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Guide Price£100,000

Wham Road, Southside, Butterknowle, County Durham, DL13

Land size
10.22 acres

Key Features

  • Meadow and Grazing Land
  • Approx 4.13 HA (10.22 Acres)
  • Road Frontage
  • Natural Water

Description

Best and Final offers to be received into the office by 12pm on Friday 26th June 2026.


DESCRIPTION


An opportunity to purchase a block of meadow and grazing land which extends to approximately 4.13 Hectares (10.22 acres) in total. The land has the benefit of road frontage and a natural water. The land is in a ring fence and has access directly off Wham Road.


LOCATION


The land is located on the east side of Wham Road an adopted road which runs north the B6282 to Crane Row Lane.


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SALE PLAN


The land is shown edged red on the attached sale plan.


SERVICES


There are no services connected. There is a water course present on the land. No warranty is given or implied regarding water quality or continuity of supply.


TENURE


The land is freehold and is registered under title DU325092.


The land included in title DU325092 was formerly copyhold of the Manor of Wolsingham.


The land is available with vacant possession.


EASEMENTS, WAYLEAVES & RIGHTS OF WAY


The land is sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights of way, drainage, water courses, light and other easements, quasi or reputed easements and rights of adjoining landowners (if any) affecting the same and all matters registerable by any competent authority pursuant subject to statute.


The vendor is not aware of any public rights of way or private rights of way over the land.


The land is crossed by an overhead electricity line, but no poles are present on the land.


SPORTING AND MINERAL RIGHTS


The land included in title DU325092 was formerly copyhold of the Manor of Wolsingham


The sporting and mineral rights are excluded from the sale.


OVERAGE


The land is sold subject to a development clawback provision (in favour of the vendors and their successors in title). The payment due being equivalent to 25% of the uplift in value arising on the grant of a planning permission for anything other than an agricultural or equestrian use for a term of 50 years.


METHOD OF SALE


The land is offered for sale by private treaty. All interested parties are advised to register their interest so they can be advised on how the sale will be concluded. We reserve the right to proceed to final offers.


GUIDE PRICE


£100,000


COSTS


Each party is to bear their own costs.


LEGAL FORMALITES


Exchange of contracts will take place as soon as possible, but in any event no later than the expiry of 8 weeks from instruction of solicitors, with completion 7 days thereafter.


VIEWINGS


Viewings are permitted in daylight hours after having notified the Agent.


LOCAL AUTHORITY


Durham County Council, County Hall, Aykley Heads, Durham DH1 5UL.


Telephone


S21 ESTATE AGENTS ACT 1979


Mr Richard Henderson Chair of the Trustees of The Poor’s Land and Stock Charity (the vendor) is an employee of Addisons Chartered Surveyors.


BROCHURE


Brochure prepared May 2026





















Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-05-23

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 24 Farmland & Pasture listings in North East England (10+ acres).

This Property£9,785 / acre
Farmland & Pasture Average (10+ acres) £6,404 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

8.5 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Butterknowle Primary School0.9 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    54
    Type
    Community school
  • Woodland Primary School2.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    25
    Type
    Community school
  • Cockfield Primary School2.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    115
    Type
    Community school
  • Hamsterley Primary School2.5 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    36
    Type
    Community school
  • Ramshaw Primary School3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    54
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Staindrop Academy4.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    504
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College5.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,229
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Bishop Barrington Academy6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    599
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Wolsingham School6.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    774
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Teesdale School and Sixth Form6.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    684
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Cockfield, Cockfield, County Durham2.2 miles
Morrisons Daily Bishops Auckland Evenwood, Evenwood3.2 miles
Spar - Staindrop, Staindrop4.2 miles

GP surgery

Pinfold Medical Practice0.9 miles

Pharmacy

Cockfield Pharmacy2.1 miles

Hospital

Auckland Park Hospital6.4 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

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Getting Around

Nearest station

Wolsingham Rail Station6.3 miles

Nearest bus stop

Moorfield625 metres

Typical drive times

Crook17 min · 8.7 miles
Tow Law19 min · 11 miles
Wolsingham18 min · 9.5 miles
Durham (city)33 min · 18 miles
Bishop Auckland17 min · 9.7 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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