Moorfield Close Darlington

38 addresses across 3 postcodes (DL1), about 160 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 10416421.

  • Sales: 84 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £115,000 across 1 sale.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Darlington cost £159,770 in August 2026 (+1.9% on a year); private rents averaged £691 a month.
  • Energy: 34 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 33).
  • 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.
  • Storm overflows: 3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 12 times (50 hours) in 2025.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Darlington costs £2,494 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Darlington, about 1.7 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Holgate Moor Green, is about 230 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 44 to 46 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 2 of its 38 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Neasham Road Surgery, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
  • People: About 870 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 46% of households owned their home and 25% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 133 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 2 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

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
20261£115,000£115,000£115,000
20253£132,000£120,000£170,000
20241£135,000£135,000£135,000
20231£125,000£125,000£125,000
20222£116,000£115,000£117,000
20211£123,500£123,500£123,500
20202£116,500£103,000£130,000
20194£105,000£98,000£108,000
20172£97,000£91,000£103,000
20165£110,000£72,200£117,000
20151£91,000£91,000£91,000
20141£120,000£120,000£120,000
All 84 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
7 Dec 20121 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£106,000
12 Apr 20071 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£127,000
31 Mar 20051 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£107,995New build.
12 Sep 20132 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£97,000
29 Mar 20072 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£125,000New build.
31 Mar 20053 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£107,995New build.
9 Jul 20264 DL1 4RXTerraced£115,000
9 Jul 20104 DL1 4RXTerraced£95,200
6 Jun 20084 DL1 4RXTerraced£91,000
15 Dec 20044 DL1 4RXTerraced£87,995New build.
22 Nov 20245 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£135,000
31 Mar 20055 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£107,995New build.
5 Dec 20076 DL1 4RXTerraced£115,000
31 Aug 20076 DL1 4RXTerraced£115,750
7 Jan 20056 DL1 4RXTerraced£105,995New build.
31 Mar 20057 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£107,995New build.
30 Sep 20228 DL1 4RXTerraced£135,500Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
10 Oct 20198 DL1 4RXTerraced£107,000
3 Feb 20058 DL1 4RXTerraced£105,995New build.
27 Jun 20259 DL1 4RXDetached£170,000
17 Apr 20209 DL1 4RXDetached£130,000
11 Dec 20099 DL1 4RXDetached£130,000
18 Aug 20069 DL1 4RXDetached£131,995New build.
21 Jul 202310 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£125,000
11 Feb 200510 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£113,995New build.
25 Aug 200611 DL1 4RXDetached£132,995New build.
22 Nov 201912 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£103,000
26 Apr 201712 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£103,000
16 Aug 200712 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£123,000
15 Jun 200712 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£120,000
18 Feb 200512 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£105,995New build.
28 Mar 202514 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£120,000
22 Jul 202214 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£115,000
4 Mar 200514 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£89,995New build.
1 Sep 200615 DL1 4RXDetached£130,995New build.
19 Sep 201816 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£91,500Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
28 Jul 201716 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£91,000
26 May 200916 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£95,000
11 Mar 200516 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£89,995New build.
3 Jun 200517 DL1 4RXDetached£122,995New build.
31 Mar 201118 DL1 4RXDetached£125,000
20 May 200518 DL1 4RXDetached£116,995New build.
9 Oct 201319 DL1 4RXDetached£115,000
17 Jun 200519 DL1 4RXDetached£122,995New build.
1 Nov 202220 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£135,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
29 Apr 200520 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£108,995New build.
6 Dec 201321 DL1 4RXDetached£147,000
24 Jun 200521 DL1 4RXDetached£149,995New build.
25 Jun 202122 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£123,500
14 Jul 201622 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£110,000
28 Jul 201422 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£120,000
11 Jul 200622 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£126,950
29 Apr 200522 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£108,995New build.
20 Apr 201623 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£117,000
5 Jun 200623 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£122,500
28 Jul 200523 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£109,995New build.
21 Apr 200624 DL1 4RXTerraced£126,500New build.
1 Sep 201625 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£116,000
15 Sep 200625 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£115,000
22 Aug 200525 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£109,995New build.
26 Oct 201626 DL1 4RXTerraced£75,000
8 Nov 200526 DL1 4RXTerraced£113,500New build.
7 Oct 201628 DL1 4RXTerraced£72,200
19 Sep 201328 DL1 4RXTerraced£81,000
28 Nov 200528 DL1 4RXTerraced£104,000New build.
5 Apr 200630 DL1 4RXTerraced£118,500New build.
10 Jun 202532 DL1 4RXTerraced£115,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
28 Apr 200632 DL1 4RXTerraced£145,000New build.
13 May 202234 DL1 4RXTerraced£117,000
22 Feb 201934 DL1 4RXTerraced£98,000
27 Jan 200634 DL1 4RXTerraced£132,500New build.
25 Jun 202536 DL1 4RXTerraced£132,000
31 Mar 200636 DL1 4RXTerraced£145,000New build.
1 Feb 201938 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£108,000
15 Dec 200538 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£131,500New build.
16 Jun 200640 DL1 4RXSemi-detached£135,000New build.
27 Nov 202042 DL1 4RXTerraced£103,000
7 Sep 200742 DL1 4RXTerraced£121,000
22 Feb 200642 DL1 4RXTerraced£124,000New build.
19 May 200644 DL1 4RXTerraced£135,500New build.
13 Mar 201746 DL1 4RXTerraced£92,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
20 Dec 200546 DL1 4RXTerraced£135,000New build.
23 Apr 201548 DL1 4RXTerraced£91,000
23 Dec 200548 DL1 4RXTerraced£115,000New build.

