County Durham
DH3 house prices in County Durham
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for County Durham, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£167,500
Range £69,600–£325,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in DH3: the typical (median) sold price is £167,500, well below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). DH3 is an active market, with about 28 recorded sales a month. By property type, 35% were terraced homes (typically £128,000) and 35% were semi-detached homes (typically £197,500).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Across the 12 most recently sold DH3 postcodes we sampled, area deprivation has a median of decile 5 of 10, where 10 is the least deprived.
Source: Deprivation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on DH3: steady sales, so price from the evidence
DH3 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 28 sales a month, a pace that gives buyers and sellers something to compare, without a year-on-year figure we would stand behind.
If you are selling, most DH3 sales sit between £69,600 and £325,500, which makes £167,500 a blunt instrument, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; roughly 28 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseIf you are buying, DH3 sits well below the UK average for typical prices, so ask what is behind the lower prices before you assume a bargain.
On any DH3 home we would check what has been applied for nearby (355 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and the EPC rating, and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
With averages this broad, the free DH3 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
DH3 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£167,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
27.9
Across 250 sales
Freehold sales
82%
Of recorded sales
The data, honestly
House prices in DH3
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in DH3 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £313,750, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £85,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 44 | £313,750 | £215,000–£471,000 |
| Semi-detached | 82 | £197,500 | £120,500–£250,000 |
| Terraced | 83 | £128,000 | £67,000–£230,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 25 | £85,000 | £44,000–£123,960 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in DH3
The quarterly typical price fell 6.2%, from £200,000 in Q4 2025 (46 sales) to £187,550 in Q3 2026 (38 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £200,000 | 46 |
| Q1 2026 | £167,500 | 92 |
| Q2 2026 | £151,500 | 74 |
| Q3 2026 | £187,550 | 38 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of DH3 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most DH3 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £69,600 and £325,500, around a typical £167,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in DH3
Terraced homes were 35% of recorded sales (83 of 234). 82% of sales were freehold and 18% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached19%
- Semi-detached35%
- Terraced35%
- Flat / maisonette11%
Tenure
- Freehold82%
- Leasehold18%
See the figures
205 freehold (82%) and 45 leasehold (18%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in DH3. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where DH3 sits in County Durham
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in DH3
13, LAMBTON STREET, CHESTER LE STREET
Terraced · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£140,000
23, RIPON STREET, CHESTER LE STREET
Terraced · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£85,000
10, RAMSEY STREET, CHESTER LE STREET
Terraced · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£65,000
27, NORTHSIDE, CHESTER LE STREET
Detached · Freehold · 18 Aug 2026
£200,000
22, KING STREET, CHESTER LE STREET
Terraced · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£79,025
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). DH3 includes the Birtley North & Lamesley ward.
In plain English
What the County Durham (DH3) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £313,750 against £85,000 for flats: about 3.7 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £69,600 and £325,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is an active district: about 28 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 21 November 2025 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on DH3
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in DH3
We don't hold published band charges for County Durham yet. Your billing authority publishes its own band table each year. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency: check a band on GOV.UK.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities
Schools
Schools near DH3
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Rickleton Primary School.
All schools
Rickleton Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · NE38 9EZ
1.2 km
Good · 2014
Barley Mow Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · DH3 2DJ
1.3 km
Good · 2014
Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · DH2 2JT
1.6 km
Good · 2021
Portobello Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · DH3 2LY
1.6 km
Good · 2014
Park View School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · DH3 3QA
1.9 km
Requires improvement · 2022
Cestria Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · DH3 3PZ
2.0 km
Good · 2019
Pelton Community Primary School
Primary · Academies · DH2 1EZ
2.2 km
Good · 2015
St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston
Primary · Academies · DH2 1QX
2.2 km
Outstanding · 2011
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the DH3 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near DH3
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around DH3
355
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 18 September 2026.
Recent applications
CountyDurham/DM/26/02412/TPOUndecided
303 m
T1- sycamore - fell close to ground level as possible and T2 - birch - fell close to ground level
Received 2026-09-10
CountyDurham/DM/26/00863/TPOPermitted
55 m
T1 - Oak, Two small limbs to be removed, also removal of deadwood present within the crown. T2 - Maple, removal of small lower limbs. T3 - Oak, removal of the limbs indicated within the photo. T4 - Beech, removal of the small limbs indicated within the photo.
