Leafield Ashington, Northumberland

42 addresses across 1 postcode (NE63), about 90 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 42050184.

40 homes have an energy certificate (B: 5, C: 35). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Northumberland costs £2,597 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. 158 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from September 2008 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

40 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 85 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (18); Bungalow, semi-detached (16); Bungalow, detached (6). Built: 2007-2011 (35); 2007 onwards (4); 2008 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (35).

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.

ABCDEFGH
£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 A (99% of about 1,000 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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 1.0 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

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.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
NE63 9NL100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 30 October 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary2–11210 m Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington Roman CatholicPrimary3–11350 m Good (Nov 2021, overall grade under the previous framework)
NCEA Bishop's Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary2–11700 m Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)
NCEA Duke's Secondary School Church of EnglandSecondary11–19730 m Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
Central AcademyPrimary2–11850 m Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary2–111.3 km No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good
Ashington AcademySecondary11–181.7 km Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)
NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary2–111.8 km Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 30 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Ashington Grange NE63 9LJHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises140 m5 Very good25 Apr 2025
Alexandra General Dealers NE63 9LARetailers - other160 m4 Good19 Jun 2023
Alexandra Fish Bar NE63 9LATakeaway/sandwich shop160 m4 Good29 May 2025
Glentons Bakery NE63 9LARetailers - other160 m5 Very good29 Oct 2024
Thomas Bewick C of E School NE63 9LPSchool/college/university230 m5 Very good10 Sep 2025
Park Stores NE63 9LBRetailers - other240 m3 Generally satisfactory20 May 2025
Crescent Pharmacy NE63 9LURetailers - other350 mExempt
Tiger Oriental Takeaway NE63 9HATakeaway/sandwich shop360 m5 Very good27 Mar 2025
Hirst Welfare Centre NE63 9HNRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen370 m5 Very good7 Jul 2026
Chill Out Time Childcare @ Hirst NE63 9HNHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises370 m5 Very good16 Mar 2026
St Aidans RC Primary School NE63 9LRSchool/college/university410 m5 Very good27 Jan 2026
Central Upper Academy NE63 9BESchool/college/university440 m5 Very good8 May 2025
Ashington Community Football Club NE63 9FWRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen450 m4 Good16 Jan 2024
Fry Fare NE63 9HQTakeaway/sandwich shop470 m5 Very good11 Feb 2025
The Full Circle Food Project NE63 9BAFarmers/growers490 m5 Very good4 Aug 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

158 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences60
Anti-social behaviour27
Criminal damage and arson15
Other theft11
Public order9
Drugs9
Burglary7
Shoplifting7
Vehicle crime5
Other crime5
Possession of weapons2
Robbery1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Welfare Crescent (41); On or near Ariel Street (28); On or near Windy Gyle (25); On or near Heatherhope (19); On or near Catcleugh Walk (15).

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.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • NE63 9NL: 42 addresses of 49 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Brinkburn Crescent · Kidland Close · Kidland Close · Kidland Close · Berrymoor · Heatherhope · Catcleugh Walk · Windy Gyle · Hebron Place · Priory Dunes · Ariel Street · Priory Dunes

All the streets in NE63 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.
  • Anything about planning applications, roadworks, noise, air quality or council tax yet.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.