House prices and rents in Darlington

A typical home in Darlington cost £159,770 in August 2026, 1.9% more than a year before. That is 16% more than five years earlier and 33% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£277,876
Semi-detached£176,173
Terraced£130,904
Flat or maisonette£97,138
Bought by a first-time buyer£140,719

Private renters in Darlington paid £691 a month on average in September 2026, 6.2% more than a year before. That is 36% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£497
Two bedrooms£631
Three bedrooms£769
Four or more bedrooms£1,095

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 June 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

34 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 74 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (17); House, detached (6); House, end-terrace (6). Built: 2003-2006 (25); 2007-2011 (4); 1996-2002 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (20); rented (private) (7).

Each home's certificates and sales (34 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 9,204 kWh of it on average in 2024, 13% less than the district's 10,586 kWh, and 2,964 kWh of electricity, 6% more than the district's 2,798 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
DL1 4RX352,648 kWh 368,491 kWh
DL1 4RF442,673 kWh 439,626 kWh
DL1 4RW362,602 kWh 369,162 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 DL1.

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 Darlington in 2026-27: Band D £2,494 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,663£1,940£2,217£2,494£3,048£3,602£4,156£4,988

Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (61% of about 2,240 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 2 neighbourhoods (census areas of about 700 homes each) 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.

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

No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.

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 5 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.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
DL1 4RXnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
DL1 4RFnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 2 unlikely
DL1 4RWnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 2 unlikely

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.

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

3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 12 times, for 50 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Cree Beck Into Kent Beck, Cree Beck Tees Catchment, Cree Beck.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
248 Geneva Road Cso Northumbrian Water; monitored 81% of the year Cree Beck Into Kent Beck 5 20 330 m
Geneva Road Cso Northumbrian Water; monitored 75% of the year Cree Beck Tees Catchment 1 0 330 m
Cree Beck Cso Northumbrian Water Cree Beck 6 29 460 m (0.3 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

No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

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

Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.

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 38 addresses are between 44 m and 46 m above sea level (45 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
DL1 4RF100%100%100%0%
DL1 4RW100%100%100%0%
DL1 4RX100%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 stationsDarlington 2.8 million journeys in 2024–251.7 km (1 mile)
North Road (Darlington) 51,000 journeys in 2024–253.2 km (2 miles)
Dinsdale 88,000 journeys in 2024–253.7 km (2.3 miles)
Bus stops9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 25 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Kexwith Moor Close Firthmoor130 m
Car parksPark Lane Car Park1.7 km (1.1 miles)
EV charging pointsMFG Charging Station1.6 km (1 mile)
Airport with scheduled flightsTeesside International Airport MME6.2 km (3.8 miles)
Nearest large airportNewcastle International Airport NCL59.3 km (37 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 surgeries1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Neasham Road Surgery Good Feb 20201.3 km (0.8 miles)
Pharmacies4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Meds On Delivery Pharmacy230 m
NHS dentists5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Firthmoor Community Centre230 m
HospitalWoodlands Hospital Offsite Rxp Good Aug 20161.5 km (0.9 miles)
Care homes7 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Grosvenor Park Care Home Good May 2022230 m
Police stationDurham Police - Firthmoor Section Office260 m
Cash machinesHudson Catering Limited, Yarm Road Cashzone1.2 km (0.8 miles)

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 garden2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Holgate Moor Green 1.2 ha230 m
Play area2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 570 m²280 m
Playing field4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,060 m²320 m
AllotmentsLascelles Allotments 9,190 m²940 m (0.6 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 1.6 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Security Fence at Cummins Engine Factory, a listed building (Grade II*), 910 m (0.6 miles) north-east. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Security Fence at Cummins Engine FactoryListed building, Grade II*910 m (0.6 miles) north-east
The Cummins Engine Factory Including ChimneyListed building, Grade II*1 km (0.6 miles) north-east
Landscape at Cummins Engine Factory, DarlingtonRegistered park or garden, Grade II1 km (0.6 miles) north-east
South Park, DarlingtonRegistered park or garden, Grade II2.1 km (1.3 miles) west
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Green Lane PlantationWood1.4 km (0.9 miles) south
Geneva WoodWood1.4 km (0.9 miles) west
East Flat PlantationWood1.6 km (1 mile) south-east
West Flat PlantationWood1.6 km (1 mile) south-east
Crossbank HillHill3.5 km (2.2 miles) south
Hell KettlesLake or reservoir3.6 km (2.3 miles) south-west

