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Village Gate, Howden Le Wear, Crook

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House prices, sold prices and local information for DL15 8EF.

Average price (last 12 months)
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0 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£213,398
25 sales
Price range
£143k – £320k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
21 Mar 2025
DL15 8EF

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At a glance

House prices£213k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeAbout averageLower crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationAbout averageDecile 5 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station1 hr 11 min walkBishop Auckland West Station station SchoolsNo recent Good/Outstanding gradesMany schools now get report cards instead Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 25 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

25 property sales on Village Gate, Howden Le Wear, Crook have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. The most recent sale was on 21 Mar 2025. Most sales here are detached homes, which have sold for an average of £213,398. 3 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 3 of them sold for more the second time. Recorded sale prices on Village Gate range from £142,500 to £320,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold.

House prices on Village Gate compared

DL15 postcode area£152,433
Crook£152,433
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Village Gate has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all DL15 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £174,363 (4 sales)2016£174k2017: £179,750 (4 sales)2017£180k2019: £217,500 (2 sales)2019£218k2020: £208,750 (4 sales)2020£209k2021: £210,625 (4 sales)2021£211k2022: £195,000 (2 sales)2022£195k2023: £290,000 (3 sales)2023£290k2024: £226,000 (1 sales)2024£226k2025: £320,000 (1 sales)2025£320k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 25 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Detached25£213,39821 Mar 2025

Sold prices on Village Gate

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
44, Village Gate DL15 8EF 21 Mar 2025£320,000 DetachedFreehold
28, Village Gate DL15 8EF 24 Oct 2024£226,000 DetachedFreehold
22, Village Gate DL15 8EF 30 Oct 2023£275,000 DetachedFreehold
48, Village Gate DL15 8EF 31 Mar 2023£285,000 DetachedFreehold
14, Village Gate DL15 8EF 6 Jan 2023£310,000 DetachedFreehold
32, Village Gate DL15 8EF 1 Aug 2022£200,000 DetachedFreehold
50, Village Gate DL15 8EF 24 Jun 2022£190,000 DetachedFreehold
38, Village Gate DL15 8EF 26 Oct 2021£235,000 DetachedFreehold
22, Village Gate DL15 8EF 2 Jul 2021£235,000 DetachedFreehold
5, Village Gate DL15 8EF 20 Apr 2021£142,500 DetachedFreehold
9, Village Gate DL15 8EF 27 Jan 2021£230,000 DetachedFreehold
4, Village Gate DL15 8EF 7 Dec 2020£230,000 DetachedFreehold
15, Village Gate DL15 8EF 30 Sep 2020£275,000 DetachedFreehold
60, Village Gate DL15 8EF 26 Jun 2020£180,000 DetachedFreehold
28, Village Gate DL15 8EF 12 Jun 2020£150,000 DetachedFreehold
48, Village Gate DL15 8EF 21 Feb 2019£230,000 DetachedFreehold
24, Village Gate DL15 8EF 13 Feb 2019£205,000 DetachedFreehold
58, Village Gate DL15 8EF 20 Dec 2017£182,000 DetachedFreehold
22, Village Gate DL15 8EF 22 Sep 2017£185,000 DetachedFreehold
7, Village Gate DL15 8EF 8 Sep 2017£192,000 DetachedFreehold
20, Village Gate DL15 8EF 13 Apr 2017£160,000 DetachedFreehold
36, Village Gate DL15 8EF 9 Dec 2016£199,950 DetachedFreehold
1, Village Gate DL15 8EF 29 Sep 2016£185,000 DetachedFreehold
40, Village Gate DL15 8EF 4 Aug 2016£152,500 DetachedFreehold
12, Village Gate DL15 8EF 31 Mar 2016£160,000 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
28, Village Gate £150,000 (Jun 2020) → £226,000 (Oct 2024) +51%
over 4 yrs
22, Village Gate £185,000 (Sep 2017) → £235,000 (Jul 2021) → £275,000 (Oct 2023) +49%
over 6 yrs
48, Village Gate £230,000 (Feb 2019) → £285,000 (Mar 2023) +24%
over 4 yrs

