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Stocksfield, Riding Mill & Corbridge
What it's like at DH8 9JN: every home that has sold on the 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.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
| Dere CottageTerraced | Apr 2009 | £147,000 | 108 m² | £1,361/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeadowbankDetached | Nov 2015 | £600,000 | 216 m² | £2,778/m² | 1 |
| Old Hall CottageSemi-detached | Jul 2014 | £245,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Old Hall FarmDetached | Jun 2007 | £250,000 | 163 m² | £1,534/m² | 1 |
| Old Police HouseSemi-detached | Jan 2015 | £277,750 | – | – | 1 |
| Old School HouseSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £300,000 | 107 m² | £2,804/m² | 3 |
| Rowan HouseDetached | Apr 2015 | £192,500 | 156 m² | £1,234/m² | 3 |
| The CottageTerraced | Jul 2016 | £160,000 | – | – | 2 |
| The ElmsDetached | Apr 2011 | £245,000 | 192 m² | £1,276/m² | 1 |
| The Police HouseDetached | Dec 2001 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
| White Tara CottageSemi-detached | Jan 2002 | £106,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Whittonstall Old SchoolOther | Sept 2016 | £212,500 | 126 m² | £1,687/m² | 2 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Stocksfield, a drive away (4.6 km), with 52k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Anvil Court, under 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 689).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 68 minutes away by public transport (30 by car).
The nearest primary school is Whittonstall First School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-operative Group, 4.6 km away, with Ebchester Village closer still (3.4 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Branch End Surgery (4.3 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (4.3 km).
For a haircut, C K Hair Design is 4.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Victoria Infirmary, 23 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 56% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 29 restaurants and cafés and 19 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Stocksfield Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (2.5 km), and Anchor Inn the nearest pub (under 50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 385 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 149 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Derwentside Park, 4.4 km away; for exercise, Broomley Grange Outdoor Centre (3.7 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 2.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 21 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 178 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 50% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 33% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
3 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.
Hexham constituency: Joe Morris MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,713 (7.2%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 39%, Green Party 5%, Liberal Democrat 5%.
2 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 9JN →
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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 85.0% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 8.5% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.0% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.