 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,460 m² | 560 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,030 m² | 2.8 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Medieval linear earthwork, enclosures and farmstead and Bronze Age burnt mound 110m and 420m north west of Heatherlea, a scheduled monument, 1.8 km north. 13 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Medieval linear earthwork, enclosures and farmstead and Bronze Age burnt mound 110m and 420m north west of Heatherlea | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 1.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 6.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 10 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 13 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 30 | 54 |
24 of the street's 54 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Burglary | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Low Side (1); On or near Petrol Station (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 44% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 40% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 20% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 39% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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 4 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
- DL12 0JR: 31 addresses of 47 in the postcode
- DL12 0JS: 4 addresses
- DL12 0LE: 4 addresses of 20 in the postcode
- DL12 0LP: 3 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- DL12 0LQ: 3 addresses of 5 in the postcode
- DL12 0JQ: 2 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- DL12 0JY: 2 addresses of 29 in the postcode
- DL12 0LG: 2 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- DL12 0JF: 1 address of 8 in the postcode
- DL12 0JP: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
- DL12 0LL: 1 address of 26 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Bendele Terrace · Lowside · Robinsons Bank · Yarker Lane · B6277
All the streets in DL12 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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.