Received 2026-04-02 · decided 2026-05-19
CountyDurham/DM/26/00721/FPAPermitted
444 m
First floor side extension with juliet balcony to rear
Received 2026-03-20 · decided 2026-06-19
CountyDurham/DM/26/00558/TPOPermitted
198 m
T1 Beech - Lifting of branch tips over driveway T5, T6. Holly, Yew and Portuguese Laural - Crown lift to 3m T6. 2x Holly - Crown lift to 4m (amended description)
Received 2026-03-05 · decided 2026-05-01
CountyDurham/DM/25/01942/TPOUndecided
469 m
Holly trees (G1) crown cut to reduce spread by 4m, Pine tree (T2) felling and removal, Beech tree (T3) crown thinning by 30% 1. (a & b) Holly Trees - Crown Cut - Reduce combined spread by 4m 2. Pine tree - Full removal - Impacting drive & leaning risk 3. Beach Tree - Crown thinning - 30% to reduce leaf cover to allow more light
Received 2025-07-16
CountyDurham/DM/25/01542/FPAPermitted
388 m
Two-storey front extension to create a new entrance area and accommodate a platform lift providing access to the first floor
Received 2025-06-09 · decided 2025-11-05
Applications are matched within 500 m of the DH3 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for DH3 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 355 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 18 September 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for DH3
Decile 5 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled DH3 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 10, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
DH3 2AS, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 5 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so DH3 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in DH3: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in DH3 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 245 distinct addresses in the records we hold for DH3. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
13, LAMBTON STREET, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 3NH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£140,000
2026-08-21
23, RIPON STREET, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 3JR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£85,000
2026-08-19
10, RAMSEY STREET, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 3JH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£65,000
2026-08-19
27, NORTHSIDE, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 1RD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-08-18
22, KING STREET, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 1EG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£79,025
2026-08-17
5, WANSTEAD CRESCENT, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 2BN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-08-12
60, PICKTREE LODGE, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 4DJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-08-07
8, SUFFOLK PLACE, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 2AS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£140,000
2026-08-07
12, LOCKWOOD AVENUE, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 1GN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£150,000
2026-08-07
6, LOMBARD PLACE, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 4QP · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£140,000
2026-08-07
1, PROSPECT STREET, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 3TQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£65,000
2026-08-07
18, HOPGARTH GARDENS, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 3RJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£140,000
2026-08-05
15, WARLEY CLOSE, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 2BW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£248,000
2026-08-03
7, TYNE CLOSE, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 4DP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-08-03
77, STATION LANE, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 1DF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£140,000
2026-07-31
67, STAINMORE DRIVE, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 4SH · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-07-31
33, HERMITAGE PARK, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 3JZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-07-31
7, HAWTHORN TERRACE, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 3PE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£110,000
2026-07-30
32, BRADMAN DRIVE, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 3QS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-07-30
25, BRADMAN DRIVE, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 3QS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£505,000
2026-07-30
16, SINCLAIR DRIVE, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 4BJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-07-29
27, RIDING HILL, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 4HW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£133,000
2026-07-24
13, ELM STREET, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 3EA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£90,000
2026-07-23
8, HOLMLANDS PARK, CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 3PJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-07-23
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
Questions, answered
The DH3 report: your questions
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Nearby
Postcode districts near DH3
The closest districts to DH3 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in DH2 (Chester le Street) 1.6 miles
- House prices in NE38 (Washington) 2.2 miles
- House prices in NE37 (Washington) 3.2 miles
- House prices in DH4 (Houghton le Spring) 3.2 miles
- House prices in NE9 (Gateshead) 4.1 miles
- House prices in NE10 (Gateshead) 5.2 miles
- House prices in NE11 (Gateshead) 5.4 miles
- House prices in DH5 (Houghton le Spring) 5.6 miles
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Data sources
Every DH3 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.