High Street Gateshead
1 address across 1 postcode (NE8), about 300 m long, classed as a a road. USRN 14928648.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Gateshead cost £156,036 in August 2026 (+4.4% on a year); private rents averaged £808 a month.
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: Its postcode is in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Storm overflows: 14 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 256 times (677 hours) in 2025.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Gateshead costs £2,716 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Manors, about 720 m (0.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Windmill Hills, is about 510 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 17.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about -1 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Millennium Family Practice, about 360 m away, with 8 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 240 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 25% of households owned their home and 73% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 86 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- Road safety: 30 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 7 of them fatal or serious; 9 involved a pedestrian.
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Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Gateshead
A typical home in Gateshead cost £156,036 in August 2026, 4.4% more than a year before. That is 14% more than five years earlier and 29% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £287,336 |
| Semi-detached | £181,868 |
| Terraced | £152,031 |
| Flat or maisonette | £97,856 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £141,251 |
Private renters in Gateshead paid £808 a month on average in September 2026, 5.7% more than a year before. That is 39% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £593 |
| Two bedrooms | £727 |
| Three bedrooms | £848 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,202 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Gateshead in 2026-27: Band D £2,716 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,811 | £2,112 | £2,414 | £2,716 | £3,319 | £3,923 | £4,526 | £5,432 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (45% of about 1,130 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Bridges. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 5.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade I
- MAUSOLEUM TO EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade II
- PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AT SOUTH END OF APPROACH SPAN TO NEW TYNE BRIDGE, grade II
- THE CENTRAL PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
- WALLS, GATES AND RAILINGS AROUND ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Church Street: up to 250 homes, not permissioned (170 m)
- Hillgate - Gateshead Quays Key Site (part of), Gateshead: up to 91 homes, not permissioned (230 m)
- The Point, Fletcher Rd, Gateshead: up to 100 homes, permissioned (240 m)
- Hudson St car park, Gateshead: up to 165 homes, not permissioned (260 m)
- Heaton Paper Co, Eldon St, Gateshead: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (280 m)
- Autotrader: up to 150 homes, not permissioned (280 m)
- New Chandless, Lindisfarne Dr, Gateshead: up to 283 homes, not permissioned (280 m)
- Old Dispensary: up to 10 homes, permissioned (300 m)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Storm overflows
14 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 256 times, for 677 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Tyne, Tyne Saline Estuary, Tyne Estuary, River Tyne (Tidal).
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Street Was Swinburn St End Cso Northumbrian Water; monitored 83% of the year | River Tyne | 13 | 6 | 80 m |
| Swinburne Street Cso Northumbrian Water | River Tyne | 50 | 68 | 80 m |
| Quayside (Hillgate Street Cso) Northumbrian Water | River Tyne | 1 | 0 | 110 m |
| Dean Street (High Level) Cso Northumbrian Water | River Tyne | 2 | 2 | 140 m |
| Pipewellgate Pumping Station Northumbrian Water | Tyne Saline Estuary | 0 | 0 | 180 m |
| High West Street Cso (G066) Northumbrian Water; monitored 68% of the year | Tyne Estuary | 43 | 55 | 190 m |
| Milk Market Pumping Station Northumbrian Water | Tyne Estuary | 29 | 145 | 260 m |
| Broad Chare Cso Northumbrian Water; monitored 40% of the year | Tyne Estuary | 43 | 247 | 290 m |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
This postcode is in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about -1 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE8 2FD | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Manors 64,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Newcastle 11 million journeys in 2024–25 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Dunston 51,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Gateshead (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Central Station (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | 820 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Manors (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | 860 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 51 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hillgate Quay Gateshead Quays | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Interchange Gateshead | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Newcastle International Ferry Terminal Royal Quays | 10.3 km (6.4 miles) |
| Car parks | 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Glasshouse International Centre for Music Car Park | 170 m |
| EV charging points | 8 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 90 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 8 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Millennium Family Practice Good Dec 2023 | 360 m |
| Pharmacies | 14 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest K S Bamrah And Associates | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Royal Victoria Infirmary | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Care homes | 5 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Alexandra House Good Mar 2023 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Gateshead Police Station | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 12 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Queen News | 380 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Windmill Hills 3.5 ha | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 110 m² | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.1 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,940 m² | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 5.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade I), 90 m north. 300 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 34 of them Grade I and 46 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 90 m north |
