Tow Law

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 9° · 68% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:34

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

18 reported · July 2026▲ 64% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Burglary2

Neighbourhood team: Crook (Crook Town) Howden Le Wear, Tow Law · 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)

23 food businesses within 2 miles

• 18 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wolsingham (5.0 km)
• 23 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: 163.9p · Morrisons (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (11.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Aldi Crook (5.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches6
• 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
• 9 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)

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised · £30,140 avg

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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

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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  Tow Law railway station · 0.1 km

  Tow Law railway station served the town of Tow Law, County Durham, England, from 1847 to 1965 on the Stanhope and Tyne Railway.

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  Church of St Philip and St James, Tow Law · 0.2 km

  The Church of St Philip and St James is a church in Tow Law, County Durham, England. The church was designed by architect Charles Hodgson Fowler (1840-1910) and completed in 1869. Built of sandstone, the decorated chu…

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  Tow Law · 0.2 km

  Tow Law is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the south of Consett and 5 miles to the north west of Crook.

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  Tow Law Town F.C. · 0.4 km

  Tow Law Town Association Football Club is an English non-League football club from Tow Law, County Durham, currently playing in the Northern League Division One, in the ninth level of the English football league syste…

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  Inkerman, County Durham · 1.3 km

  Inkerman was a village in County Durham, England. Built in 1854–1855 a short distance to the north-west of Tow Law to house ironstone miners, it was named after the victorious Battle of Inkerman of the Crimean War,…

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  Sunniside, Weardale · 1.9 km

  Sunniside is a small rural village to the east of Tow Law and north of Crook in County Durham, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)