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Wynyard

Wynyard is a village in Durham, England, with a population of around 2,500. It has 1 pharmacy, along with 13 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Billingham, 6.6 km away. There were around 10 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Wynyard area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the County Durham area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 522,068 residents at roughly 234 people per km².

Council
County Durham
County
Durham
Constituency
Sedgefield
Police force
Durham
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 205th of 294 English council areas — better than 30% of them.

Low crime27
Home affordability98
Affordable rents97
Good schools38
Life expectancy20
Low deprivation20
Employment54
Low council tax8

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:32

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

13 reported · July 2026 13% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Northern Parishes · Cleveland

Local policing priorities

  • Off Road Bikes throughout the ward area. Stillington park
  • ASB around greenbelts and woodland areas of Wynyard and pond area of Stillington

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

23 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 21 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Billingham (5.8 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Billingham (5.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£138,148 average 7% YoY

Across County Durham · to 2026-06

Detached£236,657
Semi-detached£138,892
Terraced£114,222
Flat£77,271

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (5.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 181.7p · Asda (10.7 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

30 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Wynyard Park (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

522,068 residents in County Durham · 234/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,622 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (56% of 255,650)

A £1,748
B £2,039
C £2,331
D £2,622
E £3,205
F £3,788
G £4,370
H £5,244

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • The Academy at Shotton HallOutstanding
  • Bishop Barrington AcademyGood
  • Consett AcademyGood
  • Dene AcademyGood
  • Hermitage AcademyGood
  • North Durham AcademyGood
  • Parkside AcademyGood
  • Seaham High SchoolGood
  • Staindrop AcademyGood
  • UTC South DurhamGood
  • Whitworth Park AcademyGood
  • Durham AcademyRequires improvement
  • Greenfield AcademyRequires improvement
  • St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, LanchesterRequires improvement
  • Belmont Community School
  • Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
  • Easington Academy
  • Ferryhill School
  • Framwellgate School Durham
  • King James I Academy Bishop Auckland
  • Park View School
  • Sedgefield Community College
  • St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College
  • St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
  • St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham
  • Tanfield School
  • Teesdale School and Sixth Form
  • Wellfield School
  • Wolsingham School
  • Woodham Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · County Durham

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

393 applications decided

93.1% granted · 366 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Chris McDonald

Labour

Stockton North

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

17,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Assistant Manager, Barista - Store 77813, Stockton On Tees - Wynyard RP

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

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

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stockton North:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Wynyard Hall · 1.4 km

    Wynyard Hall is a large English country house near Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham. The house was the English family seat of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry, an Anglo-Irish aristocratic dy…

  • Wynyard, County Durham · 1.4 km

    Wynyard is a garden village in County Durham, England.

  • 2005 Seve Trophy · 1.5 km

    The 2005 Seve Trophy took place 22–25 September at Wynyard Golf Club, in North East England. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Colin Montgomerie, with the captain for Continental Europe being José Mar…

  • Wynyard Golf Club · 1.5 km

    Wynyard Golf Club is a golf club situated in the village of Wynyard near Sedgefield, County Durham, England. The course was built in 1996 alongside the building of the Wynyard Estates development and was designed by H…

  • Wynyard railway station (England) · 2.0 km

    Wynyard railway station was a railway station on the Castle Eden branch of the North Eastern Railway (NER) from 1880 to 1931. It was located immediately to the south of the bridge carrying the Hartlepool to Sedgefield…

  • Embleton, County Durham · 2.7 km

    Embleton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sedgefield, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, in England, as well as the site of a medieval village and manor. It is…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Wynyard?
Wynyard is a town in Durham, England, in the County Durham local authority.
How deprived is Wynyard?
The County Durham local authority, which includes Wynyard, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.