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On Abley Close, in Spennymoor West
What it's like at DL16 7FA: every home that has sold on Abley Close 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 Abley Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 34 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £169,950 | 71 m² | £2,394/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £191,500 | 82 m² | £2,335/m² | 2 |
| 3, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £149,995 | 107 m² | £1,402/m² | 1 |
| 4, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2023 | £135,000 | 78 m² | £1,731/m² | 4 |
| 5, Abley CloseDetached | Oct 2017 | £154,996 | 82 m² | £1,890/m² | 2 |
| 6, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £130,995 | 78 m² | £1,679/m² | 1 |
| 7, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2017 | £124,445 | 78 m² | £1,595/m² | 1 |
| 8, Abley CloseDetached | Mar 2018 | £149,995 | 82 m² | £1,829/m² | 1 |
| 9, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2017 | £130,995 | 78 m² | £1,679/m² | 1 |
| 10, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2018 | £149,995 | 107 m² | £1,402/m² | 1 |
| 11, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £128,995 | 71 m² | £1,817/m² | 1 |
| 12, Abley CloseOther | Mar 2018 | £130,000 | 107 m² | £1,215/m² | 2 |
| 14, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2025 | £179,950 | 107 m² | £1,682/m² | 2 |
| 15, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £150,000 | 71 m² | £2,113/m² | 5 |
| 16, Abley CloseOther | Sept 2018 | £146,000 | 96 m² | £1,521/m² | 1 |
| 17, Abley CloseDetached | Jun 2017 | £159,995 | 82 m² | £1,951/m² | 1 |
| 19, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £134,995 | 79 m² | £1,709/m² | 1 |
| 21, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2017 | £134,995 | 79 m² | £1,709/m² | 1 |
| 23, Abley CloseDetached | Jan 2018 | £169,995 | 62 m² | £2,742/m² | 1 |
| 25, Abley CloseDetached | Oct 2022 | £200,000 | 109 m² | £1,835/m² | 2 |
| 27, Abley CloseDetached | Jun 2024 | £225,000 | 109 m² | £2,064/m² | 3 |
| 29, Abley CloseDetached | Feb 2026 | £210,000 | 93 m² | £2,258/m² | 2 |
| 31, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2018 | £122,000 | 54 m² | £2,259/m² | 1 |
| 33, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2018 | £122,000 | 53 m² | £2,302/m² | 1 |
| 35, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £147,495 | 107 m² | £1,378/m² | 1 |
| 37, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2018 | £149,995 | 107 m² | £1,402/m² | 1 |
| 39, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £148,000 | 107 m² | £1,383/m² | 3 |
| 41, Abley CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2018 | £110,000 | 71 m² | £1,549/m² | 2 |
| 43, Abley CloseOther | Mar 2018 | £149,995 | 107 m² | £1,402/m² | 2 |
| 45, Abley CloseTerraced | Mar 2018 | £95,000 | 60 m² | £1,583/m² | 2 |
| 47, Abley CloseTerraced | Apr 2018 | £127,495 | 107 m² | £1,192/m² | 2 |
| 49, Abley CloseTerraced | Mar 2018 | £110,000 | 71 m² | £1,549/m² | 2 |
| 51, Abley CloseTerraced | Mar 2018 | £95,000 | 62 m² | £1,532/m² | 2 |
| 53, Abley CloseTerraced | Sept 2018 | £124,995 | 71 m² | £1,760/m² | 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 (4.9 km), with 169k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Darlington.
The nearest bus stop is Newsagents, 250 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (routes 6, X21, 111, 865); 20 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Middlestone Moor Academy, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 71% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Whitworth Park Academy, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 50.4 · 11.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 200 m away; Kash's Off Licence (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Oxford Road Surgery (1.9 km), with Asda Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.1 km).
For a haircut, The Tanning Rooms is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital North Durham, 11 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: 16 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
Fortune Inn is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Middlestone Moor Workingmens Club the nearest pub (800 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 137 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 30 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 491 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Jubilee Park, 1.9 km away; for exercise, Bodies (1.8 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Teesside is 24 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 155 km.
Most households own their home, 16% 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.
6 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.
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor constituency: Alan Strickland MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 8,839 (22.2%), turnout 55%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Reform UK 24%, Conservative 21%, Green Party 4%.
12 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 DL16 7FA →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in County Durham since 2011.
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 34 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 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 | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.9% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.8% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.6% | 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: Crimdon · about 32 min
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 69 min
Nearest: Tanfield Railway · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.