Westfield Drive Crook, County Durham
13 addresses across 1 postcode (DL15), about 90 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 42812596.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £135,000 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: 6 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3, E: 2, F: 1).
- 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.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Crook Brickworks, is 440 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 37 times (188 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: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Hedley Hope, Tow Law - Wind Turbines, is 4.6 km (2.8 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A689, carries 3,626 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in County Durham costs £2,622 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland, about 8 km (5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 70 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 177 to 181 m above sea level.
- Noise: 12 of its 13 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is North House Surgery, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- People: About 340 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 96% of households owned their home and 35% 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 violence and sexual offences.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £135,000 | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £100,000 | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £77,000 | £77,000 | £77,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £110,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £120,000 | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £133,000 | £133,000 | £133,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £35,250 | £35,250 | £35,250 |
| 1998 | 1 | £56,000 | £56,000 | £56,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £49,500 | £49,500 | £49,500 |
| 1995 | 1 | £17,750 | £17,750 | £17,750 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Feb 2015 | 2 DL15 9NX | Semi-detached | £77,000 | |
| 14 Jun 2007 | 5 DL15 9NX | Semi-detached | £133,000 | |
| 29 Jun 2021 | 7 DL15 9NX | Semi-detached | £135,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2013 | 7 DL15 9NX | Semi-detached | £60,000 | |
| 21 Jul 2017 | 8 DL15 9NX | Semi-detached | £100,000 | |
| 26 Jun 1998 | 8 DL15 9NX | Semi-detached | £56,000 | |
| 10 Feb 1995 | 8 DL15 9NX | Semi-detached | £17,750 | |
| 22 Mar 1996 | 10 DL15 9NX | Semi-detached | £49,500 | |
| 1 Oct 2010 | 11 DL15 9NX | Terraced | £120,000 | |
| 11 Sep 2000 | 11 DL15 9NX | Terraced | £35,250 | |
| 9 May 2012 | 12 DL15 9NX | Semi-detached | £110,000 |
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
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 100 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (6). Built: 1950-1966 (3); 1930-1949 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 10,803 kWh of it on average in 2024, 6% less than the district's 11,544 kWh, and 4,004 kWh of electricity, 41% more than the district's 2,847 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 DL15.
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 (28% of about 1,070 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.
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broom Hill Farm County Durham 3/2006/0087 | Wind 4 turbines | 8 MW | Operational Feb 2009 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Hedley Hope, Tow Law - Wind Turbines County Durham DM/23/03047/FPA | Wind 7 turbines, 149.9 m tall | 31.5 MW | Planning application made Nov 2023 | 4.6 km (2.8 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 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 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 37 times, for 188 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Culverted Beechburn Beck, Crook Beck, Tributary of.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodfield Hill Crook Cso Northumbrian Water; monitored 83% of the year | Culverted Beechburn Beck | 0 | 0 | 350 m |
| West Road Cso Northumbrian Water | Crook Beck, Tributary of | 37 | 188 | 940 m (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
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 440 m (0.3 miles) away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crook Brickworks Crook, Durham | Not recorded | Not recorded | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 13 addresses are between 177 m and 181 m above sea level (178 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL15 9NX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bishop Auckland 169,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8 km (5 miles) |
| Shildon 60,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.5 km (7.8 miles) | |
| Durham 2.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 13.8 km (8.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 18 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest West Road Rectory Crook | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Parkside School Willington | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Teesside International Airport MME | 31.2 km (19 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 36.6 km (23 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest North House Surgery Good Jan 2018 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Clemitsons LTD | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Northern Smiles | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Auckland Park Hospital | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Care homes | 3 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mowbray House Good Apr 2026 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Crook Police Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 70 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 560 m² | 370 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 340 m |
| Allotments | Foundry Fields Allotments 1.0 ha | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Woodifield Hill | Hill | 530 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Pea Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Fox Covert Plantation | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Coal Bank Wood | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| McNeil Bottoms | Valley | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) south-west |
| Marston Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4 km (2.5 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.1 | 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 | 7 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 13 |
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crook Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 870 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection | 52% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 45% in 2023) |
| Hartside Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 870 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection | 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 75% in 2024 and 71% in 2023) |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 69% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 48% 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 1 km (0.6 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield House Nursery DL15 8JL | Full day care | 49 | Not inspected yet | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Kidzone DL15 9BG | Full day care | 60 | Good (Oct 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Emeralds Little Gems Daycare - Crook DL15 9AZ | Full day care | 48 | Good (Jul 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Fry DL15 9LW | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 5 Oct 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near High West Road (4); On or near Westfield Drive (1); On or near A689 (1).
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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A689 between A68 and A690, with 3,626 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 450 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A689 | A68 to A690 | 3,626 estimated; counted 2018 | 3% | -11% since 2015 | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 96% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 61% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 3% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 38% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
- DL15 9NX: 13 addresses
Nearby streets
Hamsterley Drive · Heather Lane · Garland Way · Fielding Court · Trevelyan Place · Satley Close · Austen Way · Kipling Way · Collier Close · Kingsley Drive · Browning Place · Gaskell Way
All the streets in DL15 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.