Frosterley

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 9° · 73% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:34

13h 1m 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

7 reported · July 2026▲ 75% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Crook (Weardale) · 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)

4 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Frosterley (0.4 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£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

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: DCC Coronation Avenue 1 (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

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

• In a conservation area (Frosterley)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 36 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

Sam Rushworth

Labour

Bishop Auckland

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)

• Schools1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 69% · Nuclear 20% · Solar 6% · Biomass 6%

7 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 Bishop Auckland:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office409 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership334 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s265 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance245 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England241 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide

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

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  Frosterley · 0.2 km

  Frosterley is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated in Weardale, on the River Wear close to its confluence with Bollihope Burn; between Wolsingham and Stanhope; 18 miles…

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  Bridge End, County Durham · 0.6 km

  Bridge End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated on the south bank of the River Wear, on the other side of Weardale from Frosterley, and near Hill End and White Kirkley.

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  White Kirkley · 0.9 km

  White Kirkley is a small village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated on the south side of Weardale, opposite Frosterley, and close to Hill End.

• Rogerley Quarry · 1.3 km

  Rogerley Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of west County Durham, England. It lies on the edge of the valley of the River Wear, alongside the A689 road, about 1 km upriver fro…

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  Hill End, County Durham · 1.5 km

  Hill End is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated on the south side of Weardale, near Frosterley.

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  Weardale · 2.4 km

  Weardale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in County Durham, England. Large parts of Weardale fall within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) – the second-largest AONB in…

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