South Green Hett, County Durham
13 addresses across 1 postcode (DH6), about 90 m long. USRN 11706814.
- Sales: 14 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £235,000 across 1 sale.
- 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: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 3).
- 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: Its postcode is in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 1 times (0 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: 3 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Croxdale Farms, Hett Moor Farm - Solar Farm, is 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- 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 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Durham, about 6.5 km (4.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 103 to 116 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 13 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bowburn Medical Centre, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- People: About 340 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 73% of households owned their home and 49% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often other theft.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £186,000 | £186,000 | £186,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £175,000 | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £174,000 | £174,000 | £174,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £159,000 | £159,000 | £159,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £170,000 | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £147,000 | £147,000 | £147,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £109,000 | £109,000 | £109,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £118,000 | £118,000 | £118,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £117,500 | £117,500 | £117,500 |
| 1999 | 1 | £82,500 | £82,500 | £82,500 |
| 1998 | 1 | £75,000 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 1995 | 1 DH6 5LY | Semi-detached | £66,750 | |
| 21 Nov 2007 | 5 DH6 5LY | Terraced | £170,000 | |
| 8 Apr 2004 | 5 DH6 5LY | Terraced | £147,000 | |
| 7 Oct 1999 | 5 DH6 5LY | Terraced | £82,500 | |
| 30 May 1997 | 5 DH6 5LY | Terraced | £78,000 | |
| 16 Feb 2001 | 6 DH6 5LY | Terraced | £118,000 | |
| 2 Nov 2000 | 6 DH6 5LY | Terraced | £117,500 | |
| 17 Dec 1998 | 6 DH6 5LY | Terraced | £75,000 | |
| 20 Jan 2017 | 9 DH6 5LY | Terraced | £175,000 | |
| 31 Mar 2022 | 10 DH6 5LY | Terraced | £235,000 | |
| 3 Apr 2019 | 10 DH6 5LY | Terraced | £186,000 | |
| 24 Jan 2014 | 10 DH6 5LY | Terraced | £174,000 | |
| 8 Aug 2011 | 10 DH6 5LY | Terraced | £159,000 | |
| 2 Oct 2002 | 10 DH6 5LY | Terraced | £109,000 |
House prices and rents in County Durham
A typical home in County Durham cost £140,788 in August 2026, 4.9% more than a year before. That is 19% more than five years earlier and 43% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £238,105 |
| Semi-detached | £141,657 |
| Terraced | £117,275 |
| Flat or maisonette | £79,042 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £125,556 |
Private renters in County Durham paid £653 a month on average in September 2026, 6.1% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £459 |
| Two bedrooms | £582 |
| Three bedrooms | £697 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,004 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 119 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (3); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 1976-1982 (2); 1967-1975 (1); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 14,043 kWh of it on average in 2024, 22% more than the district's 11,483 kWh, and 2,901 kWh of electricity, 5% more than the district's 2,769 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 DH6.
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 A (66% of about 640 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Hett. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Energy projects nearby
4 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 3 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croxdale Farms, Hett Moor Farm - Solar Farm County Durham DM/23/01868/FPA | Solar farm | 49.9 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Nov 2024 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| South Thinford Lane, Thinford - Energy Storage County Durham DM/22/00120/FPA | Battery storage | 99.9 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Oct 2022 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| MME3, Plot DC1, Integra 61 - Wind Turbine County Durham DM/25/00991/FPA | Wind 1 turbine, 140 m tall | 2.3 MW | Planning application made Apr 2025 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| PG1-Coxhoe Waste Disposal Site | Landfill Gas | 3.8 MW | Operational Apr 1998 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre 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.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 1 time, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into Blagdon Beck Trib, Nicky Nack Beck.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Street Cso Northumbrian Water; monitored 84% of the year | Blagdon Beck Trib | 1 | 0 | 200 m |
| York Hill Ps (Se034) Northumbrian Water | Nicky Nack Beck | 0 | 0 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
This postcode is in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Radon
The 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.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 13 addresses are between 103 m and 116 m above sea level (114 m on average); the ground rises about 13 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DH6 5LY | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Durham 2.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.5 km (4.1 miles) |
| Bishop Auckland 169,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.2 km (6.3 miles) | |
| Shildon 60,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.6 km (7.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Village Green Hett | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | High Street Spennymoor | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Teesside International Airport MME | 25.2 km (16 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 36.1 km (22 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Bowburn Medical Centre Good Jan 2023 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Bowburn Pharmacy | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Bowburn Dental Health Centre | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Hospital | University Hospital Of North Durham Good Jun 2026 | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Care homes | The DurhamGate Care Home Good Dec 2025 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Durham Constabulary | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | Roadchef - Durham Service Area, Bowburn Cashzone | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 4,470 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 240 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Green 3,230 m² | 240 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,410 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Croxdale medieval chapel and churchyard cross base, a scheduled monument, 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Croxdale medieval chapel and churchyard cross base | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Croxdale Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Burn Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-west |
| Durham Castle and Cathedral | World Heritage Site | 5.9 km (3.6 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Southernclose Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Tursdale Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Loggins Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Annie's Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Crime Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Pinnock Hill | Hill | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 11 | 13 |
2 of the street's 13 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudhoe Colliery Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good | 72% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 90% in 2024 and 63% 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
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 167 childminders and 16 home childcarers (nannies) in Durham. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hett Village Hall DH6 5LS | Other catering premises | 90 m | 5 Very good | 8 Jan 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other theft | 4 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near West Street (4); On or near Leeman'S Lane (2).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 73% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 25% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 49% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 49% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 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 3 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
- DH6 5LY: 13 addresses of 14 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Grove Court · West Street · South View · East Street · The Green
All the streets in DH6 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.