Beamish

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 10° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:33

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

50US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

50 reported · July 2026▲ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Public order6

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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

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

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)

94 food businesses within 2 miles

• 69 rated 4–5 ★ (52 top)
• 5 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

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

19 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)

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 15 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

Luke Akehurst

Labour

North Durham

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Music Tutor - Part Time, Online Psychology Tutor - Part Time, Online Singing Tutoring Job in Beamish – Flexible Schedule

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 55% · Imports 20% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 9%

12 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 · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office378 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership322 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s320 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance287 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Beamish, County Durham · 0.3 km

  Beamish, previously named "Pit Hill", is a village in County Durham, England, situated to the north east of Stanley.

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  Beamish railway station · 0.5 km

  Beamish railway station served the village of Beamish, in County Durham, England, from 1894 to 1953. The station was built by the North Eastern Railway on the Beamish Deviation Line, off the earlier Stanhope and Tyne…

• High Forge · 0.8 km

  High Forge is a hamlet in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the west of Urpeth, north of Beamish.

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  No Place · 1.1 km

  No Place is a small village that lies between the towns of Stanley and Beamish, in County Durham, England. It lies near to the Beamish Mary coal pit, just to the south of the A693 road. The local church is known as th…

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  Beamish Museum · 1.1 km

  Beamish Museum is an open-air museum located in County Durham, England. Beamish pioneered the concept of a living museum. By displaying duplicates or replaceable items, it was also an early example of the now commonpl…

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  Beamish Museum transport collection · 1.1 km

  Beamish Museum contains much of transport interest, and the size of its site makes good internal transportation for visitors and staff purposes a necessity.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)