Beamish

9°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 4° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:28

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

• 5.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

31 reported · August 2026▲ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Chester-le-Street (Rural North) · Durham

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

438 reported road collisions (2025)

177 killed or seriously injured · 561 casualties · 8.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

98 food businesses within 2 miles

• 70 rated 4–5 ★ (53 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dipwood Halt (1.7 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£140,788 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across County Durham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£650 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £456
• 2 bed £579
• 3 bed £693

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

7,126 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · BP (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (11.9 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

56 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: DCC Beamish Museum (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds5

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK29,076
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK26,061
• Net moves+3,015

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 47 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

279 schools · 73,361 pupils

207 primary · 30 secondary · 42 other

Ofsted: 97 of 114 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

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

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

413 CQC-registered services

• Care homes145
• GP practices72
• Dentists86
• Homecare agencies66
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · County Durham

• Within the Green Belt
• 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

431 applications decided

95.1% granted · 410 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Luke Akehurst

Labour

North Durham

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 5
• Con 1
• LD 15
• Grn 2
• Ref 50
• Oth 24

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,115 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£661 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% 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

61% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Nuclear 30% · Wind 28% · Solar 3%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

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

7 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in DH9

• Tanfield View Medical Group
• Stanley Medical Group
• Drs Lambert & Ng

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Durham:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases427 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth278 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England274 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND144 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK142 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Beamish Museum · 1.1 km

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