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Watling Road, Bishop Auckland

MyStreetCheck free street report: Watling Road, Bishop Auckland · 30 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/bishop-auckland-county-durham/watling-road/

House prices, sold prices and local information for DL14 6RR, DL14 6RP.

Average price (last 12 months)
£136,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2016)
£167,826
38 sales
Price range
£80k – £350k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
4 Sep 2026
DL14 6RR

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At a glance

House prices£168k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeHigher than averageHigher crime than about 80% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationMore deprived than mostDecile 2 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station17 min walkBishop Auckland station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 43 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

38 property sales on Watling Road, Bishop Auckland have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £136,000. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £151,294. 8 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 8 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 71% semi-detached, 16% detached, 13% terraced. Recorded sale prices on Watling Road range from £80,000 to £350,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold.

House prices on Watling Road compared

DL14 postcode area£144,383
Bishop Auckland£156,802
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Watling Road has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all DL14 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £140,333 (3 sales)2016£140k2017: £145,667 (3 sales)2017£146k2018: £255,000 (1 sales)2018£255k2019: £149,429 (7 sales)2019£149k2020: £106,167 (3 sales)2020£106k2021: £170,658 (6 sales)2021£171k2022: £188,990 (5 sales)2022£189k2023: £223,500 (5 sales)2023£224k2024: £169,167 (3 sales)2024£169k2025: £170,000 (1 sales)2025£170k2026: £136,000 (1 sales)2026£136k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 43 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached27£151,2944 Sep 2026
Detached6£240,83315 Dec 2023
Terraced5£169,49028 May 2025

Sold prices on Watling Road

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
28, Watling Road DL14 6RR 4 Sep 2026£136,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
32, Watling Road DL14 6RR 22 Dec 2025£118,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
89, Watling Road DL14 6RR 28 May 2025£170,000 TerracedFreehold
5, Watling Road DL14 6RP 5 Dec 2024£185,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
23, Watling Road DL14 6RP 9 Aug 2024£160,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
93, Watling Road DL14 6RR 24 Jul 2024£162,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
9, Watling Road DL14 6RP 15 Dec 2023£240,000 DetachedFreehold
34, Watling Road DL14 6RR 25 Sep 2023£165,000 TerracedFreehold
16, Watling Road DL14 6RP 10 Mar 2023£350,000 DetachedFreehold
89, Watling Road DL14 6RR 16 Feb 2023£150,000 TerracedFreehold
99, Watling Road DL14 6RR 24 Jan 2023£212,500 TerracedFreehold
5, Watling Road DL14 6RP 28 Nov 2022£175,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
97, Watling Road DL14 6RR 1 Nov 2022£243,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
29, Watling Road DL14 6RP 29 Jul 2022£252,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
51, Watling Road DL14 6RP 28 Feb 2022£164,950 Semi-detachedFreehold
117, Watling Road DL14 6RR 16 Feb 2022£110,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
20, Watling Road DL14 6RR 9 Nov 2021£107,000 DetachedFreehold
85, Watling Road DL14 6RR 31 Aug 2021£205,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
87, Watling Road DL14 6RR 25 Aug 2021£205,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
34, Watling Road DL14 6RR 6 Aug 2021£149,950 TerracedFreehold
63, Watling Road DL14 6RP 4 Jun 2021£114,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
79, Watling Road DL14 6RR 19 Mar 2021£230,000 DetachedFreehold
107, Watling Road DL14 6RR 15 Jan 2021£120,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
29, Watling Road DL14 6RP 19 Jun 2020£107,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
22, Watling Road DL14 6RR 13 Mar 2020£120,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
115, Watling Road DL14 6RR 9 Mar 2020£91,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
54, Watling Road DL14 6RR 29 Nov 2019£105,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
8, Watling Road DL14 6RP 15 Nov 2019£206,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
30, Watling Road DL14 6RR 1 Nov 2019£130,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
109, Watling Road DL14 6RR 31 Oct 2019£150,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
52, Watling Road DL14 6RR 11 Oct 2019£80,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
105, Watling Road DL14 6RR 12 Sep 2019£195,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
9, Watling Road DL14 6RP 9 Aug 2019£180,000 DetachedFreehold
Auckland Medical Group, The Old Firehouse, Watling Road DL14 6RP 19 Jun 2019£4,700,000 OtherFreehold
35, Watling Road DL14 6RP 2 Nov 2018£255,000 DetachedFreehold
24, Watling Road DL14 6RR 4 Oct 2018£126,100 Semi-detachedFreehold
30, Watling Road DL14 6RR 17 Jul 2018£77,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
127, Watling Road DL14 6RR 1 Sep 2017£195,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
5, Watling Road DL14 6RP 18 Aug 2017£155,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
105, Watling Road DL14 6RR 31 May 2017£87,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
75, Watling Road DL14 6RR 2 Dec 2016£190,000 DetachedFreehold
87, Watling Road DL14 6RR 3 Jun 2016£106,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
143, Watling Road DL14 6RR 4 Feb 2016£125,000 Semi-detachedFreehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
89, Watling Road £150,000 (Feb 2023) → £170,000 (May 2025) +13%
over 2 yrs
5, Watling Road £155,000 (Aug 2017) → £175,000 (Nov 2022) → £185,000 (Dec 2024) +19%
over 7 yrs
9, Watling Road £180,000 (Aug 2019) → £240,000 (Dec 2023) +33%
over 4 yrs
34, Watling Road £149,950 (Aug 2021) → £165,000 (Sep 2023) +10%
over 2 yrs
29, Watling Road £107,500 (Jun 2020) → £252,000 (Jul 2022) +134%
over 2 yrs
87, Watling Road £106,000 (Jun 2016) → £205,000 (Aug 2021) +93%
over 5 yrs
30, Watling Road £77,000 (Jul 2018) → £130,000 (Nov 2019) +69%
over 1 yr
105, Watling Road £87,000 (May 2017) → £195,000 (Sep 2019) +124%
over 2 yrs

