DH1 4LY
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Property report — DH1 4LY
Open-data due diligence for DH1 4LY and the area around it.
DH1 4LY in brief: 36 recorded sales (£58,000–£680,000) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for DH1 4LY itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the DH1 4 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£422,258
Population
15,715
Crimes recorded
208
Schools
5
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
74%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in DH1 4, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (21 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | £440,000 | 9 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2023-01-27 | £379,000 | 18A SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2022-07-07 | £355,000 | 27 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2021-05-13 | £275,000 | 4 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2020-11-19 | £680,000 | 16 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2020-10-02 | £387,500 | 21 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2020-07-30 | £315,000 | 26 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2019-03-29 | £250,000 | 9 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2019-01-11 | £324,000 | STRATHAVEN SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2018-07-24 | £330,000 | 6 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2017-08-31 | £315,000 | 7 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2014-08-11 | £249,950 | 26 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2014-06-05 | £350,000 | 16 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2013-11-08 | £190,000 | 1 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2013-07-31 | £270,000 | 12 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2012-06-07 | £275,000 | 27 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2010-05-25 | £273,500 | 6 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2009-12-18 | £225,000 | 18B SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2009-07-31 | £175,000 | 14 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2008-09-12 | £210,000 | STRATHAVEN SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2005-07-08 | £186,150 | 19 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2004-12-15 | £279,000 | THE COTTAGE SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2004-03-29 | £205,000 | 27 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2004-03-12 | £240,000 | 8 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2002-08-21 | £269,000 | 17 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2001-06-29 | £185,000 | 21 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2001-05-04 | £139,950 | 8 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 2001-03-30 | £140,000 | 10 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 1999-10-22 | £88,500 | 27 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 1998-09-11 | £149,500 | 16 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Terraced |
| 1997-08-13 | £142,500 | 17 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 1997-02-19 | £108,000 | 6 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Terraced |
| 1996-07-05 | £65,500 | 3 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 1996-04-04 | £82,000 | 10 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 1995-12-19 | £58,000 | 20 SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Detached |
| 1995-04-23 | £90,000 | 18B SPRINGWELL AVENUE | Semi-detached |
36 recorded sales on DH1 4LY. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham | 0.2 mi | Secondary | Report card → |
| Durham Johnston Comprehensive School | 0.3 mi | Secondary | Report card → |
| St Margaret's Church of England Primary School | 0.8 mi | Primary | Good (2022) |
| Neville's Cross Primary School and Nursery | 0.8 mi | Primary | Good (2024) |
| Framwellgate Moor Primary School | 1.0 mi | Primary | Outstanding (2024) |
| Framwellgate School Durham | 1.0 mi | Secondary | Report card → |
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP (0.9 mi) · CLAYPATH & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP (1.0 mi) · DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE (1.8 mi)
Nearest hospitals: UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM (0.4 mi) · HOSPITAL AT HOME UHND (0.4 mi) · DRYBURN HOSPITAL (0.4 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: LOW DRYBURN FARMHOUSE (Grade II) (0.2 mi) · LYCH GATE WEST OF CHURCH OF ST. CUTHBERT (Grade II) (0.2 mi) · OBELISK (Grade II) (0.2 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: BOOTS (0.8 mi) · LEAK CHEMISTS (1.0 mi) · WELL (1.0 mi)
Nearest stations: Durham (0.5 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Heron Foods (1.3 mi) · Co-op Food (1.3 mi) · Aldi (1.5 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 31
- One-person households
- 27%
- Households with children
- 23%
- Households
- 5,600
Owned 67% · Social rent 6% · Private rent 27%
Census 2021 (ONS), for DH1 4.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in DH1 4 (May 24–Apr 26, average 178/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
No modelled flood risk is recorded for DH1 4LY in the Environment Agency dataset. This is reassuring but not a guarantee — Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictDH1 | SectorDH1 4 | PostcodeDH1 4LY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £262,591 | £422,258 | £241,585 |
| Population | 66,191 | 15,715 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 8/10 | 9/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 512 | 208 | — |
| Schools | 26 | 5 | — |
| Flood risk | High | High | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 75% | 74% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 96% | 99% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (DH1 4); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 30 June 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
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