County Durham
DL2 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
£246,475
Range £120,000–£462,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in DL2: the typical (median) sold price is £246,475, below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). DL2 is an active market, with about 26 recorded sales a month. By property type, 39% were detached homes (typically £314,000) and 31% were semi-detached homes (typically £201,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Across the 12 most recently sold DL2 postcodes we sampled, area deprivation has a median of decile 7 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 DL2: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
At around 26 sales a month, DL2 ticks along steadily, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.
When selling here, £246,475 is only the middle of a market that runs from £120,000 to £462,500, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseFor buyers, typical prices in DL2 sit below the UK average, so a lower price than the average is a prompt to ask why, not a reason to relax.
Worth checking before you commit: planning history nearby (533 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and the EPC rating; your conveyancer should look at the title too.
Where the numbers are this loose, the free DL2 OfferCheck gives you something firmer to hold: flood, crime, planning and council tax, each with its source.
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At a glance
DL2 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£246,475
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
26.2
Across 250 sales
Freehold sales
95%
Of recorded sales
The data, honestly
House prices in DL2
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in DL2 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £314,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £97,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 94 | £314,000 | £235,300–£528,000 |
| Semi-detached | 74 | £201,000 | £133,000–£268,500 |
| Terraced | 59 | £165,000 | £109,000–£332,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 11 | £97,500 | £79,000–£162,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in DL2
The quarterly typical price fell 1.3%, from £233,000 in Q4 2025 (72 sales) to £230,000 in Q3 2026 (33 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £233,000 | 72 |
| Q1 2026 | £265,000 | 83 |
| Q2 2026 | £215,750 | 62 |
| Q3 2026 | £230,000 | 33 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 24 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of DL2 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most DL2 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £120,000 and £462,500, around a typical £246,475.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in DL2
Detached homes were 39% of recorded sales (94 of 238). 95% of sales were freehold and 5% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached39%
- Semi-detached31%
- Terraced25%
- Flat / maisonette5%
Tenure
- Freehold95%
- Leasehold5%
See the figures
238 freehold (95%) and 12 leasehold (5%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in DL2, including 9 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 24 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 DL2 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 DL2
52, BROWDIE ROAD, DARLINGTON
Semi-detached · Freehold · 24 Aug 2026
£190,000
2, WALTER SCOTT AVENUE, DARLINGTON
Semi-detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£199,995
30, CHAPEL STREET, DARLINGTON
Terraced · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£120,000
31, LOW GREEN, DARLINGTON
Terraced · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£173,000
3, INVENTION ROW, DARLINGTON
Semi-detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£235,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). DL2 includes the Brinkburn & Faverdale ward.
In plain English
What the County Durham (DL2) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £314,000 against £97,500 for flats: about 3.2 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £120,000 and £462,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (95%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 26 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 7 November 2025 and 24 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 DL2
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 DL2
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 DL2
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Mowden Junior School.
All schools
Mowden Junior School
Primary · Academies · DL3 9DE
350 m
Good · 2012
Marchbank Free School
Free Schools · DL3 9BL
405 m
Good · 2024
Mowden Infant School
Primary · Academies · DL3 9QG
481 m
Good · 2012
Carmel College
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · DL3 8RW
787 m
Outstanding · 2013
Hummersknott Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · DL3 8AR
826 m
Good · 2021
Wyvern Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · DL3 9SH
1.0 km
Good · 2023
Embleton View
Special schools · DL3 8TF
1.0 km
Not graded
St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academies · DL3 9EX
1.1 km
Good · 2023
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 DL2 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near DL2
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 DL2
533
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Darlington/26/00553/CONUndecided
330 m
Approval of details reserved by condition 45 (CMP)(Phase1) attached to outline planning permission 17/00636/OUTE dated 06 June 2024 (residential development of up to 985 dwellings (Use Class C3), convenience store with up to 400 sqm retail floor space (Use Class E), a GP (Class E) land for proposed primary school and early years school (Use Class F1) and sports pitches with associated parking, public open space, landscaping and sustainable drainage system (SUDS), onsite nutrient mitigation scheme and vehicular access points from Staindrop Road with all matters reserved except means of vehicular access (Resubmission)
Received 2026-06-05
Darlington/26/00492/CONUndecided
330 m