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Schools near Village Gate

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Howden-le-Wear Primary School 179 pupils Primary 2–11 Report 0.3 mi
Crook Primary School 342 pupils Primary 2–11 Report 1.4 mi
Witton-le-Wear Primary School 114 pupils Primary 2–11 Report 1.5 mi
Hunwick Primary School 114 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 1.6 mi
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook 117 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 3–11 Report 1.7 mi
Sunnybrow Primary School 54 pupils Primary 2–11 Report 1.8 mi
Hartside Primary Academy 241 pupils Primary 2–11 Report 1.8 mi
Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington 122 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 2–11 Good Report 2.4 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 West Station station 3.6 mi · 1 hr 11 min walk
  • Bishop Auckland station 3.7 mi · 1 hr 14 min walk
  • Shildon station 6.4 mi · 2 hr 7 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Valley Tce-North Bitchburn Bank (NW-bound, A689) 2 min walk
  • North Bitchburn Bank (NW-bound, North Bitchburn Bank) 2 min walk
  • Valley Tce-North Bitchburn Bank (SE-bound, A689) 2 min walk
  • North Bitchburn Bank (SE-bound, North Bitchburn Bank) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

  • North House Surgery
    Hope Street, Crook · 1.7 mi
  • Willington Medical Group
    Chapel Street, Willington, Crook · 2.4 mi
  • Bishopgate Medical Centre
    178 Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland · 3.6 mi
  • Station View Medical Centre
    29A Escomb Road, Bishop Auckland · 3.7 mi

Supermarkets

  • Spar PFS Spar Bridge End Service Station · 0.1 mi
  • Lidl Lidl Crook · 1.4 mi
  • Aldi Aldi Queen Street Crook · 1.5 mi
  • Heron Heron Crook · 1.5 mi

Pharmacies

  • Clemitsons Ltd · 1.6 mi
  • Boots · 1.6 mi
  • Crook Pharmacy · 1.7 mi

Dentists

  • Northern Smiles · 1.6 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 2.4 mi
  • Commercial Street (dental Surgery) · 2.5 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 5 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.

Income7 of 10
Employment5 of 10
Education and skills7 of 10
Health and disability5 of 10
Crime7 of 10
Access to housing and services2 of 10
Living environment2 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned78.7%62.5%
Private rented14.9%20.3%
Social rented6.3%17.1%
Households837

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1514.3%17.4%
Aged 15–6465.6%64.1%
Aged 65+20.1%18.6%
Residents1,896

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 Village Gate

Ethnic group

HereDurham
White98.7%96.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.5%0.9%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.3%1.5%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%0.3%
Other ethnic group0.2%0.4%

Religion

HereDurham
Christian56.1%54.6%
No religion37.8%38.6%
Not answered5.4%5.1%
Other religion0.5%0.4%
Buddhist0.1%0.2%
Hindu0.1%0.2%
Muslim0.1%0.6%
Jewish0%–

Country of birth

HereDurham
Born in the UK97.8%95.6%
Born outside the UK2.2%4.4%

Highest qualification

HereDurham
Level 4 qualifications and above31.6%26.7%
Level 3 qualifications18.7%19.9%
No qualifications16.6%20.9%
Level 2 qualifications14.4%14.2%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.5%9.5%
Apprenticeship7.3%6.2%
Other qualifications2.8%2.4%

General health

HereDurham
Very good health44.7%43%
Good health37.9%33.9%
Fair health12.3%15.6%
Bad health4.2%5.8%
Very bad health0.8%1.7%

Cars or vans per household

HereDurham
1 car or van in household38.9%42.3%
2 cars or vans in household33.3%25.5%
3 or more cars or vans in household15.6%8%
No cars or vans in household12.2%24.1%

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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