Barnard Castle · County Durham · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2, Albert Close, Barnard Castle, DL12 8HS | 1 July 2025 | £206,000 |
| 1, Albert Close, Barnard Castle, DL12 8HS | 29 March 2019 | £190,000 |
| 1, Albert Close, Barnard Castle, DL12 8HS | 9 March 2018 | £156,500 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle
Academy converter
Montalbo Nursery & Primary School
Community school
Green Lane Church of England Primary School
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Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
5 female, 4 male
914 residents
671 residents
1,261 residents
1,979 residents
1,985 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL12 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
1
within 5 km
VICTORIA ROAD, BARNARD CASTLE, DL12 8HT
ODS code A83046
224 m
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
War Memorial
BCT · Barnard Castle
Crook Lane - Bowes Museum
BCT · Barnard Castle
Crook Lane - Bowes Museum
BCT · Barnard Castle
Zetland Road Hail and Ride
BCT · Barnard Castle
RC School
BCT · Barnard Castle
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 067E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,847 of 33,755
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £206,000 from 1 recorded sale in DL12 8HS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.
Published establishments
6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle is the nearest published school at 280 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
625 published events cover 12 months, averaging 52.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 258 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.