DL16 — Spennymoor
Spennymoor's DL16 postcode sits in County Durham. The board behind it is assembled from 12,551 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical DL16 sale went from £36,750 in 1995 to £132,000 in 2026 — 3.6× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2004 — prices moved +41.6% that year. The one to avoid was 2015: the median moved -10.0%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in DL16
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £36,750 | 232 |
| 2000 | £51,000 | 370 |
| 2005 | £94,000 | 335 |
| 2010 | £115,000 | 198 |
| 2015 | £112,500 | 419 |
| 2020 | £117,000 | 460 |
| 2025 | £137,750 | 406 |
| 2026 | £132,000 | 79 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Spennymoor (DL16 6) (46% of local sales) — busiest streets: Watson Park, Durham Road, Meadow Green
- Spennymoor (DL16 7) (39% of local sales) — busiest streets: Craddock Street, Stratton Street, South Street
- Kirk Merrington (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Beckwith Close, Ridgeside, Merrington Close
- Middlestone Moor (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: Maxey Drive, Bewick Way, Abley Close
- Byers Green (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: Greenhills, High Street, Wear View
- Tudhoe Colliery (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Front Street
- Whitworth (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Morgan Drive, Rothery Walk, Nelson Walk
- Tudhoe Village (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: St Marys Grove, Tudhoe Hall Farm Court, Ashton Court
Reading about 2004 is easy; surviving 2015 is the game. Play the DL16 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.