Nursery Park Ashington, Northumberland

57 addresses across 5 postcodes (NE63), about 690 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 42004465.

  • Sales: 56 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £189,000 across 2 sales.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Northumberland cost £213,113 in August 2026 (+4.5% on a year); private rents averaged £696 a month.
  • Energy: 29 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 15, D: 12, E: 1).
  • Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are 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: 4 of its postcodes are in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
  • Landfill: 2 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Stakeford, is 200 m away.
  • Storm overflows: 7 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 104 times (251 hours) in 2025.
  • Energy projects: 4 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, High Brockland Farm, Brock Lane - Battery Energy Storage System, is 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Northumberland costs £2,597 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Ashington, about 2 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Wansbeck Riverside Park, is about 90 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 9 to 26 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 6 of its 57 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Seaton Park Medical Group, about 580 m (0.4 miles) away.
  • People: About 840 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 89% of households owned their home and 27% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 9 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.

£9.99 The Street Dossier Full Report for a home on Nursery Park: its own records, questions to ask the seller and everything on this page, in one PDF. Choose the home

House 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.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20252£189,000£163,000£215,000
20243£197,000£105,000£310,000
20223£205,000£167,000£305,000
20216£218,250£135,000£400,000
20202£172,000£169,000£175,000
20192£165,000£140,000£190,000
20181£340,000£340,000£340,000
20164£134,500£60,000£220,000
20151£230,000£230,000£230,000
20113£150,000£120,000£182,000
20061£172,000£172,000£172,000
20051£137,500£137,500£137,500
All 56 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
17 Aug 20172 NE63 0DQSemi-detached£130,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
29 Jul 20052 NE63 0DQSemi-detached£137,500
17 Dec 19992 NE63 0DQSemi-detached£52,000
14 Jan 20003 NE63 0DQDetached£97,000
28 Oct 20165 NE63 0DQSemi-detached£134,000
9 Aug 19965 NE63 0DQSemi-detached£41,000
4 Feb 20227 NE63 0DQSemi-detached£167,000
14 May 20218 NE63 0DQTerraced£135,000
10 Aug 20209 NE63 0DQSemi-detached£169,000
5 Dec 199710 NE63 0DQSemi-detached£45,500
17 Oct 201912 NE63 0DHDetached£190,000
5 Apr 199513 NE63 0DHDetached£50,200
7 Feb 202018 NE63 0DHDetached£175,000
7 Jul 200018 NE63 0DHDetached£63,500
18 Oct 199618 NE63 0DHDetached£52,000
3 Oct 201619 NE63 0DHSemi-detached£135,000
8 Nov 201119 NE63 0DHSemi-detached£120,000
11 Dec 200019 NE63 0DHSemi-detached£66,500
16 Dec 202520 NE63 0DHDetached£215,000
3 May 202420 NE63 0DHDetached£105,000
12 Apr 201921 NE63 0DHDetached£140,000
16 Jan 201523 NE63 0DHDetached£230,000
4 Jun 202124 NE63 0DHDetached£400,000
25 Apr 201824 NE63 0DHDetached£340,000
7 Feb 200124 NE63 0DHDetached£105,000
16 Feb 199924 NE63 0DHDetached£99,500
21 Jan 199724 NE63 0DHDetached£50,000
10 Nov 199525 NE63 0DHDetached£79,000
12 Jul 200426 NE63 0DHDetached£218,000
19 Aug 199626 NE63 0DHDetached£74,000
15 Apr 202427 NE63 0DHDetached£310,000
17 Jun 202127 NE63 0DHDetached£286,500
4 Nov 201627 NE63 0DHDetached£220,000
27 Sep 202228 NE63 0DHDetached£305,000
25 Sep 199629 NE63 0DHDetached£95,000
19 Feb 202130 NE63 0DHDetached£375,000
20 Aug 202437 NE63 0DHSemi-detached£197,000
5 Sep 202538 NE63 0DHSemi-detached£163,000
9 Sep 201638 NE63 0DHSemi-detached£60,000
27 Sep 200238 NE63 0DHSemi-detached£85,000
16 Jul 199838 NE63 0DHSemi-detached£48,000
20 Nov 199739 NE63 0DQDetached£67,500
10 Sep 199942 NE63 0DQDetached£59,950
28 Oct 201144 NE63 0DQDetached£150,000
17 Jun 201151 NE63 0DQDetached£182,000
25 Sep 199551 NE63 0DQDetached£59,500
16 Sep 202252 NE63 0DQSemi-detached£205,000
11 May 202152 NE63 0DQSemi-detached£145,000
20 Jan 202153 NE63 0DQDetached£175,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
15 Jul 201553 NE63 0DQDetached£145,284Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
30 Oct 200653 NE63 0DQDetached£172,000
10 Aug 200154 NE63 0DQDetached£87,000
8 Jul 202157 NE63 0DQDetached£150,000
15 May 200258 NE63 0DQSemi-detached£89,950
11 Dec 199758 NE63 0DQSemi-detached£69,000
14 Jun 199658 NE63 0DQSemi-detached£58,000