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)6.64010
Fine particles (PM2.5)5.5205
Particles (PM10)9.04015

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
55 to 5920
Under 553638

2 of the street's 38 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 Darlington: see them on the Darlington page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 6 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
Firthmoor Primary SchoolPrimary2–11180 m Report card (May 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 62% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 64% in 2024 and 67% in 2023)
St John's Church of England AcademyPrimary2–11630 m (0.4 miles) Outstanding (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024 and 80% in 2023)
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–11670 m (0.4 miles) No published inspection 85% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 77% in 2024 and 78% in 2023)
The Rydal AcademyPrimary2–111.1 km (0.7 miles) Good (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 46% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 33% in 2024 and 38% in 2023)
Heathfield Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.4 km (0.9 miles) Good (Dec 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) 68% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 57% in 2024 and 50% in 2023)
St Aidan's Church of England AcademySecondary11–161.5 km (0.9 miles) Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 41.6 (40.0 in 2025 and 35.5 in 2024); 41.3% grade 5+ in English and maths
Skerne Park AcademyPrimary2–111.8 km (1.1 miles) Requires improvement (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 35% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 15% in 2024 and 44% 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

3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 230 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Maidendale Nursery DL1 4SU Full day care 72 Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 230 m
Serendipity Nursery And Outdoor Learning DL2 1DL Full day care 57 Feb 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 930 m (0.6 miles)
Broadway Daycare DL1 1EJ Full day care 55 Good (Feb 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.5 km (0.9 miles)

Ofsted also registers 42 childminders and 6 home childcarers (nannies) in Darlington. 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 6 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
Firthmoor Primary School DL1 4RWSchool/college/university150 m5 Very good18 Feb 2025
Grosvenor Park Care Home DL1 4SXHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises190 m5 Very good20 Mar 2026
Firthmoor Cafe DL1 4SURestaurant/Cafe/Canteen230 m5 Very good6 Jan 2026
Nisa DL1 4QERetailers - other330 m5 Very good6 Jan 2026
Londis Food & Wine DL1 4SARetailers - other360 m5 Very good23 Apr 2026
Dragon Place DL1 4SATakeaway/sandwich shop360 m5 Very good27 Feb 2025
Premier News Food And Wine DL1 4SQRetailers - other460 m (0.3 miles)4 Good12 Dec 2025
Simo's Pizza DL1 4SQTakeaway/sandwich shop460 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good3 Feb 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.

133 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences41
Anti-social behaviour29
Criminal damage and arson22
Vehicle crime14
Burglary9
Public order5
Other crime4
Possession of weapons4
Other theft2
Drugs1
Theft from the person1
Robbery1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Kexwith Moor Close (21); On or near Carlton Moor Crescent (13); On or near Holly Close (11); On or near Lowmoor Road (10); On or near Ingleby Moor Crescent (10).

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.

2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 1 involved a motorcyclist. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202110
202200
202300
202400
202510
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
18 Jun 2025 15:05 Slight 1 person Minor road, 20 mph Daylight
10 Feb 2021 15:23 Slight 1 person: 1 motorcyclist Minor road, 30 mph Snow

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.

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 3 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 874 residents in 329 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 age3140
Children under 1529%17%
Aged 65 and over5%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)46%61%
Owned outright8%33%
Shared ownership1%1%
Social rented22%17%
Private rented31%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work69%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)7%6%
Retired (of adults)5%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)4%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)15%32%
Travel to work by car or van64%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tramunder 1%4%
By any public transport, including bus3%8%
On foot or by bicycle13%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)64%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away9%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)25%34%
No qualifications19%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification6%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)89%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all2%2%

Deprivation

The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 1 to 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.

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

  • Energy certificates New energy certificate: band C, house, mid-terrace (lodged 31 October 2026) found 2 November 2026

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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.

  • DL1 4RX: 36 addresses of 37 in the postcode
  • DL1 4RF: 1 address of 74 in the postcode
  • DL1 4RW: 1 address of 65 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Oakmoor Close · Grangemoor Close · Blackmoor Close · Carlton Moor Crescent · Larch Court · Forest Moor Road · Ingleby Moor Crescent · Lowmoor Road · Redwood Close · Holly Close · Southmoor Close · Ridgewood Close

All the streets in DL1 and across Darlington.

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.