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On Croftside, in Saint Helen Auckland & West Auckland
What it's like at DL14 0ST: every home that has sold on Croftside 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 Croftside; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 33 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, CroftsideDetached | Sept 2022 | £200,000 | 130 m² | £1,538/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, CroftsideSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £158,000 | 79 m² | £2,000/m² | 6 |
| 3, CroftsideSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £130,000 | 74 m² | £1,757/m² | 1 |
| 4, CroftsideSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £132,000 | 73 m² | £1,808/m² | 3 |
| 5, CroftsideSemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £145,000 | 91 m² | £1,593/m² | 1 |
| 6, CroftsideDetached | Apr 2000 | £68,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, CroftsideDetached | Mar 2022 | £225,000 | 121 m² | £1,860/m² | 2 |
| 9, CroftsideSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £156,500 | 96 m² | £1,630/m² | 1 |
| 10, CroftsideSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £217,000 | 96 m² | £2,260/m² | 2 |
| 11, CroftsideDetached | Oct 1997 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, CroftsideDetached | Mar 2023 | £150,500 | 76 m² | £1,980/m² | 2 |
| 15, CroftsideSemi-detached | Jan 2006 | £143,950 | 98 m² | £1,469/m² | 3 |
| 16, CroftsideSemi-detached | Mar 2003 | £88,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 17, CroftsideSemi-detached | May 2011 | £112,500 | 72 m² | £1,563/m² | 3 |
| 18, CroftsideSemi-detached | Apr 2005 | £130,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 19, CroftsideSemi-detached | Mar 2003 | £92,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 20, CroftsideDetached | Jul 1997 | £77,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, CroftsideDetached | Dec 2011 | £175,000 | 133 m² | £1,316/m² | 4 |
| 22, CroftsideDetached | May 2018 | £197,500 | 120 m² | £1,646/m² | 2 |
| 23, CroftsideDetached | Jan 2016 | £220,000 | 130 m² | £1,692/m² | 1 |
| 24, CroftsideDetached | Jul 2000 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, CroftsideDetached | Jan 2019 | £203,000 | 134 m² | £1,515/m² | 1 |
| 26, CroftsideDetached | Sept 1998 | £79,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, CroftsideDetached | Dec 2000 | £80,000 | 72 m² | £1,111/m² | 1 |
| 30, CroftsideSemi-detached | May 2005 | £133,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 32, CroftsideSemi-detached | Dec 2017 | £129,500 | 74 m² | £1,750/m² | 2 |
| 33, CroftsideSemi-detached | Aug 1998 | £55,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 35, CroftsideDetached | Aug 1998 | £84,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, CroftsideDetached | Apr 2014 | £175,000 | 105 m² | £1,667/m² | 2 |
| 39, CroftsideDetached | May 2013 | £124,995 | 76 m² | £1,645/m² | 4 |
| 42, CroftsideSemi-detached | Mar 1996 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 43, CroftsideSemi-detached | May 2012 | £115,000 | 73 m² | £1,575/m² | 1 |
| 44, CroftsideDetached | Aug 2014 | £128,700 | 60 m² | £2,145/m² | 4 |
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 (2.0 km), with 169k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Darlington.
The nearest bus stop is Croftside, 100 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (routes 87, 89); 8 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 54 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
The nearest primary school is Escomb Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 57% met the expected standard.
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, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 46.4 · 9.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.7 km away, with Etherley Moor Garage closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Station View Medical Centre (1.9 km), with Tesco Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.7 km).
For a haircut, Impact Hair Salon is 1.8 km away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital North Durham, 17 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: 21 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
Auckland Park Hospital RVS Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (1.6 km), and Masons Arms the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 194 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 54 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 2% flats and 24% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 241 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Auckland Park, 3.1 km away; for exercise, Bishop Auckland RUFC (1.5 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Teesside is 25 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 149 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.
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.
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%.
8 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 0ST →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Croftside in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 20 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 | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.1% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 3.2% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.2% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Crimdon · about 40 min
Nearest: Hunsonby Swimming Pool · about 59 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.