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Schools near Watling Road

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Aclet Close Nursery School 70 pupils Nursery 0–4 Report 0.2 mi
Woodhouse Primary Academy 176 pupils Primary 2–11 Requires improvement Report 0.4 mi
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland 219 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 3–11 Report 0.4 mi
Cockton Hill Infant School 146 pupils Primary 2–7 Report 0.6 mi
Cockton Hill Junior School 187 pupils Primary 7–11 Requires improvement Report 0.6 mi
Bishop Barrington Academy 599 pupils Secondary 11–16 Good Report 0.6 mi
Evergreen Primary School 211 pupils Community special school 2–11 Report 0.6 mi
St Anne's CofE Primary School 238 pupils Primary Church of England 3–11 Report 0.6 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • Bishop Auckland station 0.8 mi · 17 min walk
  • Bishop Auckland West Station station 0.8 mi · 17 min walk
  • Shildon station 2.2 mi · 43 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • South End (W-bound, Un-named Estate Road) 1 min walk
  • South End (E-bound, Un-named Estate Road) 1 min walk
  • Watling Road - Lime Grove (N-bound, Watling Road) 1 min walk
  • Watling Road - Lime Grove (S-bound, Watling Road) 1 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Auckland Medical Group
    The Old Fire House, Watling Road, Bishop Auckland · 0.2 mi
  • Station View Medical Centre
    29A Escomb Road, Bishop Auckland · 0.8 mi
  • Bishopgate Medical Centre
    178 Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland · 1.0 mi
  • Hallgarth Surgery
    Cheapside, Shildon · 1.6 mi

Supermarkets

  • Spar Spar Bishop Auckland · 0.1 mi
  • Aldi Aldi Woodhouse Close Estate Bishop Auckland · 0.2 mi
  • The Food Warehouse Iceland Bishop Auckland Food Warehouse · 0.4 mi
  • Spar PFS EG Cockton Hill · 0.4 mi

Pharmacies

  • Boots · 0.2 mi
  • Tesco Instore Pharmacy · 0.6 mi
  • Boots · 0.7 mi

Dentists

  • Dental Surgery · 0.6 mi
  • Auckland Dental Practice Ltd · 0.6 mi
  • Dental Department · 0.8 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income3 of 10
Employment2 of 10
Education and skills2 of 10
Health and disability1 of 10
Crime2 of 10
Access to housing and services9 of 10
Living environment3 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned67.6%62.5%
Private rented16.4%20.3%
Social rented16.0%17.1%
Households599

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1516.4%17.4%
Aged 15–6457.0%64.1%
Aged 65+26.6%18.6%
Residents1,299

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks84%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks99%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks87%92%

Share of homes across County Durham with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Watling Road

Ethnic group

HereDurham
White97.6%96.8%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%1.5%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%0.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.3%0.9%
Other ethnic group0%0.4%

Religion

HereDurham
Christian61.1%54.6%
No religion34.1%38.6%
Not answered3.7%5.1%
Sikh0.4%0.2%
Other religion0.4%0.4%
Buddhist0.3%0.2%
Hindu0.1%0.2%
Jewish0%–

Country of birth

HereDurham
Born in the UK96.9%95.6%
Born outside the UK3.1%4.4%

Highest qualification

HereDurham
No qualifications28.5%20.9%
Level 4 qualifications and above20.1%26.7%
Level 3 qualifications18%19.9%
Level 2 qualifications14.1%14.2%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.3%9.5%
Apprenticeship8%6.2%
Other qualifications2.1%2.4%

General health

HereDurham
Very good health38.3%43%
Good health32.9%33.9%
Fair health20%15.6%
Bad health7%5.8%
Very bad health1.8%1.7%

Cars or vans per household

HereDurham
1 car or van in household43.1%42.3%
No cars or vans in household28.6%24.1%
2 cars or vans in household22.1%25.5%
3 or more cars or vans in household6.2%8%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Durham.

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