County Durham
SR8 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
£80,000
Range £33,900–£217,300 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 13 Feb 2026 and 20 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in SR8: the typical (median) sold price is £80,000, well below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). SR8 is an active market, with about 40 recorded sales a month. By property type, 57% were terraced homes (typically £55,899) and 28% were semi-detached homes (typically £118,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Across the 12 most recently sold SR8 postcodes we sampled, area deprivation has a median of decile 2 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 SR8: steady sales, so price from the evidence
SR8 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 40 sales a month, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are thinking of selling, with detached homes at £244,000 and terraced homes at £55,899, the £33,900 to £217,300 spread is really several markets, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; roughly 40 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, SR8 sits well below the UK average for typical prices, so find out why prices run lower here before deciding it is good value.
Before an offer goes in on any SR8 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (153 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and the EPC, since it drives running costs, and leave the title to your conveyancer.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free SR8 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
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At a glance
SR8 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£80,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
40.5
Across 250 sales
Freehold sales
99%
Of recorded sales
The data, honestly
House prices in SR8
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in SR8 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £244,000, and terraced the lowest at £55,899.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 33 | £244,000 | £76,000–£344,000 |
| Semi-detached | 68 | £118,000 | £62,100–£180,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 3 | £56,000 | £35,200–£84,000 |
| Terraced | 139 | £55,899 | £28,600–£97,199 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 13 Feb 2026 and 20 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in SR8
The quarterly typical price was flat, from £82,079 in Q1 2026 (91 sales) to £82,079 in Q3 2026 (55 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | £82,079 | 91 |
| Q2 2026 | £80,000 | 104 |
| Q3 2026 | £82,079 | 55 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 13 Feb 2026 and 20 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of SR8 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most SR8 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £33,900 and £217,300, around a typical £80,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 13 Feb 2026 and 20 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in SR8
Terraced homes were 57% of recorded sales (139 of 243). 99% of sales were freehold and 1% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached14%
- Semi-detached28%
- Flat / maisonette1%
- Terraced57%
Tenure
- Freehold99%
- Leasehold1%
See the figures
247 freehold (99%) and 3 leasehold (1%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SR8. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 13 Feb 2026 and 20 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 SR8 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 SR8
32, GRISEDALE ROAD, PETERLEE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£124,999
11, JOHN STREET, PETERLEE
Terraced · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£42,000
61, BALLIOL CLOSE, PETERLEE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£80,000
22, THIRLMERE ROAD, PETERLEE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£53,000
27, JUDE PLACE, PETERLEE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£102,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SR8 includes the Castle Eden & Passfield ward.
In plain English
What the County Durham (SR8) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £244,000 against £55,899 for terraced homes: about 4.4 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £33,900 and £217,300, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (99%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 40 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 13 February 2026 and 20 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 SR8
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 SR8
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 SR8
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Acre Rigg Infant School.
All schools
Acre Rigg Infant School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SR8 2DU
778 m
Good · 2012
Acre Rigg Academy
Primary · Academies · SR8 2DU
778 m
Good · 2018
East Durham College
16 plus · Colleges · SR8 2RN
829 m
Not graded
Endeavour Academy Durham
Free Schools · SR8 2RN
829 m
Good · 2018
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · SR8 4AB
1.1 km
Not graded
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · SR8 1DE
1.2 km
Good · 2023
St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · SR8 1DE
1.2 km
Good · 2017
Howletch Lane Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SR8 2NQ
1.4 km
Good · 2018
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 SR8 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 6 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near SR8
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 SR8
153
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 21 October 2026.
Recent applications
CountyDurham/DM/26/02130/TPOPermitted
287 m
Felling of 1no ash tree
Received 2026-08-13 · decided 2026-10-12
CountyDurham/DM/24/01944/TPOPermitted
418 m
Fell Pine Tree at Land to the Rear of 24 Acre Rigg Road.
Received 2024-07-16 · decided 2024-09-04
CountyDurham/DM/24/00626/FPAPermitted
245 m
Extensions to the northern elevation and retention of Existing Patio and Raised Decking to rear.