House prices and rents in Northumberland

A typical home in Northumberland cost £213,113 in August 2026, 4.5% more than a year before. That is 24% more than five years earlier and 43% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£371,788
Semi-detached£206,101
Terraced£172,838
Flat or maisonette£106,485
Bought by a first-time buyer£175,253

Private renters in Northumberland paid £696 a month on average in September 2026, 7% more than a year before. That is 35% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£496
Two bedrooms£631
Three bedrooms£768
Four or more bedrooms£1,134

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from January 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

29 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 88 m². Most common: House, detached (17); House, semi-detached (7); Bungalow, detached (3). Built: 1983-1990 (16); 1976-1982 (9); 1991-1995 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (22); rented (social) (1).

Each home's certificates and sales (29 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 12,686 kWh of it on average in 2024, 23% more than the district's 10,277 kWh, and 2,881 kWh of electricity, 11% more than the district's 2,603 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
NE63 0DH272,748 kWh 2712,406 kWh
NE63 0DQ232,249 kWh 2311,311 kWh
NE63 0TA121,635 kWh 1411,880 kWh
NE63 0HU93,159 kWh 912,597 kWh

These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is NE63.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (53% of about 2,490 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the 3 neighbourhoods (census areas of about 700 homes each) 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 km (0.6 miles)

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.

Energy projects nearby

6 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 4 of them not yet operating.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
High Brockland Farm, Brock Lane - Battery Energy Storage System Northumberland 25/01726/FUL Battery storage 70 MW Permission granted, not yet built Jan 2026 1.2 km (0.8 miles)
West Sleekburn - Battery Storage Compound Northumberland 22/01725/FUL Battery storage 30 MW Permission granted, not yet built Oct 2022 1.4 km (0.9 miles)
East Sleekburn - Wind Farm Northumberland 23/04110/OUT Wind Permission granted, not yet built Nov 2024 2.5 km (1.6 miles)
Ellington Road - Anaerobic Digestion Facility Northumberland 22/03153/FUL Anaerobic digestion Permission granted, not yet built Jul 2023 3.7 km (2.3 miles)
Lynemouth Windfarm (Resubmission) Northumberland CM/20060984 Wind 13 turbines 26 MW Operational Apr 2012 3.8 km (2.4 miles)
Lynemouth Power Station Biomass 420 MW Operational Nov 2018 4.5 km (2.8 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.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

Planned, as of 31 October 2026

  • 3 November 2026 to 9 November 2026: NORTHUMBRIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the footway, carriageway (standard works)
  • 23 November 2026 to 18 January 2027: NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 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

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 9 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.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
NE63 0DHnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
NE63 0DQnot in 2 or 3 0 / 1 / 6 unlikely
NE63 0TAnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
NE63 0HPnot in 2 or 3 0 / 1 / 0 unlikely
NE63 0HUnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 2 unlikely

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; 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.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

7 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 104 times, for 251 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Rowlington Burn(R Wansbeck), River Wansbeck(Saline Estuary), River Wansbeck, Blackclose Dene and others.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Seaton North Hotel Cso (Wk013) Northumbrian Water Rowlington Burn(R Wansbeck) 43 169 100 m
North Seaton Level Crossing Cso Northumbrian Water; monitored 31% of the year River Wansbeck(Saline Estuary) 3 16 320 m
Lyndhurst Road Cso Northumbrian Water River Wansbeck 14 14 730 m (0.5 miles)
South Green Lane Cso Northumbrian Water Blackclose Dene 4 1 810 m (0.5 miles)
Green Lane Cso 9(Wk 008) Northumbrian Water Wansbeck, Tributary of 6 7 810 m (0.5 miles)
Glaxo West Cso Northumbrian Water River Wansbeck (Saline Estuar) 23 22 920 m (0.6 miles)
East Ford Road Ps Emergency Overflo Northumbrian Water River Wansbeck 11 23 930 m (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.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

4 of the street's 5 postcodes are 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. 1 more is elsewhere in the coalfield, at low risk.