| Swing Bridge Over River Tyne | Listed building, Grade II* | 240 m north-west |
| Newcastle Swing Bridge | Scheduled monument | 250 m north-west |
| Tyne Bridge (also known as New Tyne Bridge) | Listed building, Grade II* | 260 m north-west |
| High Level Bridge | Listed building, Grade I | 290 m west |
| Old Tyne Bridge (land arches) | Scheduled monument | 340 m north-west |
| Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon cemetery, motte and bailey castle and tower keep castle | Scheduled monument | 460 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Leazes Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Westgate Hill Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Millers Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Ouseburn Valley | Valley | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Jesmond Vale | Valley | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Team Gut | Tidal water | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Quarry Plantation | Wood | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south |
| St Anthony's Point | Wetland | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 17.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Gateshead: see them on the Gateshead page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateshead College | 16 plus | 16–99 | 400 m (0.2 miles) | No published inspection |
| North East Futures UTC | Secondary | 14–19 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| NCG | 16 plus | 14–99 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Our Lady and St Anne's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Mar 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Caedmon Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| South Street Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Hotspur Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Brighton Avenue Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Byker Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raval Restaurant & Bar NE8 2AT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 80 m | 5 Very good | 20 May 2025 |
| Central Bar NE8 2AN | Pub/bar/nightclub | 100 m | 5 Very good | 2 Feb 2026 |
| Hilton Hotel NE8 2AR | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 120 m | 5 Very good | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Station East NE8 2AS | Pub/bar/nightclub | 130 m | 5 Very good | 13 Aug 2025 |
| Microbus NE8 2AJ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 140 m | 5 Very good | 10 Dec 2024 |
| Baghead NE8 2FD | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 140 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Bertie's Shirts NE8 2AJ | Retailers - other | 150 m | 5 Very good | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Victor Indigo November NE8 2AJ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 150 m | 5 Very good | 22 Feb 2024 |
| Axis Beer NE8 2AJ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 160 m | 5 Very good | 1 May 2025 |
| Sereniti NE8 2AJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 160 m | 5 Very good | 30 Aug 2023 |
| Sage Gateshead (Catering) NE8 2JR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 220 m | 5 Very good | 13 Dec 2024 |
| Greggs NE1 3DE | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 310 m | 5 Very good | 11 Mar 2025 |
| I Scream For Pizza NE1 3DE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 5 Very good | 23 Jul 2026 |
| The Little Coffee Shop Under The Bridge NE1 3RG | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 320 m | 5 Very good | 3 Oct 2023 |
| Lui's NE1 3UQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 320 m | 5 Very good | 23 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 36 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 11 |
| Burglary | 9 |
| Other theft | 5 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Other crime | 5 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Bicycle theft | 3 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Bottle Bank (26); On or near Parking Area (18); On or near Hudson Street (14); On or near Hillgate (8); On or near Wellington Street (5).
Road safety
30 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 7 serious and 23 slight, in which 7 people were seriously hurt. 9 involved a pedestrian; 3 involved a cyclist; 3 involved a motorcyclist; 4 involved a child under 16. 40% happened in the dark, and 30% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 40 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Feb 2025 19:35 | Slight | 1 person | A167, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 16 Nov 2024 09:45 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A167, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 5 Oct 2024 20:15 | Slight | 1 person | A167, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 24 Sep 2024 12:30 | Slight | 1 person | A167, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 15 Sep 2024 09:45 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | A167, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 11 Jun 2024 09:33 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | A167, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 15 Feb 2024 09:15 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Wet road |
| 27 Jan 2024 04:44 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | A167, 40 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 30 Nov 2023 18:45 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on, frost or ice |
| 25 Nov 2023 09:56 | Slight | 2 people: 1 child | A167, 40 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 3% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 2% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 25% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 9% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 74% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 84% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 2% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 38% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 73% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 4% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 1% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- NE8 2FD: 1 address of 17 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Church Street · High Street · Cannon Street · Curzon Place · Half Moon Lane · High Street · Hills Street · Oakwellgate · St Mary's Square · Wellington Street · Quaysgate · Bottle Bank
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.