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On Watling Street, in Delves Lane & Leadgate
What it's like at DH8 6DP: every home that has sold on Watling Street 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Watling Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 22 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 7, Watling StreetTerraced | Sept 2019 | £26,500 | 123 m² | £215/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Watling StreetTerraced | Apr 2008 | £62,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 9, Watling StreetTerraced | Dec 2004 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Watling StreetTerraced | Mar 1995 | £22,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Watling StreetTerraced | Oct 2022 | £90,000 | 78 m² | £1,154/m² | 2 |
| 21, Watling StreetTerraced | May 2018 | £39,000 | 78 m² | £500/m² | 1 |
| 22, Watling StreetTerraced | Sept 2018 | £32,000 | 62 m² | £516/m² | 3 |
| 24, Watling StreetOther | Apr 2018 | £55,000 | 68 m² | £809/m² | 2 |
| Pharmacy Rooms, Leadgate Surgery, Watling StreetOther | May 2023 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Leadgate Surgery, Watling StreetOther | Sept 2025 | £150,000 | – | – | 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 Watling Street, 50 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 16, V5, X71, SB6); 44 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 47 minutes away by public transport (26 by car).
The nearest primary school is Leadgate Primary School - Split Site, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 47% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Consett Academy, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 9.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative Food, 100 m away, with The Bread and Butter Thing closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Leadgate Surgery (under 50 m), with Leadgate Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (under 50 m).
For a haircut, The Man Cave is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital North Durham, 15 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Little Italy is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Golden Lion the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 92 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 3% flats and 18% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 158 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Blackhill & Consett Park, 2.1 km away; for exercise, Consett Leisure Centre (1.5 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 22 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 169 km.
Most households own their home, 18% 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.
25 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%.
5 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 6DP →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Watling Street in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Seaham Hall Beach · about 38 min
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 47 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 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.9% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.8% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.7% | 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.