Lead Road Greenside, Gateshead
1 address across 1 postcode (NE40), about 8.4 km (5.2 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 14980122.
- 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: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Ryton B Holburn Dene, is 410 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Storm overflows: 3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 45 times (67 hours) in 2025.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Newburn Bridge Road - Battery Storage Facility, is 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the Minor road, carries 1,464 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Gateshead costs £2,716 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wylam, about 3.3 km (2.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 72 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 Crawcrook Medical Centre, about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away.
- People: About 260 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 55% of households owned their home and 23% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 5 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 2 of them fatal or serious; 3 involved a pedestrian.
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House 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.
Gas and electricity use
The postcode does not have the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
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 C (35% of about 780 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 108 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- STEPHENS HALL, grade II*
- DENTS HALL FARMHOUSE, grade II
- Greenside War Memorial, grade II
- High Spen War Memorial, grade II
- PAWSTON BIRKS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- Stargate War Memorial, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Sealburn Farm, Lead Rd, Greenside: up to 12 homes, not permissioned (400 m (0.2 miles))
Energy projects nearby
4 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newburn Bridge Road - Battery Storage Facility Gateshead DC/21/00922/FUL | Battery storage | 100 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Mar 2022 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Burnhills Landfill Scheme (L4) Gateshead 176/98 | Landfill Gas | 1.5 MW | Operational Jun 2005 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Burnhills Landfill (L5) Gateshead 176/98 | Landfill Gas | 3.8 MW | Operational May 2006 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Path Head Gateshead 1236/02 | Landfill Gas | 1 MW | Operational Feb 2009 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 45 times, for 67 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Tyne Estuary, River Tyne Estuarine Waters, River Tyne Saline Estuary.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cso at Church Dene Northumbrian Water | River Tyne Estuary | 5 | 1 | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Station Bank Cso Northumbrian Water | River Tyne Estuarine Waters | 40 | 66 | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Blaney Row Pumping Station Northumbrian Water | River Tyne Saline Estuary | 0 | 0 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
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.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 410 m (0.3 miles) away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryton B Holburn Dene Holburn Lane, Crookhill | Not recorded | Not recorded | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 72 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE40 3RP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wylam 111,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Blaydon 69,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Prudhoe 184,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 14 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lead Road-Sunny Brae Greenside | 200 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Winlaton | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Apcoa Charging Stations | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 11.5 km (7.1 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Crawcrook Medical Centre Good Jul 2026 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Allied Pharmacy Greenside | 300 m |
| NHS dentists | Crawcrook Dental Practice | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Prudhoe Hospital Team C | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Care homes | Addison Court Good May 2025 | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Whickham Police Station | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Rontec - Crawcrook, Crawcrook Cashzone | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1,670 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,530 m² | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.5 ha | 360 m |
| Allotments | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,860 m² | 330 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bradley Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-west. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bradley Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-west |
| Battle of Newburn Ford 1640 | Registered battlefield | 4 km (2.5 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Reeley Mires West Wood | Wood | 560 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Penny Hill | Hill | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Church Dene | Valley | 3.3 km (2 miles) north |
| Ryton Island | Island | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north |
| Newburn Sands | Wetland | 4 km (2.5 miles) north-east |
| Far Pasture Ponds | Lake or reservoir | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenside Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 260 m | Outstanding (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 83% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 80% in 2024 and 77% in 2023) |
| St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 82% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11% at the higher standard (2025; 85% in 2024 and 77% in 2023) |
| Emmaville Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 75% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11% at the higher standard (2025; 66% in 2024 and 75% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 370 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Care With Cuddles NE40 4BS | Full day care | 55 | Apr 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas | 370 m |
Ofsted also registers 54 childminders and 11 home childcarers (nannies) in Gateshead. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Temp NE40 4LA | Retailers - other | 190 m | 5 Very good | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Care with Cuddles NE40 4BS | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 370 m | 5 Very good | 13 Oct 2025 |
| Gateshead School Catering at Greenside Primary School NE40 4AY | School/college/university | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 17 Oct 2025 |
| Fishnets Limited NE40 4SW | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 500 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 8 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Sunny Brae (2); On or near Millenium Court (1).
Road safety
5 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight, in which 2 people were seriously hurt. 3 involved a pedestrian; 3 involved a child under 16. 20% happened in the dark, and 20% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2025 15:05 | Serious | 1 person: 1 pedestrian, 1 child | B6315, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 7 Jun 2025 13:45 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian, 1 child | B6317, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 10 May 2025 09:32 | Serious | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 28 Dec 2023 18:42 | Slight | 2 people | B6315, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
| 26 Sep 2022 07:35 | Slight | 3 people: 2 children | B6317, 30 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.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the Minor road, with 1,464 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 190 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor road | Not recorded | 1,464 counted 2025 | 0% | 190 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 62 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 45% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 55% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 28% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 36% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 51% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 10% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 60% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 39% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
- NE40 3RP: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Spen Lane · Whitefield Gardens · Whitefield Gardens · Spen Lane · Ivy Cottages · Silvertop Terrace · Lead Road · Vera Street · Lead Road · Millennium Court · Spen Lane · Lister Avenue
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.