Low Startforth Road Startforth, County Durham

42 addresses across 2 postcodes (DL12), about 210 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 39714112.

53 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £122,500 across 1 sale. 20 homes have an energy certificate (A: 2, B: 2, D: 8, E: 6, F: 1, G: 1). 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 100% of premises. 18 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

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
20251£122,500£122,500£122,500
20241£155,000£155,000£155,000
20231£500,000£500,000£500,000
20222£229,000£215,000£243,000
20211£210,000£210,000£210,000
20203£155,000£107,000£160,000
20182£199,000£148,000£250,000
20154£179,998£75,000£195,000
20141£150,000£150,000£150,000
20132£137,000£124,000£150,000
20101£165,000£165,000£165,000
20091£175,000£175,000£175,000
Most recent sales (53)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
10 Oct 202525 DL12 9AUTerraced£122,500
27 Jun 202440 DL12 9AUDetached£155,000
26 Feb 20246 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£130,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
16 May 2023STARTFORTH LODGE DL12 9AUDetached£500,000
20 Jan 20239 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£63,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
9 Sep 20229 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£55,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
26 Aug 202238 DL12 9AUDetached£215,000
20 May 202231 DL12 9AUDetached£243,000
17 Sep 202118 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£210,000
16 Oct 202038 DL12 9AUDetached£160,000
10 Aug 202025 DL12 9AUTerraced£107,000
10 Jul 20203 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£155,000
12 Nov 201923 DL12 9AUOther£205,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
18 Oct 201828 DL12 9AUTerraced£148,000
10 Aug 2018STARTFORTH LODGE DL12 9AUDetached£250,000
14 Dec 201718 DL12 9AUOther£3,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
9 Nov 201532 DL12 9AUTerraced£195,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
9 Nov 201532 DL12 9AUTerraced£189,995
14 Apr 201540 DL12 9AUDetached£75,000
20 Mar 20152 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£170,000
27 Feb 201535 DL12 9AUDetached£195,000
21 Nov 201417 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£150,000
12 Sep 201338 DL12 9AUDetached£124,000
4 Sep 201335 DL12 9AUDetached£150,000
11 Mar 20102 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£165,000
9 Jun 200937 DL12 9AUDetached£175,000
2 Jul 2008HESSLEWOOD DL12 9AUDetached£142,500
20 Apr 200733 DL12 9AUDetached£305,000
11 Apr 200735 DL12 9AUDetached£200,000
26 Jun 200637 DL12 9AUDetached£147,500
31 Oct 200512 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£155,000
10 Dec 200435 DL12 9AUDetached£165,000
6 Oct 200417 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£169,000
7 May 20044 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£81,334
14 Jul 200336 DL12 9AUTerraced£77,000
11 Oct 200232 DL12 9AUDetached£120,000
30 Aug 200230 DL12 9AUTerraced£50,000
5 Jul 200219 DL12 9AUTerraced£107,500
4 Dec 20017 DL12 9AUTerraced£79,000
29 Mar 200117 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£67,000
12 Jan 200138 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£63,000
4 Sep 2000HESSLEWOOD DL12 9AUDetached£69,950
31 May 20003 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£62,000
17 Dec 19992 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£86,250
24 Aug 199838 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£62,000
5 Jun 199812 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£59,500
30 Jan 19982 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£50,000
15 Aug 199711 DL12 9AUDetached£72,998
31 Jul 199723 DL12 9AUTerraced£40,000
30 Jun 19973 DL12 9AUSemi-detached£45,000

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from January 2010 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

20 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 89 m². Most common: House, detached (8); House, semi-detached (4); House, mid-terrace (4). Built: before 1900 (13); 2024 (2); 1930-1949 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (17).

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 B (26% of about 1,280 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: 3.
  • 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

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

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.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 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

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.

Sources: 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.

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
DL12 9AU100%100%100%0%
DL12 9BQ100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 31 October 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.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle Roman CatholicPrimary3–11720 m Good (Nov 2019, overall grade under the previous framework)
Montalbo Nursery & Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.0 km Outstanding (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Green Lane Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.4 km No published inspection
Teesdale School and Sixth FormSecondary11–181.5 km No published inspection

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 31 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Kirklands at Startforth Day Nursery DL12 9AQHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises370 m5 Very good4 Feb 2025
Teesdale Day Clubs DL12 9AQOther catering premises370 m5 Very good13 Aug 2025
The Blue Bell DL12 8QFPub/bar/nightclub400 m4 Good18 Feb 2020
Kings Court Care Home - Care UK DL12 8NDHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises410 m5 Very good14 Jul 2025
The Old Well Inn DL12 8PHPub/bar/nightclub430 m5 Very good26 Aug 2026
NOON Living DL12 8PHRetailers - other440 mExempt
The Bengal Merchant DL12 8PHRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen440 m4 Good26 Mar 2026
Yasho's Kitchen DL12 8PHRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen450 m4 Good13 Aug 2026
Moments DL12 8NDRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen450 m5 Very good1 May 2026
Castle Pizza DL12 8NDTakeaway/sandwich shop450 m5 Very good14 Nov 2023
The Music Studio DL12 8PQRetailers - other450 mExempt
Pizza Cottage DL12 8NDTakeaway/sandwich shop460 m4 Good12 Dec 2024
Bowes Occasions DL12 8NBRetailers - other470 mAwaiting inspection
The Butty Market DL12 8PQTakeaway/sandwich shop470 m5 Very good26 Aug 2026
Artisan Corner DL12 8PQRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen470 m4 Good10 Jul 2025

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.

18 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences8
Other theft2
Vehicle crime2
Public order2
Criminal damage and arson1
Burglary1
Anti-social behaviour1
Possession of weapons1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Teesdale Road (4); On or near Hisehope Close (3); On or near Tunstall Walk (3); On or near Grassholme Way (2); On or near Stainmore Close (1).

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.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

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.

  • DL12 9AU: 39 addresses of 40 in the postcode
  • DL12 9BQ: 3 addresses of 30 in the postcode

Nearby streets

The Paddock · Startforth View · Bowes Way · Boldron Lane · Ullathorne Rise · Teesdale Road · Corn Close · Burnhope Way · Gill Lane · Deerbolt Bank · Stainmore Close · The Sills

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.
  • Anything about planning applications, roadworks, noise, air quality or council tax yet.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.