Sedgefield

11°CCloudy

• Today: 19° / 10° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:32

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stockton-on-Tees A1305 Roadside, United Kingdom

36 reported · July 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour12
• Violence & sexual offences8
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Shoplifting6

Neighbourhood team: Sedgefield · 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)

37 food businesses within 2 miles

• 27 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 20 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: 154.9p · Esso (0.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (10.8 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 25 kW
• Nearest: The Impeccable Pig (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches10
• Golf courses1
• 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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 31 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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

53 jobs advertised · £44,842 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Principal Scientist/Engineer - Battery Materials

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

61% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Wind 35% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 9%

13 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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  Sedgefield (borough) · 0.1 km

  Sedgefield District was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district and, borough in County Durham, in North East England. It had a population of about 87,000. It was named after Sedgefield, but its largest town wa…

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  Church of St Edmund, Sedgefield · 0.2 km

  The Church of St Edmund is a Church of England parish church in Sedgefield, County Durham. The church is a Grade I listed building and dates from the 13th century.

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  The Manor House, Sedgefield · 0.3 km

  The Manor House in Sedgefield, County Durham was built in 1707 on high ground in a country setting looking on to St. Edmund's Church, as a mansion house for wealthy judge Robert Wright. Its notoriety arises from the e…

• Sedgefield Community College · 0.5 km

  Sedgefield Community College, part of the Laidlaw Schools Trust, is a coeducational secondary school located in Sedgefield in County Durham, England.

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  Sedgefield · 0.5 km

  Sedgefield is a market town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It had a population of 4,986 in the 2021 census. It has the only operating racecourse in County Durham.

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  Hardwick Hall, County Durham · 1.1 km

  Hardwick Hall in Sedgefield, County Durham is a building of historical significance and is a Grade II listed building on the English Heritage Register. A major part of it was built in the late 1700s but it is possible…

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