Weardale

House prices

Updated Mar 2026

Detached Semi-detached Terraced Flat

Property type	Latest	YoY	Since 1995	vs England
Detached	£334k	+2.8%	+318%	-21%
Semi-detached	£166k	-16%	+387%	-41%
Terraced	£146k	-1.2%	+421%	-41%
Flat	£125k	-41%	+179%	-48%

Schools

Updated Apr 2026

10 nearest schools offering GCSEs · results 2024–25

School	Distance	Admissions	Attainment 8	English & Maths 5+
Wolsingham School	4.6 mi	Non-sel	44.7	39%

Rents

	Yours	Trend	Position
All bedrooms	£623
1 bed	£436
2 bed	£553
3 bed	£663
4+ bed	£964

Crime

Reported crimes per month

	Yours	Trend	Position
All crime	4,659
Violence & sexual offences	1,644
Burglary	190
Anti-social behaviour	844

GP practices

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
THE WEARDALE PRACTICE	GP practice	0.2 mi
OLD FORGE SURGERY	GP practice	13.1 mi
CONSETT MEDICAL CENTRE	GP practice	12.9 mi
WEEKEND SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE PEOPLE	GP practice	13.7 mi
QUEENS ROAD SURGERY	GP practice	13.7 mi

Transport

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
Stanhope Rail Station	Rail station	0.5 mi
Stanhope Rail Station	Rail station	0.5 mi
Frosterley Rail Station	Rail station	2.4 mi
Wolsingham Rail Station	Rail station	5.8 mi
Railway station	Rail station	17.8 mi

Broadband

Availability of fast broadband

	Yours	Trend	Position
Superfast (30Mbps+)	96.6%
Gigabit	64.4%
Full fibre (FTTP)	62.9%

Mobile coverage

	Yours	Trend	Position
Indoor 4G (all operators)	84.7%
Indoor voice (all)	89.9%
5G outdoor (any)	94.6%

Deprivation

Updated Oct 2025

	More deprivedLess deprived	Weardale average (lo–hi)
Overall		34% (14–56)
Income		56% (24–80)
Employment		43% (12–59)
Education		45% (19–73)
Health		37% (7–50)
Crime		67% (18–92)
Housing & services		11% (2–27)
Living environment		12% (1–40)

Your MP

Updated Apr 2026

Sam Rushworth MP

Labour

Bishop Auckland

sam.rushworth.mp@parliament.uk

Green spaces

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
Greenspace access point	Play space	0.3 mi
Greenspace access point	Play space	0.5 mi
Greenspace access point	Playing field	0.4 mi
Greenspace access point	Playing field	0.4 mi
Greenspace access point	Playing field	0.5 mi

Listed buildings

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Grade	Distance
7/8 Stone Houses	II*	0.01 mi
Retaining Wall South of Stone House	II	0.01 mi
Churchyard Walls and Hearse House to North of Church of St Thomas	II	0.03 mi
Church of St Thomas	II*	0.10 mi
Earle and Collingwoods Tombs About 3 Metres South of Church of St Thomas	II	0.09 mi

Companies

	Yours	Trend	Position
Active companies	16,419
Total registered	17,939
Dormant	269
New (last year)	2,677
New (last 5 years)	8,536

Air quality

	Yours	Trend	Position
PM2.5	5
PM10	7
NO₂	2
NOₓ	3

Road casualties

	Yours	Trend	Position
All collisions	4
Fatal	0
Serious	1
Killed/serious	1
Pedestrian	1
Cyclist	—

Traffic

	Yours	Trend	Position
All motor vehicles	2,813,600,000
Cars & taxis	2,110,400,000

Flood risk

	Yours	Trend	Position
Rivers & sea	4

Population

	Yours	Trend	Position
Total population	1,584

Age structure

	Yours	Trend	Position
Aged 0–15	11.5%
Aged 16–64	56.1%
Aged 65+	32.4%

Ethnic group

	Yours	Trend	Position
White	98.4%
Asian	0.8%
Black	0.1%
Mixed	0.5%
Other	0.1%

Housing tenure

	Yours	Trend	Position
Owner-occupied	69.5%
Social rented	16.4%
Private rented	14.1%

Accommodation type

	Yours	Trend	Position
Detached	38.8%
Semi-detached	30.3%
Terraced	22.6%
Flat / maisonette	7.1%

Car availability

	Yours	Trend	Position
No car or van	15.8%
1 car or van	43.3%
2+ cars or vans	40.9%

Economic activity

	Yours	Trend	Position
Economically active	50.4%
Unemployed	1.6%

Qualifications

	Yours	Trend	Position
No qualifications	21.9%
Degree or above	31.9%

Health

	Yours	Trend	Position
Life expectancy	—
Obesity prevalence	70.1%
Smoking prevalence	8.8%
Infant mortality	4.7

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