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On Pearson Street, in Stanley North & East
What it's like at DH9 8RQ: every home that has sold on Pearson 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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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 Pearson Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 9 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Pearson StreetTerraced | Jun 2021 | £90,000 | 80 m² | £1,125/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Pearson StreetTerraced | Mar 2001 | £37,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, Pearson StreetTerraced | Apr 2011 | £65,000 | 91 m² | £714/m² | 1 |
| 10, Pearson StreetTerraced | Aug 2024 | £90,000 | 85 m² | £1,059/m² | 4 |
| 11, Pearson StreetTerraced | Sept 2003 | £42,000 | 105 m² | £400/m² | 2 |
| 12, Pearson StreetTerraced | Feb 2024 | £101,500 | 88 m² | £1,153/m² | 3 |
| 13, Pearson StreetTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2018 | £43,750 | 140 m² | £313/m² | 1 |
| Bridgemead, Pearson StreetDetached | Oct 2025 | £190,000 | 98 m² | £1,939/m² | 1 |
| Marzion, Pearson StreetDetached | Aug 2026 | £200,000 | 114 m² | £1,754/m² | 6 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Chester-le-Street, a drive away (7.7 km), with 232k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Garage, 150 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route X30); 13 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Shield Row Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 65% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is North Durham Academy, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 39.8 · 4.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Farmfoods, 1.1 km away, with Penny On The Move @ Kip Hill Service Station closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Stanley Medical Group (1.1 km), with Clifford Road Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, MLH Hairdresing is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 10.0 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 16 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
Restaurant Biedronka is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and The Board Inn the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 173 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 20 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 16% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is View Lane Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Ruthless Fitness (1.3 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 18 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 173 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.
11 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.
North Durham constituency: Luke Akehurst MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 5,873 (14.1%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 40%, Reform UK 26%, Conservative 16%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
12 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 DH9 8RQ →
On this street: 0 of 8 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 | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.7% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 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.
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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 9 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 53 min
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