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Last sold £145,000 in March 2006

8, Swinside Drive, Durham

Property type: Semi-detached
Tenure: Freehold

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Price history in context

Date	Price	Change	Base rate at sale	vs UK market
Today	Show me today's estimate
March 2006	£145,000	+88.3%	4.5%	+36 pts
April 2002	£77,000	+9.2%	4.0%	+3 pts
September 2001	£70,500		4.75%

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Mar 2006 — £145,000 · +88.3% · 36 pts ahead of the UK market
Apr 2002 — £77,000 · +9.2% · 3 pts ahead of the UK market
Sep 2001 — £70,500

paid in line with the local norm

vs 115 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km

The life around it

Belmont CofE (Controlled) Primary School 336m
Belmont Community School 404m
Durham station 3.3km
Frankland Wood 903m
The coast (coastline) 8.8km
Lake 975m
Pond 679m
Canal 23.7km
River Wear 995m
Public Park 1.3km
Play Area 380m
Spar 159m
Sportsmans Arms (Ne-Bound) 109m

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, 3.3km 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 Belmont CofE (Controlled) Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.2 miles State
2 Belmont Community School · Secondary 0.3 miles State Attainment 8: 48.1 — top 40% nationally (2023)
3 St Thomas More Primary School, Belmont · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.4 miles State Ofsted Good
4 Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School · Primary 0.5 miles State Ofsted Good
5 Durham Gilesgate Primary School · Primary 0.7 miles State Ofsted Good
6 St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, Durham · Primary · Church of England 0.7 miles State
7 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.8 miles State
8 Laurel Avenue Community Primary School · Primary 1.1 miles State Ofsted Good
9 Sherburn Primary School · Primary 1.3 miles State
10 Finchale Primary School · Primary 1.7 miles State

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Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.

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

Crime

Above average for England & Wales — 172 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: approximate (postcode)

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Nearby sold homes

10, Swinside Drive, Durham £150,000 · 2013
12, Swinside Drive, Durham £58,500 · 2000
27, Swinside Drive, Durham £49,000 · 1996
13, Swinside Drive, Durham £58,000 · 1997
20, Swinside Drive, Durham £53,000 · 1995
19, Swinside Drive, Durham £166,000 · 2013

Planning activity nearby

Undecided Garage conversion including installation of hipped roof Jun 2026 source

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

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