Received 2024-03-05 · decided 2024-10-02
CountyDurham/DM/23/02875/TPOPermitted
282 m
Ash (T1-T8 & T10-T17) - Various tree works in open-space infected with Ash Dieback Disease Oak (T9 & T18) Remove deadwood from T9 and remove branch from T18 due to partially snapped branches on the south side of crown
Received 2023-09-26 · decided 2023-11-21
CountyDurham/DM/22/02322/TPOPermitted
260 m
T1 (Scots Pine) Fell and replace
Received 2022-08-10 · decided 2022-09-20
CountyDurham/DM/22/01763/FPAPermitted
94 m
Retention of 2.4m high fence to side
Received 2022-06-14 · decided 2022-09-07
Applications are matched within 500 m of the SR8 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 SR8 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 153 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 21 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for SR8
Decile 2 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 SR8 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 1 to decile 7, with a median of decile 2 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
SR8 3LS, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 2 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 SR8 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SR8: 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 SR8 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 239 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SR8. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
32, GRISEDALE ROAD, PETERLEE
SR8 5PG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£124,999
2026-08-20
11, JOHN STREET, PETERLEE
SR8 3LS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£42,000
2026-08-19
61, BALLIOL CLOSE, PETERLEE
SR8 2NX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£80,000
2026-08-14
22, THIRLMERE ROAD, PETERLEE
SR8 5LS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£53,000
2026-08-14
27, JUDE PLACE, PETERLEE
SR8 5JW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£102,000
2026-08-13
9, JOHN STREET, PETERLEE
SR8 3LS · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£68,399
2026-08-10
8, GARSIDE GROVE, PETERLEE
SR8 2QB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-08-10
17, ELM TREE GARDENS, PETERLEE
SR8 5SD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£107,000
2026-08-10
122, PENTLAND CLOSE, PETERLEE
SR8 2LD · Flat / maisonette · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£91,000
2026-08-07
21, PARSLEY CLOSE, PETERLEE
SR8 3FD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£162,000
2026-08-06
21, WARREN STREET, PETERLEE
SR8 4NA · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£39,999
2026-08-06
29, SPRINGBANK, PETERLEE
SR8 1FA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£150,000
2026-08-03
23, WELFARE CLOSE, PETERLEE
SR8 3RL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£140,000
2026-07-31
51, GEORGE AVENUE, PETERLEE
SR8 3NG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£140,000
2026-07-31
30, LANCASTER HILL, PETERLEE
SR8 2EH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£89,950
2026-07-31
5, HAMILTON STREET, PETERLEE
SR8 4NJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£20,000
2026-07-31
7, MITCHELL CLOSE, PETERLEE
SR8 2QA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£160,000
2026-07-31
34, THORPE STREET, PETERLEE
SR8 3LU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£39,950
2026-07-31
21, GRANVILLE ROAD, PETERLEE
SR8 5RG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£73,000
2026-07-29
33, CRAWFORD AVENUE, PETERLEE
SR8 5EG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£145,000
2026-07-29
33, SPRINGBANK, PETERLEE
SR8 1FA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£147,000
2026-07-29
14, NORHAM DRIVE, PETERLEE
SR8 1ND · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-28
50, BERWICK CHASE, PETERLEE
SR8 1NQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-07-28
171, HATFIELD PLACE, PETERLEE
SR8 5TG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£110,000
2026-07-27
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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The SR8 report: your questions
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Nearby
Postcode districts near SR8
The closest districts to SR8 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in TS28 (Wingate) 3.2 miles
- House prices in TS27 (Hartlepool) 3.6 miles
- House prices in SR7 (Seaham) 4.5 miles
- House prices in TS29 (Trimdon Station) 5.1 miles
- House prices in DH6 (Durham) 5.2 miles
- House prices in DH5 (Houghton le Spring) 6.1 miles
- House prices in TS26 (Hartlepool) 6.8 miles
- House prices in TS24 (Hartlepool) 6.9 miles
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Data sources
Every SR8 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.