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On Kensington Close, in Bridgehill, Castleside & Harehope Hill
What it's like at DH8 5YN: every home that has sold on Kensington 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.
Sales and extensions on Kensington Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 10 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Kensington CloseDetached | Dec 2020 | £165,000 | 85 m² | £1,941/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Kensington CloseDetached | Sept 2024 | £216,000 | 85 m² | £2,541/m² | 2 |
| 3, Kensington CloseDetached | Mar 2016 | £157,950 | 85 m² | £1,858/m² | 1 |
| 4, Kensington CloseOther | Dec 2021 | £3,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Kensington CloseDetached | Apr 2016 | £199,950 | 131 m² | £1,526/m² | 1 |
| 6, Kensington CloseDetached | Aug 2026 | £262,000 | 121 m² | £2,165/m² | 3 |
| 7, Kensington CloseDetached | Sept 2024 | £238,000 | 108 m² | £2,204/m² | 2 |
| 8, Kensington CloseDetached | Mar 2016 | £203,450 | 131 m² | £1,553/m² | 1 |
| 9, Kensington CloseDetached | Feb 2016 | £199,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Kensington CloseDetached | Nov 2015 | £179,950 | – | – | 1 |
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 (12 km), with 52k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is St James Court, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 763); 8 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 56 minutes away by public transport (29 by car).
The nearest primary school is The Grove Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 38% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Consett Academy, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 9.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 350 m away, with The Billet Mill Convenience Store closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Consett Medical Centre (1.1 km), with Well the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Bella Sorella is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital North Durham, 19 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 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Social Butterflies is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Demi Sports Bar / Consett Rugby Club the nearest pub (700 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 89 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 47 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 20% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 180 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Fawcett Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Steel Town Gym (700 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 24 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 168 km.
Most households own their home, 14% rent privately.
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.
13 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%.
10 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 5YN →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Kensington Close in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Seaham Beach · about 46 min
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 39 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 7 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 | 1.7% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.9% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.6% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.2% | 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.