Darlington
DL3 house prices in Darlington
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Darlington, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£152,000
Range £75,000–£325,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Mar 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in DL3: the typical (median) sold price is £152,000, well below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). DL3 is an active market, with about 50 recorded sales a month. By property type, 44% were terraced homes (typically £91,000) and 35% were semi-detached homes (typically £200,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,494 a year: Darlington's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Darlington, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on DL3: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Roughly 50 homes a month change hands in DL3, and with no dependable year-on-year figure to hand, recent sold homes are a safer guide than any headline.
If you are selling, most DL3 sales sit between £75,000 and £325,000, which makes £152,000 a blunt instrument, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; roughly 50 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseIf you are buying, on price, DL3 is well below the UK average, so a lower price than the average is a prompt to ask why, not a reason to relax.
Before an offer goes in on any DL3 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (907 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,494 a year), and leave the title to your conveyancer.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free DL3 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
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At a glance
DL3 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£152,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
50.4
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,494
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in DL3
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in DL3 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £322,500, and terraced the lowest at £91,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 30 | £322,500 | £221,600–£568,650 |
| Semi-detached | 86 | £200,000 | £143,750–£287,634 |
| Flat / maisonette | 20 | £96,500 | £75,000–£134,600 |
| Terraced | 109 | £91,000 | £63,600–£215,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Mar 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in DL3
The quarterly typical price fell 7.7%, from £185,250 in Q1 2026 (22 sales) to £171,000 in Q3 2026 (74 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | £185,250 | 22 |
| Q2 2026 | £140,625 | 154 |
| Q3 2026 | £171,000 | 74 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Mar 2026 and 25 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of DL3 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most DL3 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £75,000 and £325,000, around a typical £152,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Mar 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in DL3
Terraced homes were 44% of recorded sales (109 of 245). 92% of sales were freehold and 8% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached12%
- Semi-detached35%
- Flat / maisonette8%
- Terraced44%
Tenure
- Freehold92%
- Leasehold8%
See the figures
229 freehold (92%) and 21 leasehold (8%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in DL3. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Mar 2026 and 25 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 DL3 sits in Darlington
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in DL3
79, ELDON STREET, DARLINGTON
Terraced · Freehold · 25 Aug 2026
£65,500
18, HAIG STREET, DARLINGTON
Terraced · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£110,000
47, ALVERTON DRIVE, DARLINGTON
Semi-detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£158,000
15, NEWQUAY CLOSE, DARLINGTON
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£320,000
47, MEADOWFIELD ROAD, DARLINGTON
Semi-detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£193,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). DL3 includes the Brinkburn & Faverdale ward.
In plain English
What the Darlington (DL3) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £322,500 against £91,000 for terraced homes: about 3.5 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £75,000 and £325,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (92%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 50 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 27 March 2026 and 25 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 DL3
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 DL3
£2,494
Band D a year in Darlington, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,663 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,940 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,217 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,494 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,048 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,602 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,156 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,988 |
These are Darlington's charges for 2026-27, the authority DL3 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Darlington · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near DL3
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Reid Street Primary School.
All schools
Reid Street Primary School
Primary · Academies · DL3 6EX
512 m
Good · 2012
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · DL3 9EN
629 m
Good · 2018
George Dent Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority maintained schools · DL3 7PY
652 m
Outstanding · 2015
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
16 plus · Academies · DL3 7AU
853 m
Not graded
St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academies · DL3 9EX
881 m
Good · 2023
Abbey Junior School
Primary · Academies · DL3 8NN
931 m
Good · 2012
Corporation Road Community Primary School
Primary · Academies · DL3 6AR
939 m
Good · 2023
Mowden Infant School
Primary · Academies · DL3 9QG
1.1 km
Good · 2012
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 DL3 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 DL3
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 DL3
907
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Darlington/26/00661/FULUndecided
491 m
Siting of an InPost Parcel Locker to the south elevation of the building (Retrospective Application)
Received 2026-07-03
Darlington/26/00651/HPDUndecided
438 m
Prior Approval for the erection of a single storey rear extension projecting 5.95m from the original dwelling house, 3.90m in height to ridge and 2.80m in height to eaves
Received 2026-07-01
Darlington/26/00471/TFCPermitted
228 m
Notification to carry out works to a tree in a designated conservation area - fell 1 No. Acer and 1 No. Pear tree and crown reduce 2 No. Pear trees to a height of 3.66 m
Received 2026-05-15 · decided 2026-06-05
Darlington/26/00473/TFCPermitted
328 m
Notification to carry out works to trees in a designated conservation area - 1 No. Cherry tree and 1 No. Elder tree - reduce branches overhanging into 12 Tower Road back to property boundary.
