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On Short Street, in Bishop Auckland Central & West
What it's like at DL14 6BN: every home that has sold on Short 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Short Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
7 of the 28 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Arthur TerraceDetached | May 2007 | £82,000 | – | – | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Short StreetTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2016 | £39,950 | 83 m² | £481/m² | 1 |
| 2, Short StreetTerraced | Mar 2002 | £35,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Short StreetTerraced | May 1996 | £31,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Short StreetTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2003 | £34,000 | 68 m² | £500/m² | 1 |
| 6, Short StreetTerraced | Jan 2016 | £42,000 | 65 m² | £646/m² | 1 |
| 7, Short StreetTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2015 | £51,000 | 67 m² | £761/m² | 3 |
| 8, Short StreetTerraced | Nov 2005 | £77,000 | 69 m² | £1,116/m² | 3 |
| 9, Short StreetTerraced | Nov 2002 | £33,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Short StreetTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2025 | £43,500 | 88 m² | £494/m² | 3 |
| 11, Short StreetTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2019 | £46,500 | 99 m² | £470/m² | 4 |
| 12, Short StreetTerraced | Feb 2011 | £70,000 | 97 m² | £722/m² | 3 |
| 14, Short StreetTerraced | Aug 2000 | £22,950 | 78 m² | £294/m² | 2 |
| 15, Short StreetTerraced | Jul 2008 | £82,000 | 94 m² | £872/m² | 2 |
| 16, Short StreetTerraced | Nov 2020 | £37,500 | 107 m² | £350/m² | 1 |
| 18, Short StreetTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2006 | £77,500 | 98 m² | £791/m² | 1 |
| 19, Short StreetTerraced | Jun 2023 | £62,500 | 78 m² | £801/m² | 2 |
| 20, Short StreetTerraced | Feb 2002 | £17,600 | 73 m² | £241/m² | 1 |
| 21, Short StreetTerraced | Aug 2014 | £62,000 | 70 m² | £886/m² | 2 |
| 22, Short StreetTerraced | Aug 2020 | £50,000 | 85 m² | £588/m² | 2 |
| 23, Short StreetTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2025 | £72,000 | 84 m² | £857/m² | 5 |
| 24, Short StreetTerraced | Jun 2004 | £69,000 | 80 m² | £863/m² | 2 |
| 27, Short StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2026 | £72,500 | 85 m² | £853/m² | 3 |
| 28, Short StreetTerraced | Apr 2005 | £73,000 | 77 m² | £948/m² | 1 |
| 29, Short StreetTerraced | Nov 2025 | £61,000 | 75 m² | £813/m² | 4 |
| 30, Short StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2025 | £57,000 | 83 m² | £687/m² | 4 |
| 31, Short StreetTerraced | Mar 2009 | £80,000 | 79 m² | £1,013/m² | 2 |
| 32, Short StreetTerraced | Nov 2004 | £80,000 | 84 m² | £952/m² | 3 |
| 33, Short StreetTerraced | Nov 2019 | £55,000 | 103 m² | £534/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, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 169k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Darlington.
The nearest bus stop is St Marys RC Church, 100 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 6, 87, 101, 81A); 65 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 47 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
The nearest primary school is St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 40% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bishop Barrington Academy, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 39.4 · 2.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 15% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 900 m away, with Premier Store closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Auckland Medical Group (300 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Elite Hair And Beauty is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Darlington Memorial Hospital, 16 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: 4 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Sin Ann's Deli is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Manor the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 111 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 25% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Auckland Park, 2.3 km away; for exercise, Woodhouse Close Leisure Complex (100 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Teesside is 23 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 150 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 26% 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.
40 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%.
25 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 6BN →
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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 28 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Seaton Carew North Gare · about 38 min
Nearest: Hunsonby Swimming Pool · about 64 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: 0 of 25 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 | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.5% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.8% | 2.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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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