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On Highsteads, in Benfieldside, Hamsterley & Medomsley
What it's like at DH8 6QA: every home that has sold on Highsteads 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.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Highsteads; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 51 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, HighsteadsDetached | Jun 2015 | £183,000 | 81 m² | £2,259/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, HighsteadsDetached | Aug 2022 | £340,000 | 98 m² | £3,469/m² | 3 |
| 3, HighsteadsDetached | Apr 2017 | £179,950 | 63 m² | £2,856/m² | 5 |
| 4, HighsteadsDetached | Nov 2022 | £345,000 | 247 m² | £1,397/m² | 5 |
| 5, HighsteadsDetached | Nov 2001 | £130,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 6, HighsteadsDetached | Sept 2011 | £243,000 | 110 m² | £2,209/m² | 4 |
| 7, HighsteadsDetached | Jul 2000 | £104,000 | 110 m² | £945/m² | 2 |
| 8, HighsteadsDetached | Feb 1997 | £105,000 | 130 m² | £808/m² | 1 |
| 9, HighsteadsDetached | Aug 2016 | £218,500 | 98 m² | £2,230/m² | 4 |
| 10, HighsteadsDetached | Mar 2003 | £132,000 | 110 m² | £1,200/m² | 3 |
| 11, HighsteadsDetached | Dec 1995 | £82,500 | 123 m² | £671/m² | 1 |
| 12, HighsteadsDetached | Dec 2010 | £225,000 | 116 m² | £1,940/m² | 4 |
| 14, HighsteadsDetached | Sept 2016 | £285,000 | 103 m² | £2,767/m² | 2 |
| 15, HighsteadsSemi-detached | Apr 1996 | £89,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, HighsteadsDetached | Jun 2026 | £324,950 | 92 m² | £3,532/m² | 3 |
| 17, HighsteadsDetached | Sept 2015 | £239,950 | 118 m² | £2,033/m² | 4 |
| 18, HighsteadsDetached | Jul 2015 | £229,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 19, HighsteadsDetached | Aug 2009 | £205,000 | 135 m² | £1,519/m² | 3 |
| 20, HighsteadsDetached | Sept 1996 | £102,500 | 99 m² | £1,035/m² | 1 |
| 21, HighsteadsDetached | Nov 1996 | £95,995 | 122 m² | £787/m² | 1 |
| 22, HighsteadsDetached | Jun 1995 | £98,995 | 116 m² | £853/m² | 1 |
| 23, HighsteadsDetached | May 1996 | £79,950 | 79 m² | £1,012/m² | 1 |
| 24, HighsteadsDetached | Nov 2017 | £265,000 | 121 m² | £2,190/m² | 3 |
| 25, HighsteadsDetached | Nov 2004 | £55,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 26, HighsteadsDetached | Dec 1995 | £98,500 | 95 m² | £1,037/m² | 1 |
| 27, HighsteadsDetached | Aug 2021 | £241,000 | 99 m² | £2,434/m² | 2 |
| 28, HighsteadsDetached | Sept 1996 | £94,995 | 135 m² | £704/m² | 1 |
| 29, HighsteadsDetached | Dec 2020 | £210,000 | 83 m² | £2,530/m² | 2 |
| 30, HighsteadsDetached | Mar 2008 | £180,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 31, HighsteadsSemi-detached | Jun 2003 | £115,000 | 83 m² | £1,386/m² | 3 |
| 32, HighsteadsDetached | Feb 1996 | £82,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, HighsteadsSemi-detached | Jul 1997 | £66,995 | 83 m² | £807/m² | 1 |
| 34, HighsteadsDetached | Apr 2002 | £126,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 35, HighsteadsDetached | Nov 1999 | £100,000 | 118 m² | £847/m² | 2 |
| 37, HighsteadsDetached | Nov 1997 | £96,500 | 156 m² | £619/m² | 1 |
| 39, HighsteadsDetached | Mar 2001 | £120,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, HighsteadsDetached | Jun 2007 | £282,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 43, HighsteadsDetached | Nov 2021 | £208,000 | 81 m² | £2,568/m² | 3 |
| 45, HighsteadsSemi-detached | Apr 2015 | £155,000 | 81 m² | £1,914/m² | 3 |
| 47, HighsteadsSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £210,000 | 90 m² | £2,333/m² | 3 |
| 49, HighsteadsDetached | Feb 2019 | £290,000 | 130 m² | £2,231/m² | 3 |
| The Paddock, HighsteadsDetached | Nov 2017 | £350,000 | 223 m² | £1,570/m² | 1 |
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 Devham Display, 100 m away, with a bus about every 55 minutes on weekdays (routes V5, SB6); 10 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 45% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Consett Academy, 2.7 km away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 9.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative Food, 2.6 km away, with Medomsley Food and Wine closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Queens Road Surgery (2.2 km), with Consett Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.2 km).
For a haircut, Number One is 2.3 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.
Ultimate Bounce is the closest café or restaurant (2.2 km), and The Miners Arms the nearest pub (450 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 Old Community Centre Site, 650 m away; for exercise, Consett Leisure Centre (2.7 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.
6 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%.
0 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 6QA →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 51 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 41 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.
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.