Received 2026-05-15 · decided 2026-07-07
Darlington/26/00413/PLUPermitted
459 m
Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development - Provision of a single storey modular building to provide nursery space, within the northwest yard area
Received 2026-04-23 · decided 2026-06-10
Darlington/26/00381/LUPermitted
484 m
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as a 4 bed HMO (Use Class C4) and installation of rear dormer
Received 2026-04-15 · decided 2026-06-10
Applications are matched within 500 m of the DL3 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 DL3 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 907 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for DL3
Decile 6 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 DL3 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 1 to decile 10, with a median of decile 6 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
DL3 0DT, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 6 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 DL3 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in DL3: 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
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in DL3, band by band
Darlington's council tax for 2026-27 set against the DL3 median sold price of £152,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearDarlington | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £152,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,663 | £139 | 1.09% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,940 | £162 | 1.28% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,217 | £185 | 1.46% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,494 | £208 | 1.64% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,048 | £254 | 2.01% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,602 | £300 | 2.37% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,156 | £346 | 2.73% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,988 | £416 | 3.28% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the DL3 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Darlington, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in DL3 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 246 distinct addresses in the records we hold for DL3. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
79, ELDON STREET, DARLINGTON
DL3 0NP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£65,500
2026-08-25
18, HAIG STREET, DARLINGTON
DL3 0NQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£110,000
2026-08-21
47, ALVERTON DRIVE, DARLINGTON
DL3 0GA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£158,000
2026-08-21
15, NEWQUAY CLOSE, DARLINGTON
DL3 0ZT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-08-21
47, MEADOWFIELD ROAD, DARLINGTON
DL3 0DT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£193,000
2026-08-21
37, MILDRED STREET, DARLINGTON
DL3 6NG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£80,000
2026-08-20
131, GREENBANK ROAD, DARLINGTON
DL3 6EN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-08-19
48, BOWEN ROAD, DARLINGTON
DL3 0TH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£163,000
2026-08-18
27, WEDERLY CLOSE, DARLINGTON
DL3 0GX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-08-17
15, WESTMORELAND STREET, DARLINGTON
DL3 0NX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£70,000
2026-08-17
64, SANDRIGGS, DARLINGTON
DL3 0TY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£186,500
2026-08-14
14, NICKSTREAM LANE, DARLINGTON
DL3 0DB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£153,000
2026-08-14
99, WILLOW ROAD, DARLINGTON
DL3 9HY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£197,500
2026-08-14
3, KITCHING GROVE, DARLINGTON
DL3 0SL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£93,500
2026-08-11
9, DRINKFIELD CRESCENT, DARLINGTON
DL3 0SD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-08-10
63, WHITBY WAY, DARLINGTON
DL3 9SN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£125,000
2026-08-07
4, BLISS CLOSE, DARLINGTON
DL3 0YZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£265,000
2026-08-05
36, DANESMOOR CRESCENT, DARLINGTON
DL3 8NJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-08-05
VINCENT HOUSE, 2, WOODLAND ROAD, DARLINGTON
DL3 7PN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£80,000
2026-08-05
46, HOLMLANDS ROAD, DARLINGTON
DL3 9JF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£187,500
2026-08-05
10, WILLOW ROAD EAST, DARLINGTON
DL3 6PX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£85,000
2026-08-04
B & Q PLC, WHESSOE ROAD, DARLINGTON
DL3 0QW · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,500,000
2026-08-04
59, WITTON CRESCENT, DARLINGTON
DL3 0JQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£137,000
2026-08-04
42, BLACKWELL LANE, DARLINGTON
DL3 8QG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£135,000
2026-08-03
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 DL3
The closest districts to DL3 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in DL4 (Shildon) 7.4 miles
- House prices in TS16 (Stockton-on-Tees) 8.6 miles
- House prices in TS21 (Stockton-on-Tees) 8.7 miles
- House prices in DL10 (Richmond) 9.5 miles
- House prices in DL14 (Bishop Auckland) 9.5 miles
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Data sources
Every DL3 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.