Ferryhill

15°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 10° · 70% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:33

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

181 reported · July 2026▲ 37% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences60
• Vehicle crime25
• Anti-social behaviour23
• Criminal damage & arson15

2 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Spennymoor (Broom Ward) · 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)

98 food businesses within 2 miles

• 82 rated 4–5 ★ (63 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 52 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 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 140 kW
• Nearest: DCC Eamont Road Car Park (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds2

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
• 13 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

Alan Strickland

Labour

Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor

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)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

103 jobs advertised · £42,813 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

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

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 58% · Nuclear 17% · Imports 16% · Biomass 10%

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office373 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership363 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance334 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s291 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth265 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Ferryhill · 0.7 km

  Ferryhill is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England, with an estimated population in 2018 of 8,857. The town grew in the 1900s around the coal mining industry. The last mine officially closed in 1968. It is…

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  Ferryhill Town Hall · 0.8 km

  Ferryhill Town Hall is a municipal building in Chapel Terrace, Ferryhill, County Durham, England. The structure accommodates the offices and meeting place of Ferryhill Town Council.

• The Carrs · 1.2 km

  The Carrs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It is situated on the eastern outskirts of Ferryhill, between the town and the East Coast Main Line railway.

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  Ferryhill railway station · 1.3 km

  Ferryhill railway station was located in Ferryhill, County Durham, Northeast England. It was located on what became the East Coast Main Line between Darlington and Durham, close to the junctions with several former br…

• Ferryhill Station · 1.3 km

  Ferryhill Station is situated to the south east of Ferryhill, next to Chilton Lane and near the site of Ferryhill railway station, a few miles south of Durham.

• Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College · 1.6 km

  Ferryhill School is a coeducational secondary school located in Ferryhill, County Durham, England. The school specialises in Business and Enterprise.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)