Photo: Dave Dunford · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Hurworth-on-Tees sell for a median £259,500
That is the middle of 118 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 4.1 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
43% of Hurworth-on-Tees’s sales are detached houses
118 homes sold in three years: 51 detached houses, 45 semi-detached houses, 21 terraced houses and 1 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 51 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £290K–£393K
- Last 12 months
- £385K15 sold
median sale · 45 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £195K–£232K
- Last 12 months
- £209K12 sold
median sale · 21 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £149K–£272K
- Last 12 months
- £228K6 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 1 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 43% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Half of Hurworth-on-Tees’s homes sold for between £198K and £358K
One sale in ten was under £155K and one in ten over £400K. 48% sold for under £250K.
The median, £259,500, sits in the £250–300K band
118 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.1 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £65,000 in 1995 to £267,500 in the last 12 months (£248,750 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
34 sales in the last 12 months, against 93 in 2021, the busiest year, and 27 in 2009. Sales fell by 46% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Hurworth-on-Tees costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Hurworth-on-Tees, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £89K | £117K | £199K | £248K | £262K | £325K | £385K |
| Semi-detached houses | £51K | £78K | — | £155K | £167K | £182K | £209K |
| Terraced houses | £51K | £71K | £160K | £171K | £144K | — | £228K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 58% in 2020
187 new homes have been sold in Hurworth-on-Tees since 1995; the share peaked at 58% in 2020.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
2% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Hurworth-on-Tees. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Blackthorn Drive is Hurworth-on-Tees’s busiest street, with 9 sales in three years
9 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
| # | Street | Postcode area | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackthorn Drive | DL2 | 9 | £375,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 2 | The Green | DL2 | 8 | £278,662 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 3 | Woodlands Way | DL2 | 8 | £201,225 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 4 | Friars Pardon | DL2 | 7 | £375,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 5 | Yew Tree Close | DL2 | 6 | £391,487 | Mostly detached houses |
| 6 | Strait Lane | DL2 | 6 | £200,500 | Mixed |
| 7 | Manor Road | DL2 | 5 | £232,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 8 | Emerson Road | DL2 | 5 | £220,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 9 | Hurworth Road | DL2 | 5 | £145,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Hurworth-on-Tees is the 2nd most expensive of 52 towns in County Durham
Hurworth-on-Tees is one of County Durham’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in County Durham with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Hurworth-on-Tees’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Darlington.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurworth-on-Tees | — | £260K | 34 | +24% |
| Darlington | 3.3 | £158K | 1,107 | +26% |
| Middleton St George | 3.6 | £250K | 62 | +16% |
| Scorton | 6.8 | £270K | 10 | — |
| Yarm | 7.4 | £260K | 138 | +15% |
| Egglescliffe | 7.8 | £245K | 130 | +36% |
| Brompton-on-Swale | 8.1 | £225K | 22 | +39% |
| Heighington | 8.2 | £251K | 18 | +6% |
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Hurworth-on-Tees
What is the average house price in Hurworth-on-Tees?
The median home in Hurworth-on-Tees sold for £259,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 118 standard sales (£267,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £354,950, semi-detached houses £215,000 and terraced houses £208,000.
Are house prices going up in Hurworth-on-Tees?
The median was £233,500 in 2025, down 11% on 2024 (£263,000), and £267,500 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Hurworth-on-Tees each year?
34 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 51 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Hurworth-on-Tees?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Yew Tree Close (DL2, £391,487), Blackthorn Drive (DL2, £375,000) and Friars Pardon (DL2, £375,000).
Is Hurworth-on-Tees expensive for County Durham?
Hurworth-on-Tees is the 2nd most expensive of 52 towns of 2,500 or more in County Durham by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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