Station View Witton Park, County Durham
10 addresses across 3 postcodes (DL14), about 70 m long. USRN 42812556.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £182,500 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, F: 1).
- Flood: 9 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- 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 93% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland, about 3.3 km (2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, High Grange Community Garden, is about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 101 to 103 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Station View Medical Centre, about 3.5 km (2.2 miles) away.
- People: About 290 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 9 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | £182,500 | £182,500 | £182,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | £35,000 | £35,000 | £35,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £11,000 | £11,000 | £11,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2020 | 1A DL14 0DZ | Detached | £182,500 | |
| 18 May 2012 | 3 DL14 0DZ | Terraced | £35,000 | |
| 8 Feb 1995 | 1 DL14 0DZ | Terraced | £11,000 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 118 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (1); House, mid-terrace (1). Built: 1991-1995 (1); before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
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 (42% of about 740 homes).
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)
- New Road,: up to 25 homes, not permissioned (300 m)
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 8 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| DL14 0DZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DL14 0DW | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| DL14 0DY | not in 2 or 3 | 5 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 10 addresses are between 101 m and 103 m above sea level (103 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL14 0DW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DL14 0DY | 93% | 93% | 93% | 7% |
| DL14 0DZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bishop Auckland 169,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Shildon 60,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) | |
| Newton Aycliffe 78,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.8 km (6.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 20 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Main Street Witton Park | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | St Johns RC School Yard Bishop Auckland | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Teesside International Airport MME | 26.1 km (16 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 41.5 km (26 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Station View Medical Centre | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Bishop Auckland Pharmacy, St Helen | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Auckland Dental Practice LTD | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Auckland Park Hospital | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Police station | Bishop Auckland Police Station | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Bishop Auckland College Cashzone | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | High Grange Community Garden 8,290 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 3,100 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha | 290 m |
| Allotments | Escomb Allotments 8,990 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Stockton & Darlington Railway: Belts Gill embankment, lower part of the northern Etherley Incline, a scheduled monument, 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stockton & Darlington Railway: Belts Gill embankment, lower part of the northern Etherley Incline | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Stockton & Darlington Railway: Etherley Inclines, summit and upper sections | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| High Pot Hill Plantations | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Fearon's Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| New Belt | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Marston Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Pixley Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Hunwick Dene | Valley | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 10 | 10 |
None of the street's 10 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park | Primary | 3–11 | 660 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Escomb Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Mar 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 |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCS ENTERPRISES LTD DL14 0DX | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 230 m | 5 Very good | 27 Aug 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Main Street (4); On or near Sports/Recreation Area (4); On or near Station Court (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 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) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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
- DL14 0DZ: 8 addresses
- DL14 0DW: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
- DL14 0DY: 1 address of 34 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Main Street · Station Court · Low Queen Street · The Green · New Road · New Road · St Pauls Gardens · High Queen Street · Beddow Court · Paradise Lane · Main Street · California
All the streets in DL14 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 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.