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On Bridge Island, in Stocksfield, Riding Mill & Corbridge
What it's like at DH8 9TB: every home that has sold on Bridge Island 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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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 Bridge Island; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 20 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Bridge IslandDetached | Mar 2011 | £249,999 | 124 m² | £2,016/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Bridge IslandTerraced | Oct 2006 | £250,000 | 124 m² | £2,016/m² | 2 |
| 3, Bridge IslandDetached | Jun 2004 | £189,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Bridge IslandTerraced | Aug 2004 | £236,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Bridge IslandSemi-detached | Jan 2014 | £230,000 | 140 m² | £1,643/m² | 2 |
| 6, Bridge IslandDetached | Aug 2026 | £307,000 | 103 m² | £2,981/m² | 3 |
| 7, Bridge IslandTerraced | Oct 2004 | £182,000 | 106 m² | £1,717/m² | 1 |
| 8, Bridge IslandSemi-detached | Oct 2004 | £224,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Bridge IslandTerraced | Jul 2021 | £280,000 | 138 m² | £2,029/m² | 2 |
| 10, Bridge IslandTerraced | Apr 2011 | £200,000 | 129 m² | £1,550/m² | 3 |
| 11, Bridge IslandTerraced | Sept 2021 | £405,000 | 172 m² | £2,355/m² | 3 |
| 12, Bridge IslandTerraced | May 2017 | £259,950 | 139 m² | £1,870/m² | 3 |
| 13, Bridge IslandTerraced | Jul 2011 | £195,000 | 107 m² | £1,822/m² | 2 |
| 14, Bridge IslandTerraced | Mar 2006 | £238,000 | 131 m² | £1,817/m² | 2 |
| 15, Bridge IslandTerraced | May 2025 | £312,000 | 144 m² | £2,167/m² | 3 |
| 16, Bridge IslandTerraced | Mar 2007 | £249,950 | 134 m² | £1,865/m² | 2 |
| 17, Bridge IslandTerraced | Jul 2007 | £240,000 | 131 m² | £1,832/m² | 2 |
| 18, Bridge IslandTerraced | May 2021 | £305,000 | 156 m² | £1,955/m² | 3 |
| 19, Bridge IslandDetached | Sept 2006 | £325,000 | 163 m² | £1,994/m² | 1 |
| 20, Bridge IslandDetached | Mar 2014 | £350,000 | 152 m² | £2,303/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 (9.3 km), with 52k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Derwent Dene Lodge, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 773); 17 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
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 Shotley Bridge Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 59% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Consett Academy, 2.5 km away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 9.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.3 km away, with Shotley & Benfieldside Tennis Club closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Queens Road Surgery (1.2 km), with John Low the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Number One is 2.1 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.
Kushi is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Kings Head Social Club the nearest pub (150 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 Blackhill & Consett Park, 2.0 km away; for exercise, Steel Town Gym (2.4 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.
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Orchard House | II | 60 m |
| Shotley Bridge | II | 100 m |
| Messenger House | II | 110 m |
| Outbuilding South of Messenger House | II | 110 m |
| King'S Head Hotel | II | 130 m |
| Gate Lodge to Shotley Hall | II | 160 m |
| Gate Piers to Shotley Hall, with Attached Forecourt Walls | II | 170 m |
| Lloyd'S Bank | II | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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%.
1 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 9TB →
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.
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.
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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 20 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 17 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 | 1.2% | 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.