Irthing Ellington, Northumberland
29 addresses across 2 postcodes (NE61), about 180 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 6200325.
- Sales: 52 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £64,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 15 homes have an energy certificate (C: 5, D: 9, E: 1).
- Flood: 14 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Northumberland costs £2,597 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 17% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Widdrington, about 4 km (2.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 320 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 25 to 26 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 29 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Npc Felton & Widdrington, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away.
- People: About 250 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 27% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 23 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | £64,000 | £53,000 | £75,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £39,950 | £39,950 | £39,950 |
| 2019 | 1 | £162,500 | £162,500 | £162,500 |
| 2018 | 2 | £160,750 | £148,500 | £173,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £120,000 | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £57,500 | £57,500 | £57,500 |
| 2014 | 3 | £107,000 | £67,000 | £125,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £61,500 | £61,500 | £61,500 |
| 2009 | 1 | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £79,000 | £79,000 | £79,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | £89,000 | £73,000 | £105,000 |
| 2006 | 6 | £90,500 | £50,000 | £132,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Aug 2026 | 24 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £53,000 | Leasehold. |
| 22 May 2026 | 14 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £75,000 | Leasehold. |
| 25 Jan 2024 | 26 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £39,950 | Leasehold. |
| 18 Oct 2021 | 25 NE61 5LP | Other | £2,500 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 10 Dec 2019 | 1 NE61 5LP | Detached | £162,500 | |
| 14 Aug 2018 | 10 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £173,000 | |
| 6 Jul 2018 | 9 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £148,500 | |
| 12 Jun 2017 | 17 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £120,000 | Leasehold. |
| 9 Aug 2016 | 16 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £57,500 | Leasehold. |
| 3 Oct 2014 | 11 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £125,000 | Leasehold. |
| 21 Mar 2014 | 25 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £107,000 | |
| 31 Jan 2014 | 22 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £67,000 | Leasehold. |
| 19 Mar 2010 | 22 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £61,500 | Leasehold. |
| 21 Apr 2009 | 18 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £60,000 | Leasehold. |
| 20 Jun 2008 | 14 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £79,000 | Leasehold. |
| 17 Dec 2007 | 17 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £105,000 | Leasehold. |
| 27 Jul 2007 | 16 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £73,000 | Leasehold. |
| 20 Dec 2006 | 23 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £112,000 | Leasehold. |
| 29 Nov 2006 | 22 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £69,000 | Leasehold. |
| 13 Oct 2006 | 25 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £118,500 | |
| 19 Jun 2006 | 10 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £132,500 | |
| 6 Jun 2006 | 18 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £63,000 | Leasehold. |
| 24 Feb 2006 | 18 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £50,000 | Leasehold. |
| 8 Apr 2005 | 17 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £108,000 | Leasehold. |
| 26 Nov 2004 | 2 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £127,500 | Leasehold. |
| 1 Oct 2004 | 10 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £118,000 | Leasehold. |
| 1 Oct 2004 | 10 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £118,000 | |
| 10 May 2004 | 14 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £48,000 | Leasehold. |
| 20 Feb 2004 | 18 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £53,000 | Leasehold. |
| 15 Aug 2003 | 22 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £52,500 | Leasehold. |
| 11 Jul 2003 | 28 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £40,000 | Leasehold. |
| 23 May 2003 | 9 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £100,000 | |
| 14 Mar 2003 | 26 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £33,000 | Leasehold. |
| 2 Aug 2002 | 25 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £59,950 | |
| 24 Aug 2001 | 19 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £47,100 | |
| 15 Aug 2001 | 21 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £50,000 | |
| 23 Jul 2001 | 26 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £23,250 | Leasehold. |
| 29 Jun 2001 | 23 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £46,000 | Leasehold. |
| 13 Oct 2000 | 1 NE61 5LP | Detached | £57,000 | |
| 20 Apr 2000 | 25 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £43,000 | |
| 15 Oct 1999 | 9 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £48,000 | Leasehold. |
| 6 Aug 1999 | 23 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £44,000 | Leasehold. |
| 21 Oct 1998 | 17 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £41,500 | Leasehold. |
| 7 Aug 1998 | 23 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £42,000 | Leasehold. |
| 6 Aug 1998 | 22 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £22,500 | Leasehold. |
| 27 Feb 1998 | 5 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £55,000 | Leasehold. |
| 16 Jan 1998 | 10 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £47,000 | |
| 16 Jan 1998 | 10 NE61 5LP | Semi-detached | £47,000 | Leasehold. |
| 14 Jul 1997 | 18 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £16,500 | Leasehold. |
| 5 Jul 1996 | 16 NE61 5LP | Flat or maisonette | £15,000 | Leasehold. |
Energy performance certificates
15 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 84 m². Most common: Flat (6); House, semi-detached (5); House, detached (3). Built: 1967-1975 (10); 1976-1982 (3); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10); rented (private) (3).
Council tax
What each band costs in Northumberland in 2026-27: Band D £2,597 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,731 | £2,020 | £2,308 | £2,597 | £3,174 | £3,751 | £4,328 | £5,194 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (45% of about 640 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Ellington (land at): up to 339 homes, permissioned (740 m (0.5 miles))
- Land Adjacent To Ellington Business Centre, Lynemouth Road: up to 8 homes, permissioned (790 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 9 addresses are in areas at high risk, 5 at medium risk and 4 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE61 5LP | not in 2 or 3 | 5 / 4 / 2 | unlikely |
| NE61 5LN | not in 2 or 3 | 4 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 29 addresses are between 25 m and 26 m above sea level (26 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE61 5LN | 100% | 17% | 17% | 0% |
| NE61 5LP | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Widdrington 2,650 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Ashington 131,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km (3 miles) | |
| Pegswood 1,470 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Windmill Hill Ellington | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus station Ashington | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 22.5 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Npc Felton & Widdrington | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Lynemouth Pharmacy | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Alison Brett Dental Care | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Wansbeck General Hospital | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Police station | Northumbria Police | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Nisa, Ashington Cashzone | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.8 ha | 320 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 580 m² | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.5 ha | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,780 m² | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Dovecote at Cresswell Home Farm, a scheduled monument, 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Dovecote at Cresswell Home Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Cresswell tower house | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Windmill Hill | Hill | 420 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Woodlands | Wood | 550 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Hall Wood | Wood | 840 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Springwell Plantation | Wood | 930 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Headagee Hole | Tidal water | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) east |
| Sandle Holes | Wetland | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 28 | 29 |
1 of the street's 29 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 Northumberland: see them on the Northumberland page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellington Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 400 m (0.2 miles) | No published inspection |
| NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pengarth NE61 5HU | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 170 m | 5 Very good | 3 Oct 2025 |
| Ellington Primary School NE61 5HL | School/college/university | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 26 Jan 2026 |
| Green Chillies NE61 5HL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 7 Aug 2025 |
| Ellington Primary School Breakfast & After School Club NE61 5HL | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 6 Mar 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 10 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Rede Court (10); On or near Fontburn (3); On or near Mile Beach Court (3); On or near Aln Court (2); On or near Glenside (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 50% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 25% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 70% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 34% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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
Nearby streets
Rede Court · Wansbeck Close · Coquet Drive · Fontburn · Aln Court · Harthope · Bowmont · Windmill Hill · Glenside · Windmill Hill Close · Till Grove · Cragview Court
All the streets in NE61 and across Northumberland.
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.
- 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.