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SRA-regulated solicitors in County Durham: 29 firms reporting residential property
35 authorised firms with a practising office in the County Durham district on 15 September 2026, from the SRA's own data feed. Conveyancing firms first, ordered by distance from the centre of the district's offices; every one must publish its prices under the SRA Transparency Rules.
On 15 September 2026 the SRA register listed 35 authorised firms with a practising office in County Durham, operating 50 offices between them. 29 firms report residential property work in the most recent annual return, 33 list a website and 24 have more than one practising office. By authorisation type the district splits into 27 recognised body, 5 licensed body and 3 recognised sole practice.
The longest-standing authorisation in the district dates from November 2011 and the most recent from June 2026; 1 firm was authorised in the twelve months before the snapshot. 17 of the 35 firms carry a company registration number that matched a Companies House record. The most commonly reported areas of law here are residential property (29), wills and trusts (28), probate (27), family (24) and commercial property (20).
Every one of the 29 firms reporting residential property work is required by the SRA Transparency Rules to publish its conveyancing prices on its website, or to supply them on request where it has none. 28 of them list a website in the register, and this site has located a published price page for 2. For context, the national purchase legal fee on this site averages £1,575 plus VAT (range £1,200 to £2,500).
National purchase legal fee: £1,575 average, range £1,200 to £2,500 plus VAT, before disbursements. See the conveyancing fee guide and calculator.
Firms reporting residential property work in County Durham
35 of 35 firms plotted at their County Durham office, 29 of them reporting residential property. Hover a row to find it on the map.
pinned on the office postcode postcode did not resolve, so the pin marks the area and not the door
Outline: County Durham district outline (ONS E06000047). On the still map, offices sharing a point are drawn once; the interactive map plots every one and groups them as you zoom out.
Map tiles: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap contributors. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
| Firm | Office in County Durham | From centre | Authorised | Also reported | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Woodhouse Limited | Durham DH7 8XL Branch | 1.3 km | Recognised body since 2017 | Family | Website |
| Riley Langdon Solicitors | Durham DH7 8ER Head office | 1.5 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Barbara Thubron | Durham DH1 3AQ Head office | 2.9 km | Recognised sole practice since 2015 | ProbateWills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Freeman Johnson t/a Freeman Johnson Solicitors | Durham DH1 3JA Branch | 2.9 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateFamilyWills and trusts | Website |
| Lever Law Limited t/a Lever Law Solicitors | Durham DH1 1TB Head office | 3.2 km | Recognised body since 2019 | Wills and trustsProbate | Website |
| TMJ Legal Services Limited t/a TMJ Legal Services | Durham DH1 1JA Branch (+2 more here) | 3.7 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateWills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Swinburne Maddison LLP | Durham DH1 5TS Head office | 4.2 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateWills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Cooper Stott Solicitors LTD t/a Cooper Stott Solicitors | Durham DH1 5NE Head office | 4.3 km | Recognised body since 2014 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Mortons Law Limited t/a Mortons Law | Durham DH1 1TW Branch (+1 more here) | 5.2 km | Recognised body since 2024 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Blackett Hart & Pratt LLP t/a BHP Law | Durham DH1 1TH Branch | 5.5 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| Evans & Co | Spennymoor DL16 6QF Head office (+1 more here) | 5.7 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateFamilyWills and trusts | Website |
| Grey-Smith Legal Limited | Spennymoor DL16 6DB Branch | 6.0 km | Licensed body since 2020 | ProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Emg Solicitors Limited t/a Emg Solicitors | Durham DH1 5TH Head office | 6.1 km | Licensed body since 2026 | ProbateWills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Meikles Solicitors LLP | Spennymoor DL16 7SE Head office (+3 more here) | 6.2 km | Recognised body since 2015 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| The Barrington Law Partnership t/a THE BARRINGTON LAW PARTNERSHIP (Practising style for Hodgson & Angus) | Bishop Auckland DL14 7JH Head office (+1 more here) | 11.2 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsFamilyProbate | on request |
| Hewitts | Bishop Auckland DL14 7EL Head office (+1 more here) | 11.7 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateWills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Richmond Anderson Goudie Part of the Richmond Partnership t/a Grierson Shaw & Co Part of the RichmondPartnership | Chester le Street DH3 3TA Head office | 11.8 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsFamilyProbate | Website |
| C W Booth & Co | Bishop Auckland DL14 6EN Head office (+1 more here) | 12.0 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateFamilyWills and trusts | Website |
| AJD Law Limited t/a 22 Law Prices publishedfee table | Stanley DH9 0AB Branch | 14.8 km | Licensed body since 2023 | Wills and trustsProbate | Read the price page |
| Nicholson Martin Legge & Miller | Stanley DH9 0BL Head office | 14.8 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Row & Scott Limited | Stanley DH9 9DB Branch | 16.4 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trusts | Website |
| Smith & Graham | Peterlee SR8 1AX Branch | 16.6 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Pepperells LTD Prices published | Seaham SR7 7EL Branch | 18.9 km | Recognised body since 2017 | ProbateFamilyWills and trusts | Read the price page |
| Dma Law Limited | Consett DH8 5QJ Branch (+2 more here) | 19.0 km | Recognised body since 2017 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Kenneth M Barrow & Co Limited t/a Kenneth M Barrow & Co | Seaham SR7 7EF Head office | 19.0 km | Recognised body since 2015 | Wills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Peter Dunn & Co Limited | Seaham SR7 7EU Branch | 19.2 km | Licensed body since 2024 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Swinburne Snowball and Jackson | Consett DH8 5DW Head office | 19.2 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsFamilyProbate | Website |
| McGarry Law LLP t/a McGarry & Co | Barnard Castle DL12 8EQ Head office (+3 more here) | 31.4 km | Recognised body since 2022 | ProbateWills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Tilly Bailey & Irvine LLP t/a Scanlans TBI | Barnard Castle DL12 8NG Branch | 31.6 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsFamilyProbate | Website |
"From centre" is the straight-line distance from the mean position of all practising offices in the district. Rows without a link are firms whose SRA record is too sparse for a page of their own. "Also reported" shows probate, wills and family where the firm reported them. The "Prices published" badge means we read a conveyancing price page on that firm's own website and confirmed what it covers; a firm without one may still publish prices we did not find. Hover or tap a row to find that office on the map.
Other SRA-regulated firms with an office in County Durham (6, no residential property reported)
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Before you instruct a firm
- Check the firm on the SRA register (each firm page links to its entry) and confirm the SRA number on the firm's website matches.
- Read the published price page: it must show the total or a range, hourly rates or fixed fees, disbursements, VAT and timescales. See how to compare conveyancing quotes.
- A conveyancer does not need to be local; compare at least three written quotes, including an online conveyancer.
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Source: SRA Firm data web service (terms 1 July 2020, attribution required); firm status, offices and areas of law as reported by the SRA on 15 September 2026. Areas of law are self-reported by each firm in its annual return and describe work it told the SRA it delivered, not a live service menu or a quality mark. Companies House fields from the Basic Company Data bulk file dated 1 May 2026. Geocoding by postcodes.io: contains OS data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026, Royal Mail data (c) Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026, National Statistics data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026. No firm on this site is sponsored, ranked or endorsed, and nothing here implies SRA endorsement of this site.