Last sold £140,000 in May 2011

Price history in context

• Show me today's estimate
• May 2011 — £140,000 · +62.8% · 5 pts behind the UK market
• Aug 2001 — £86,000 · +43.5% · 37 pts behind the UK market
• Feb 1995 — £59,950

The life around it

• Laurel Avenue Community Primary School 14-min walk crosses a major road
• Durham Sixth Form Centre 17-min walk crosses a major road
• Durham station 19-min walk crosses a major road
• Pelaw Wood 220m
• The coast (coastline) 9.8km
• Lake 307m
• Pond 259m
• Canal 21.7km
• River Wear 334m
• Public Park 137m
• Play Area 431m
• Sainsbury's Local 438m
• Magdalene Street (Sw-Bound) 140m

Broadband

• Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
• Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
• 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

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 70–74 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — heavy traffic.

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 north-west-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 5% 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: approximate (postcode)

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Nearby sold homes

• 58, Gilesgate, Durham £87,950 · 1998
• 60, Gilesgate, Durham £120,000 · 2005
• 71, Gilesgate, Durham £82,000 · 1998
• 70a, Gilesgate, Durham £310,000 · 2020
• 76, Gilesgate, Durham £105,000 · 1998
• 77, Gilesgate, Durham £320,000 · 2015

Planning activity nearby

• Permitted T1 (Conifer) - Reduce the height by 4m May 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 Felling and Removal of 1no Birch (T4458) and 1no Ash (WT4500), Monolith 1no Sycamore… Jun 2026 source
• Permitted Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness to establish that works undertaken on site is… May 2026 source

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