About DH3
Birtley · North East
Also covers Chester-le-Street, Canada, Portobello, Barley Mow and North Side.
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Matched sales245 of 321 sales
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House prices per square metre in DH3
£1,980median per m²Medium confidence
95% CI £1,880–£2,090 per m² · n = 245 matched sales
The median sold price in DH3 (Birtley, Chester le Street) is £1,980 per square metre (£184 per ft²), based on 245 matched sales in the 12 months to August 2026, at a median sale price of £182,000. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, the mix-adjusted median price per square metre changed by +3.4% a year in cash terms, or +0.0% a year after inflation.
Map of 321 sales in DH3 in the last 12 months; median £1,980 per square metre. Full details are in the sold-prices table below.
Postcode district
Prices in DH3
Tenure
Median price per m²
£1,980
n = 245 matched sales
Median sale price
£182,000
n = 321 sales
How prices are spread in DH3
Distribution of £/m² for the matched resale sales in DH3 over the last 12 months. The median is £1,980/m² with a 95% CI of £1,880 to £2,090 and a middle 60% running £1,420 to £2,570. Every one of these sales is listed in the table below.
- p20 £1,420
- p80 £2,570
- 95% CI £1,880–£2,090
The individual sales appear here once DH3's sold-price file loads. The markers are the published statistics.
By property type
| Property type | Median £/m² | Matched sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £2,780/m² | n = 47 |
| Semi-detached | £2,270/m² | n = 79 |
| Terraced | £1,540/m² | n = 90 |
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Tenure
£182,000
Middle 60% (p20–p80): £131,000–£236,000
92 m² at the median £/m² across all tenures · n = 245 matched sales (last 12 months)
Sold prices (last 12 months)
30 sales
Property type
| Address | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/08/26 | 13 Lambton Street, Chester le Street | £140,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,440 | |
| 18/08/26 | 27 Northside, Chester le Street | £200,000 | Detached | Freehold | n/a | |
| 17/08/26 | 22 King Street, Chester le Street | £79,025 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,160 | |
| 12/08/26 | 5 Wanstead Crescent, Chester le Street | £270,000 | Detached | Freehold | £2,900 | |
| 07/08/26 | 60 Picktree Lodge, Chester le Street | £310,000 | Detached | Freehold | £2,950 | |
| 07/08/26 | 12 Lockwood Avenue, Chester le Street | £150,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,690 | |
| 07/08/26 | 8 Suffolk Place, Chester le Street | £140,000 | Semi | Freehold | £1,610 | |
| 05/08/26 | 18 Hopgarth Gardens, Chester le Street | £140,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,560 | |
| 03/08/26 | 15 Warley Close, Chester le Street | £248,000 | Semi | Freehold | £2,200 | |
| 03/08/26 | 7 Tyne Close, Chester le Street | £200,000 | Semi | Freehold | n/a | |
| 31/07/26 | 33 Hermitage Park, Chester le Street | £330,000 | Semi | Freehold | £1,650 | |
| 31/07/26 | 67 Stainmore Drive, Chester le Street | £325,000 | Detached | Leasehold | n/a | |
| 31/07/26 | 77 Station Lane, Chester le Street | £140,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,770 | |
| 30/07/26 | 25 Bradman Drive, Chester le Street | £505,000 | Detached | Freehold | n/a | |
| 30/07/26 | 32 Bradman Drive, Chester le Street | £450,000 | Detached | Freehold | £3,410 | |
| 30/07/26 | 7 Hawthorn Terrace, Chester le Street | £110,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,310 | |
| 29/07/26 | 16 Sinclair Drive, Chester le Street | £255,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £2,480 | |
| 23/07/26 | 8 Holmlands Park, Chester le Street | £270,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £2,350 | |
| 23/07/26 | 13 Elm Street, Chester le Street | £90,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £918 | |
| 20/07/26 | 87 Mount Road, Chester le Street | £165,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,990 |
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Compare DH3 with a neighbouring district · league tables
Ranked here: 39th of 81 in most expensive postcode districts in North East · 42nd of 81 in best value postcode districts in North East · 40th of 81 in where price per square metre rose most in North East
Nearby districts
Median price per square metre in the nearest districts.
- DH2 · Ouston£2,060/m² median
- NE38 · High Rickleton£2,150/m² median
- NE37 · Sulgrave£1,630/m² median
- DH4 · West Rainton£1,760/m² median
- NE9 · Low Fell£2,170/m² median
- NE10 · Felling£1,830/m² median
- DH5 · Hetton le Hole£1,920/m² median
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Further reading
- Freehold and leasehold are different markets84% of matched sales here are freehold
- Price per square metre by property typeDetached homes here sell at 80% above terraced houses per square metre
- What is a good price per square metre?How to read a price per square metre against its area
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HM Land Registry sold prices to August 2026 (registrations lag sales by 2–8 weeks) · updated August 2026 · how these figures are made
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