County Durham

17°CSunny

• Today: 22° / 13° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:28

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

452 reported road collisions (2024)

180 killed or seriously injured · 584 casualties · 8.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

50 food businesses within 2 miles

• 42 rated 4–5 ★ (34 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£138,148 average▲ 7% YoY

Across County Durham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£645 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £453
• 2 bed £574
• 3 bed £688

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

4.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.3 times median annual pay (3.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: DCC Park Street (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

522,068 residents in County Durham · 234/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 65 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,622 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (56% of 255,650)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

280 schools · 73,802 pupils

208 primary · 30 secondary · 42 other

Ofsted: 99 of 116 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

259inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · County Durham

415 CQC-registered services

• Care homes146
• GP practices73
• Dentists87
• Homecare agencies65
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · County Durham

• Not in the Green Belt
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

393 applications decided

93.1% granted · 366 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Reform UK majority

• Lab 5
• Con 1
• LD 15
• Grn 2
• Ref 55
• Oth 20

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

17,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6,856 jobs advertised · £39,987 avg

e.g. Registered Manager - Children's Homes, Therapist, Nursery Practitioner Level 3

Source: Adzuna

£661 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,261 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 307,169 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.4 women · 55.9 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in City of Durham:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership358 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office313 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s262 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership223 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England208 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Oakenshaw, County Durham · 0.8 km

  Oakenshaw is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north of Willington. In the 2001 census Oakenshaw had a population of 470.

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  Brancepeth railway station · 1.6 km

  Brancepeth railway station served the village of Brancepeth, County Durham, North East England from 1857 to 1964 on the Durham to Bishop Auckland Line.

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  Brancepeth Castle · 2.2 km

  Brancepeth Castle is a castle in the village of Brancepeth in County Durham, England, some 5 miles south-west of the city of Durham. It is a Grade I listed building.

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  Brancepeth, County Durham · 2.2 km

  Brancepeth is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated about 8 km (5 mi) from Durham on the A690 road between Durham and Weardale. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 ce…

• Willington railway station (Durham) · 2.6 km

  Willington railway station served the town of Willington, County Durham, North East England from 1857 to 1964 on the Durham to Bishop Auckland Line.

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  Willington, County Durham · 2.6 km

  Willington is a town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Greater Willington, in County Durham and the ceremonial county of Durham, England. Willington stands in the foothills of the Pennines and near the Riv…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)