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On Dickens Way, in Crook South
What it's like at DL15 9FQ: every home that has sold on Dickens Way 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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1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Dickens Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 64 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Dickens WayDetached | Sept 2017 | £117,000 | 69 m² | £1,696/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Apr 2007 | £108,995 | 64 m² | £1,703/m² | 1 |
| 3, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Apr 2005 | £106,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Dickens WayDetached | Aug 2021 | £148,000 | 75 m² | £1,973/m² | 3 |
| 5, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £105,000 | 54 m² | £1,944/m² | 2 |
| 6, Dickens WayDetached | Jan 2022 | £175,000 | 71 m² | £2,465/m² | 3 |
| 7, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Nov 2025 | £122,500 | 55 m² | £2,227/m² | 3 |
| 8, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Jan 2016 | £74,800 | 56 m² | £1,336/m² | 2 |
| 9, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Feb 2008 | £122,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £140,000 | 79 m² | £1,772/m² | 4 |
| 11, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Jul 2017 | £80,000 | 55 m² | £1,455/m² | 3 |
| 12, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £95,000 | 65 m² | £1,462/m² | 4 |
| 14, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £100,000 | 65 m² | £1,538/m² | 2 |
| 15, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £110,000 | 54 m² | £2,037/m² | 4 |
| 16, Dickens WaySemi-detached | May 2026 | £103,000 | 56 m² | £1,839/m² | 3 |
| 17, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Apr 2026 | £99,000 | 69 m² | £1,435/m² | 4 |
| 18, Dickens WayDetached | Oct 2023 | £124,000 | 79 m² | £1,570/m² | 2 |
| 19, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £140,000 | 97 m² | £1,443/m² | 3 |
| 20, Dickens WayDetached | Jul 2005 | £155,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £135,050 | 64 m² | £2,110/m² | 4 |
| 22, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Dec 2005 | £104,995 | 65 m² | £1,615/m² | 1 |
| 23, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £98,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £105,000 | 58 m² | £1,810/m² | 5 |
| 25, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Apr 2008 | £123,000 | 69 m² | £1,783/m² | 2 |
| 26, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Dec 2005 | £136,995 | 75 m² | £1,827/m² | 1 |
| 27, Dickens WaySemi-detached | May 2022 | £145,000 | 79 m² | £1,835/m² | 4 |
| 28, Dickens WayDetached | Sept 2022 | £150,000 | 79 m² | £1,899/m² | 2 |
| 29, Dickens WayDetached | Sept 2021 | £150,000 | 75 m² | £2,000/m² | 3 |
| 30, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £140,000 | 124 m² | £1,129/m² | 3 |
| 31, Dickens WayDetached | Aug 2014 | £187,000 | 113 m² | £1,655/m² | 2 |
| 32, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Jan 2014 | £90,000 | 70 m² | £1,286/m² | 2 |
| 33, Dickens WayDetached | Jan 2023 | £125,000 | 75 m² | £1,667/m² | 2 |
| 34, Dickens WayDetached | Sept 2018 | £125,000 | 72 m² | £1,736/m² | 2 |
| 35, Dickens WayDetached | Sept 2005 | £167,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Feb 2006 | £112,995 | 64 m² | £1,766/m² | 1 |
| 37, Dickens WayDetached | Nov 2014 | £135,000 | 120 m² | £1,125/m² | 3 |
| 38, Dickens WaySemi-detached | May 2017 | £78,000 | 56 m² | £1,393/m² | 2 |
| 39, Dickens WayDetached | Sept 2005 | £134,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, Dickens WayDetached | Mar 2006 | £131,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 41, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Sept 2005 | £111,995 | 65 m² | £1,723/m² | 1 |
| 42, Dickens WayDetached | Jul 2024 | £150,000 | 86 m² | £1,744/m² | 4 |
| 43, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Sept 2005 | £111,995 | 67 m² | £1,672/m² | 1 |
| 44, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Jan 2017 | £81,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 45, Dickens WayDetached | Sept 2025 | £150,000 | 78 m² | £1,923/m² | 3 |
| 46, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Apr 2006 | £119,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Dickens WayDetached | Dec 2018 | £186,000 | 132 m² | £1,409/m² | 2 |
| 48, Dickens WayDetached | Apr 2022 | £148,000 | 76 m² | £1,947/m² | 4 |
| 49, Dickens WayDetached | Jul 2006 | £130,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Dickens WayDetached | Nov 2023 | £150,000 | 80 m² | £1,875/m² | 2 |
| 51, Dickens WayDetached | Dec 2005 | £157,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 53, Dickens WayDetached | Feb 2006 | £157,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 55, Dickens WayDetached | Mar 2021 | £132,500 | 77 m² | £1,721/m² | 3 |
| 57, Dickens WayDetached | Jul 2006 | £157,995 | 97 m² | £1,629/m² | 1 |
| 59, Dickens WaySemi-detached | May 2006 | £105,995 | 64 m² | £1,656/m² | 1 |
| 61, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Aug 2009 | £102,500 | 65 m² | £1,577/m² | 3 |
| 63, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Jun 2016 | £90,000 | 65 m² | £1,385/m² | 2 |
| 65, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £95,995 | 56 m² | £1,714/m² | 1 |
| 67, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £140,000 | 64 m² | £2,188/m² | 3 |
| 69, Dickens WaySemi-detached | Jul 2018 | £115,000 | 71 m² | £1,620/m² | 2 |
| 71, Dickens WayDetached | Jan 2013 | £123,900 | 103 m² | £1,203/m² | 2 |
| 73, Dickens WayDetached | May 2018 | £158,500 | 106 m² | £1,495/m² | 2 |
| 75, Dickens WayDetached | Sept 2017 | £245,000 | 114 m² | £2,149/m² | 3 |
| 77, Dickens WayDetached | Jul 2015 | £178,500 | 112 m² | £1,594/m² | 2 |
| 79, Dickens WayDetached | Dec 2014 | £193,000 | 126 m² | £1,532/m² | 2 |
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 (7.6 km), with 169k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Darlington.
The nearest bus stop is Thistleflat Road, 250 m away, with a bus about every 40 minutes on weekdays (route 84).
The nearest primary school is Crook Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 52% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Parkside Academy, 4.2 km away; Attainment 8: 46.9 · 11% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 850 m away, with Cathedral Wholesale & Events closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is North House Surgery (1.2 km), with Clemitsons the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Q-Tan is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital North Durham, 12 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 16 restaurants and cafés and 24 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Glenholme Centre is the closest café or restaurant (850 m), and Crook Town AFC the nearest pub (650 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 114 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 19 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Glenholme Park, 850 m away; for exercise, Crook Leisure Centre (1.6 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Teesside is 30 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 156 km.
Most households own their home, 20% 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.
4 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 DL15 9FQ →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Dickens Way in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 51 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 | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.8% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.4% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.4% | 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 35 min
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 55 min
Nearest: Sedgefield Racecourse · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.