Approval of details reserved by condition 37 (Travel Plan)(Phase 1) attached to planning permission 17/00636/OUTE dated 06 June 2024 (Outline planning permission for residential development of up to 985 dwellings (Use Class C3), convenience store with up to 400 sqm retail floor space (Use Class E), a GP (Class E) land for proposed primary school and early years school (Use Class F1) and sports pitches with associated parking, public open space, landscaping and sustainable drainage system (SUDS), onsite nutrient mitigation scheme and vehicular access points from Staindrop Road with all matters reserved except means of vehicular access)
Received 2026-05-22
Darlington/26/00446/FULConditions
441 m
Application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for the variation of condition 2 (external materials) and 3 (approved plans) attached to planning permission 25/00757/FUL dated 09 Sept 2025 (Erection of single storey rear extension, erection of porch to front elevation with roof extending out over front of existing garage) to permit alterations to the rear extension including re-design of roof
Received 2026-05-06 · decided 2026-06-24
Darlington/26/00293/LBCConditions
489 m
Listed Building Consent for the conversion of a storeroom into a toilet, accessed from the adjoining first floor classroom, with installation of sanitary ware and associated services/drainage works
Received 2026-03-20 · decided 2026-05-07
Darlington/26/00294/CONUndecided
330 m
Approval of details reserved by condition 15 (landscaping), 57 (BNG Metric), 58 (BEMP) attached to planning permission 17/00636/OUTE dated 06 June 2024 (Outline planning permission for residential development of up to 985 dwellings (Use Class C3), convenience store with up to 400 sqm retail floor space (Use Class E), a GP (Class E) land for proposed primary school and early years school (Use Class F1) and sports pitches with associated parking, public open space, landscaping and sustainable drainage system (SUDS), onsite nutrient mitigation scheme and vehicular access points from Staindrop Road with all matters reserved except means of vehicular access)
Received 2026-03-20
Darlington/26/00168/FULConditions
491 m
Erection of a single storey rear extension
Received 2026-02-16 · decided 2026-04-09
Applications are matched within 500 m of the DL2 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 DL2 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 533 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for DL2
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
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Across the 12 sampled DL2 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 10, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
DL2 2WQ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 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 DL2 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in DL2: 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 DL2 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 246 distinct addresses in the records we hold for DL2. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
52, BROWDIE ROAD, DARLINGTON
DL2 2WQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-08-24
2, WALTER SCOTT AVENUE, DARLINGTON
DL2 2RY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£199,995
2026-08-21
30, CHAPEL STREET, DARLINGTON
DL2 1DA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-08-20
31, LOW GREEN, DARLINGTON
DL2 3DS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£173,000
2026-08-19
3, INVENTION ROW, DARLINGTON
DL2 2GZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-08-17
4, THE WAYSIDE, DARLINGTON
DL2 2EE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-08-14
85, MERRYBENT, DARLINGTON
DL2 2LF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-08-13
3, HILLSIDE, DARLINGTON
DL2 2QH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£335,000
2026-08-04
29, NEVILLE CLOSE, DARLINGTON
DL2 3DF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£188,000
2026-08-03
6, KENTBECK DRIVE, DARLINGTON
DL2 2JU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£317,500
2026-08-03
68, HEATHFIELD PARK, DARLINGTON
DL2 1LW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£205,000
2026-07-31
6, SWINBRIDGE, DARLINGTON
DL2 2GB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-07-31
35, ELDER BROOK AVENUE, DARLINGTON
DL2 1RD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£265,000
2026-07-31
12, ROKEBY ROAD, DARLINGTON
DL2 2RZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-07-31
16, TURNERS VIEW, DARLINGTON
DL2 2WJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£140,000
2026-07-27
9, COMETS GARTH, DARLINGTON
DL2 2FL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-07-24
2, THORNTREE VILLAS, DARLINGTON
DL2 1BJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-07-24
33, FRIARS PARDON, DARLINGTON
DL2 2EA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£485,000
2026-07-23
CLEVELAND VIEW, STOCKTON ROAD, DARLINGTON
DL2 1SY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-07-20
24, STRAIT LANE, DARLINGTON
DL2 2AL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-07-20
12, RAISBY LANE, DARLINGTON
DL2 2GQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£140,000
2026-07-17
33, GRANGE AVENUE, DARLINGTON
DL2 2HE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-07-17
6, NEW ROW, DARLINGTON
DL2 1EN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£110,000
2026-07-16
8, SKERNE WAY, DARLINGTON
DL2 2BH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£156,000
2026-07-14
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.
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Postcode districts near DL2
The closest districts to DL2 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in DL3 (Darlington) 1 mile
- House prices in DL1 (Darlington) 2.3 miles
- House prices in DL5 (Newton Aycliffe) 6.2 miles
- House prices in DL4 (Shildon) 7.3 miles
- House prices in DL10 (Richmond) 8.8 miles
- House prices in DL14 (Bishop Auckland) 9.3 miles
- House prices in TS21 (Stockton-on-Tees) 9.5 miles
- House prices in TS16 (Stockton-on-Tees) 9.6 miles
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Data sources
Every DL2 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.