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On Princess Cottages, in Stanhope & Weardale
What it's like at DL13 2BP: every home that has sold on Princess 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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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 Princess Cottages; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 3 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Princess CottagesTerraced | Jul 2007 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Princess CottagesTerraced | May 2026 | £115,000 | 56 m² | £2,054/m² | 4 |
| 3, Princess CottagesTerraced | Jul 2024 | £203,000 | 111 m² | £1,829/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Riding Mill, a drive away (20 km), with 33k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Village, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 102).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 84 minutes away by public transport (48 by car).
There's no top-rated state primary within 2 km; the nearest primary is about 15 minutes away on foot or by bus.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 8 minutes away without a car.
The GP surgery is around 24 minutes on foot or by bus.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital North Durham, 28 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 15 restaurants and cafés, 21 pubs and bars.
Rookhope Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Rookhope WMC the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 57 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 43% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Stanhope, Wolsingham).
There are 368 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 4% flats and 33% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 59% were built before 1919.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 2.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 39 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 155 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 30% are 65 or over.
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.
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rookhope War Memorial | II | 80 m |
| Garage North of the Rookhope Inn | II | 110 m |
| the Rookhope Inn | II | 130 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.
Bishop Auckland constituency: Dr Sam Rushworth MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 6,672 (16.5%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 42%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 23%, Green Party 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 DL13 2BP →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Princess Cottages in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Seaham Hall Beach · about 54 min
Nearest: Hunsonby Swimming Pool · about 40 min
Nearest: Hexham Racecourse · about 40 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 50.8% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 32.1% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.8% | 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.