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On The Close, in Benfieldside, Hamsterley & Medomsley
What it's like at DH8 0DS: every home that has sold on The Close since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 20 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, The CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2013 | £142,500 | 85 m² | £1,676/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, The CloseSemi-detached | Aug 1995 | £79,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, The CloseDetached | Dec 2014 | £142,000 | 81 m² | £1,753/m² | 1 |
| 5, The CloseDetached | Jun 2020 | £258,000 | 148 m² | £1,743/m² | 1 |
| 6, The CloseDetached | Jul 2019 | £200,000 | 90 m² | £2,222/m² | 2 |
| 9, The CloseDetached | May 1999 | £99,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, The CloseDetached | Jan 2013 | £162,000 | 83 m² | £1,952/m² | 1 |
| 12, The CloseDetached | Nov 2022 | £315,000 | 132 m² | £2,386/m² | 3 |
| 16, The CloseDetached | Nov 1999 | £89,000 | 122 m² | £730/m² | 1 |
| 17, The CloseDetached | Feb 2025 | £325,000 | 135 m² | £2,407/m² | 1 |
| 18, The CloseDetached | Sept 2003 | £173,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, The CloseDetached | Sept 2016 | £175,000 | 93 m² | £1,882/m² | 2 |
| 21, The CloseDetached | Jul 2019 | £255,000 | 118 m² | £2,161/m² | 1 |
| 22, The CloseDetached | Feb 2025 | £210,000 | 87 m² | £2,414/m² | 5 |
| 28, The CloseDetached | Sept 2011 | £245,000 | 151 m² | £1,623/m² | 3 |
| 32, The CloseDetached | Dec 2017 | £115,000 | 53 m² | £2,170/m² | 2 |
| 33, The CloseDetached | May 2007 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, The CloseDetached | Aug 2002 | £72,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 37, The CloseSemi-detached | Jun 1999 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, The CloseDetached | May 2022 | £189,950 | 73 m² | £2,602/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Stocksfield, a drive away (9.6 km), with 52k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Woodlands Road End, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 773, 689); 12 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Shotley Bridge Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 59% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Consett Academy, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 9.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.0 km away, with The Bakehouse @Shotley Bridge closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Queens Road Surgery (500 m), with John Low the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Number One is 1.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 18 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 76% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 10 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Sale Pepe is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Kings Head Social Club the nearest pub (650 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 77 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 31% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Blackhill & Consett Park, 1.6 km away; for exercise, Consett Leisure Centre (1.8 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 20 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 172 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
16 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Blaydon and Consett constituency: Liz Twist MP (Labour), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,153 (26.4%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Reform UK 24%, Conservative 14%, Green Party 6%.
3 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near DH8 0DS →
No crimes recorded "on or near" The Close in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Newbiggin South · about 47 min
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 49 min
Nearest: Kingston Park · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 14 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.2% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.2% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.7% | 2.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.