DH1 1QH

Last sold £170,000 in January 2025

163, Gilesgate, Durham

Property type: Semi-detached
Bedrooms: 1 (est.)
Tenure: Freehold
Floor area: 603 sq ft / 56 sq m
Plot area: about 0 sq ft / 0 sq m
EPC rating: D
Elevation: About 86m

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Price history in context

Date	Price	Change	Base rate at sale	Position
Today	Show me today's estimate
February 2007	£125,000		5.25%

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Feb 2007 — £125,000

paid well below the local norm at the time

vs 9 nearby sales within a year · 1-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km

The life around it

Laurel Avenue Community Primary School 14-min walk crosses a major road
Durham Sixth Form Centre 17-min walk
Durham station 20-min walk crosses a major road
Pelaw Wood 198m
The coast (coastline) 9.8km
Lake 289m
Pond 256m
Canal 21.8km
River Wear 313m
Public Park 144m
Playing Field 424m
Sainsbury's Local 402m
Magdalene Street (Sw-Bound) 104m

Broadband

Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 94.1% of premises — not all
Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 94.1% of premises — not all
Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Durham, 1.3km away

12 min Newcastle
69 min Leeds
96 min Sheffield
104 min Edinburgh

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

1 Laurel Avenue Community Primary School · Primary 0.5 miles State Ofsted Good
2 Durham Sixth Form Centre 0.5 miles State
3 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.6 miles State
4 Durham Gilesgate Primary School · Primary 0.6 miles State Ofsted Good
5 St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, Durham · Primary · Church of England 0.7 miles State
6 St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery School · Primary · Church of England 0.7 miles State
7 University of Durham 0.8 miles State
8 Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation 1.0 miles Independent
9 St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham · Secondary · Roman Catholic 1.1 miles State Attainment 8: 57.2 — top 20% nationally (2023)
10 St Margaret's Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 1.1 miles State

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Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 65–69 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a main road close by.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,510 hours a year — sunnier than 30% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a gentle south-west-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Planning

In the Durham City conservation area — external changes usually need consent.

From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.

Crime

Among the highest for England & Wales — 550 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Nearby sold homes

164, Gilesgate, Durham £72,000 · 1996
164a, Gilesgate, Durham £145,000 · 2002
165, Gilesgate, Durham £245,000 · 2012
166, Gilesgate, Durham £165,000 · 2018
77, Gilesgate, Durham £320,000 · 2015
76, Gilesgate, Durham £105,000 · 1998

Planning activity nearby

Permitted Felling and Removal of 1no Birch (T4458) and 1no Ash (WT4500), Monolith 1no Sycamore… Jun 2026 source
Undecided Replacement of defective timber windows and timber lintels repair of external stucco… Jul 2026 source
Undecided Replacement of defective timber windows and timber lintels repair of external stucco… Jul 2026 source
Permitted Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness to establish that works undertaken on site is… May 2026 source
Permitted T1 (Conifer) - Reduce the height by 4m May 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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