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On Eden Cottages, in Consett
What it's like at DH8 6HZ: every home that has sold on Eden Cottages 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 Eden Cottages; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 4 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Eden CottagesTerraced | Aug 2008 | £63,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Eden CottagesTerraced | Sept 2022 | £91,500 | 47 m² | £1,947/m² | 2 |
| 3, Eden CottagesTerraced | Mar 2017 | £46,000 | 66 m² | £697/m² | 2 |
| 6, Eden CottagesTerraced | Oct 2002 | £37,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Eden Cottages, Watling StreetTerraced | Jul 2024 | £105,000 | 66 m² | £1,591/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 (11 km), with 52k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Aged Miners Homes, 50 m away, with a bus about every 29 minutes on weekdays (routes V5, X71, SB6); 14 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 48 minutes away by public transport (26 by car).
The nearest primary school is Leadgate Primary School - Split Site, about a 10-minute walk (850 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, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 9.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative Food, 550 m away, with Your Local closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Leadgate Surgery (450 m), with Leadgate Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, The Man Cave is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital North Durham, 17 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 29 restaurants and cafés and 31 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Little Italy is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and Leadgate Cricket & Social Club the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (21 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 140 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 15% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is Blackhill & Consett Park, 1.9 km away; for exercise, Consett Leisure Centre (1.3 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 22 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 170 km.
Most households own their home, 25% 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.
21 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 6HZ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Eden Cottages in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.3% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.1% | 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.
Nearest: Seaham Hall Beach · about 40 min
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 44 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.