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On St James Gardens, in Stanhope & Weardale
What it's like at DL14 0BG: every home that has sold on St James Gardens 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on St James Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, St James GardensSemi-detached | Sept 2007 | £130,000 | 91 m² | £1,429/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, St James GardensTerraced | Jun 2001 | £57,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, St James GardensSemi-detached | Jan 2014 | £80,000 | 64 m² | £1,250/m² | 4 |
| 12, St James GardensTerraced | May 2013 | £77,250 | 124 m² | £623/m² | 1 |
| 13, St James GardensTerraced | Nov 2009 | £105,000 | 71 m² | £1,479/m² | 2 |
| 14, St James GardensTerraced | Sept 2003 | £66,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, St James GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £95,000 | 79 m² | £1,203/m² | 2 |
| 18, St James GardensSemi-detached | May 2003 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, St James GardensSemi-detached | Nov 2001 | £64,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, St James GardensSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £155,000 | 86 m² | £1,802/m² | 1 |
| 28, St James GardensSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £140,000 | 88 m² | £1,591/m² | 2 |
| 34, St James GardensTerraced | Dec 2022 | £115,000 | 76 m² | £1,513/m² | 2 |
| 35, St James GardensTerraced | Feb 2017 | £70,000 | 86 m² | £814/m² | 2 |
| 36, St James GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2001 | £53,500 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bishop Auckland, a drive away (6.5 km), with 169k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Darlington.
The nearest bus stop is Witton Hall, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 101A); 2 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
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).
The nearest primary school is Witton-le-Wear Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 56% met the expected standard.
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 Lidl, 4.3 km away, with One Stop closer still (2.4 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is North House Surgery (4.6 km), with Clemitsons the closest pharmacy (4.5 km).
For a haircut, Q-Tan is 4.4 km away.
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.
Low Barns Coffee Shop is the closest café or restaurant (1.4 km), and The Dun Cow the nearest pub (250 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 nearest park is Jubilee Park, 2.6 km away; for exercise, Crook Leisure Centre (5.1 km).
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.
5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tomb of Newby Lowson North of Church of St Philip and St James | II | 190 m |
| Church of St Philip and St James | II | 200 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%.
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 DL14 0BG →
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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 14 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 9 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 9 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 50.7% | 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.
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.