Latest record: 24 Jul 2026
AREA GUIDES
Durham Area Guide
DH1 5QT · County Durham · England
A clearer picture of local life, the housing market and the things that shape your day.
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WEATHER
Weather this week
Forecast for DH1 5QT.
Checking the forecast…This forecast will update when the latest weather data is ready.
OVERVIEW
Overview
A concise snapshot before the detail below.
YOUR LOCAL PICTURE
Around Durham
DH1 5QT is in the County Durham local authority area. The nearest listed railway station is Durham, about 1.8 miles from this location. Explore local services and travel connections below, alongside housing and planning records.
HOUSING MARKET
Explore house prices →Housing market
Completed property sales and the wider area price trend.
June 2026
June 2026 compared with a year earlier
The median is the middle recorded sale in the sample above. The official index adjusts for the mix of homes sold across a wider area. Recent registrations can arrive late; neither figure values an individual home.
What could that cost each month?
Take a recorded price into the mortgage calculator. Adjust the property price, deposit, rate and term for the home you have in mind.
PLANNING
View all planning →Planning
Recent nearby applications and a route to the full planning view.
Checking recent planning…This section will update when the latest local records are ready.
LOCAL LIFE
Places to eat, drink, shop and spend time nearby
We’re still building the local directory for this area.
Local-life coverage is still growing here.Restaurants, cafés, shops, attractions and other useful places will appear as the open-data directory expands.
LIVING HERE
Living here
Schools, population, reported crime and employment.
- Durham Newton Hall Infants' SchoolPrimary · Ages 3–70.7 mi
- Nettlesworth Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 4–112.1 mi
- West Rainton Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 2–112.2 mi
- Lumley Junior SchoolPrimary · Ages 7–112.5 mi
This information is updating.
Reports within about one mile in the latest mapped month · 2026-07.
Unemployment estimate for County Durham · Latest available period.
REPRESENTATION
Who represents this area?
Current representation and recent general-election history for City of Durham.
How this area has votedWinning party, vote share and turnout at recent general elections.
Constituency boundaries changed in 2024, so older results may not cover exactly the same streets.
GETTING AROUND
Getting around
Roads, rail, nearby car parks, EV charging, driving charges and airports.
NEARBY CAR PARKS
View all →Nearby car parks
The closest useful mapped car parks.
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Nearby fuel prices
View allUp to four forecourts within 5 miles of DH1 5QT, ordered by unleaded price. Prices in pence per litre.
Official UK Fuel Finder data
EV CHARGING
View all →Nearby EV charging
Nearest public charging locations with useful charger details where available.
No reliable nearby EV-charger result is available right now.
NEAREST MAJOR AIRPORT
Newcastle Airport
About 17.0 miles away. Distance alone does not show whether a property is under a flight path.
No strategic aircraft-noise band is shown for this postcode. That does not guarantee aircraft will never be heard.
View airport map & nearby parking →NEARBY PLACES & OUTDOORS
Nearby places & outdoors
Useful nearby places, green space and walking routes.
Useful nearby places
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Checking nearest prison…This information is updating.
Green space and walks
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Vets near this area
Explore practice profiles, owner reviews and contact details around DH1 5QT.
- Vets for Pets – DurhamDarlington DH1 5GBAbout 0.8 miles away
- Dunelm Veterinary GroupDurham DH1 1JAAbout 1.7 miles away
- Gilmoor Vets, DurhamDarlington DH1 2LGAbout 1.8 miles away
- Vets 2 Your Pets – DurhamChester-le-Street DH2 3PXAbout 1.9 miles away
- Abbey Veterinary Centre – DurhamStockton-on-Tees DH1 4HZAbout 2.4 miles away
- Medivet Chester-le-StreetChester-le-Street DH3 3DYAbout 3.6 miles away
Published practices within 10 miles, ordered by approximate straight-line distance from the map point. Some practice locations use postcode centres. This is not a quality ranking or a complete directory.
Find and compare vets near DH1 5QTCoverage at a glanceIndoor and outdoor coverage around DH1 5QT
EE
EEIndoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
Three
ThreeIndoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
O2
O2Indoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
Vodafone
VodafoneIndoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
UTILITIES & BROADBAND
Utilities & broadband
BIN DAYS
Check bin days →Collection dates are address-specific
Use the postcode, then choose the exact household before Place Keys shows collection dates.
Data, sources and limitationsSources, refresh dates and important context
Key sources
Weather: MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Mobile coverage and broadband: Ofcom. Population: ONS / Nomis where available. Property sales: HM Land Registry. Local places may include Food Standards Agency and OpenStreetMap data. Elections use published constituency results and current representative data.
How to read the figures
Small-area population is a defined statistical geography, not a town total or mileage radius. Distances are approximate straight-line or mapped distances unless a module states otherwise. Older election results may use pre-2024 constituency boundaries.
Dataset dates
- Sold prices: most recent displayed sale 24 Jul 2026
- Reported crime: 2026-07