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On West Lane, in Bishop Auckland South
What it's like at DL14 0QY: every home that has sold on West Lane 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 West Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 11 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 54, West LaneTerraced | Nov 2018 | £33,000 | 71 m² | £465/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56, West LaneTerraced | May 2025 | £57,000 | 83 m² | £687/m² | 4 |
| 62, West LaneTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2016 | £38,000 | 69 m² | £551/m² | 1 |
| 64, West LaneTerraced | Mar 2024 | £58,000 | 70 m² | £829/m² | 1 |
| 66, West LaneTerraced | Jul 2022 | £65,000 | 78 m² | £833/m² | 2 |
| 86, West LaneTerraced | May 2026 | £91,000 | 87 m² | £1,046/m² | 3 |
| 88, West LaneTerraced | Jul 2005 | £58,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 90, West LaneTerraced | Jun 2016 | £39,995 | 92 m² | £435/m² | 3 |
| 94, West LaneTerraced | Jul 2007 | £80,000 | – | – | 3 |
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 short drive or bike ride (1.7 km), with 169k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Darlington.
The nearest bus stop is Weardale Dr - Farndale Sq, 50 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (route 9); 14 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 47 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
The nearest primary school is Woodhouse Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (400 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 46.4 · 9.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 450 m away; Go Local (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Auckland Medical Group (1.1 km), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Impact Hair Salon is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Darlington Memorial Hospital, 15 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Costa Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Tindale WMC & Institute the nearest pub (600 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 191 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 15% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Auckland Park, 3.2 km away; for exercise, OneGym (800 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Teesside is 22 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 149 km.
Most households own their home, 14% 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.
24 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.
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%.
7 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 0QY →
No crimes recorded "on or near" West Lane in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Crimdon · about 37 min
Nearest: Hunsonby Swimming Pool · about 63 min
Nearest: Weardale Railway · about 32 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 2 of 9 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 | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.8% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.7% | 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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