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.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is 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.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

2 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 200 m away.

SiteWaste went inWasteDistance
Stakeford Wansbeck, Northumberland 1926 to 1978 Commercial, household 200 m
Stakeford No.1 Wansbeck, Northumberland 1926 to 1974 Inert, industrial, commercial, household; gas control on site 360 m

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.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 57 addresses are between 9 m and 26 m above sea level (20 m on average); the ground rises about 17 m from the lowest to the highest.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

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 0DH100%67%100%0%
NE63 0DQ100%88%100%0%
NE63 0HP100%100%100%0%
NE63 0HU100%100%100%0%
NE63 0TA100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsAshington 131,000 journeys in 2024–252 km (1.2 miles)
Pegswood 1,470 journeys in 2024–255.5 km (3.4 miles)
Newsham 16,000 journeys in 2024–257.4 km (4.6 miles)
Bus stops0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 18 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest North Seaton Crossing Elephant410 m (0.3 miles)
Bus or coach stationBus Station Ashington2 km (1.3 miles)
EV charging points1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsNewcastle International Airport NCL16.4 km (10 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Seaton Park Medical Group Good Aug 2018580 m (0.4 miles)
Pharmacies3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Seaton Hirst Pharmacy580 m (0.4 miles)
NHS dentists2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Seaton Hirst Primary Care Centre580 m (0.4 miles)
HospitalAshington Hospital1.8 km (1.1 miles)
Care homes2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wansbeck Care Home Good Jun 2023440 m (0.3 miles)
Police stationNorthumbria Police4.1 km (2.6 miles)
Cash machines1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Park Garage Group -Ashington Cashzone530 m (0.3 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Wansbeck Riverside Park 103 ha90 m
Play area2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 90 m²450 m (0.3 miles)
Playing fieldUnnamed 1.4 ha1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Allotments3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,600 m²360 m

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 103 hectares in all.

Landmarks

Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Rowlington DeanWood150 m north-east
Castle IslandIsland420 m (0.3 miles) south-east
Hawks CliffCliff or slope2.8 km (1.7 miles) east
Long StreamLake or reservoir3.4 km (2.1 miles) west
Factory PointWetland3.9 km (2.4 miles) south-east
Holy Brae HillHill4.8 km (3 miles) north-east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)4.24010
Fine particles (PM2.5)4.9205
Particles (PM10)8.04015

All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.

Road and rail noise

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
60 to 6420
55 to 5940
Under 555157

6 of the street's 57 addresses are 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

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 4 November 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.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary2–11610 m (0.4 miles) 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 72% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 45% in 2024 and 54% in 2023)
Stakeford Primary SchoolPrimary2–11930 m (0.6 miles) Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 32% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 44% in 2024 and 50% in 2023)
NCEA Bishop's Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary2–111.5 km (0.9 miles) Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 36% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 48% in 2024 and 50% in 2023)
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington Roman CatholicPrimary3–111.5 km (0.9 miles) Good (Nov 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) 80% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 80% in 2024 and 76% in 2023)
NCEA Duke's Secondary School Church of EnglandSecondary11–191.5 km (1 mile) 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 GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 36.3 (32.0 in 2025 and 34.0 in 2024); 32.6% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C-; 0% AAB or better; progress average
NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary2–111.7 km (1 mile) Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 41% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 57% in 2024 and 46% in 2023)
Central AcademyPrimary2–111.7 km (1 mile) Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) None published
Ashington AcademySecondary11–181.8 km (1.1 miles) Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 48.3 (47.1 in 2025 and 48.8 in 2024); 52.9% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B-; 26.1% AAB or better; progress average

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 1.2 km (0.7 miles) from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Tamsin's Little Acorns NE63 0QT Full day care 29 Not inspected yet 1.2 km (0.7 miles)

Ofsted also registers 90 childminders and 12 home childcarers (nannies) in Northumberland. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 4 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
The Foresters Arms NE62 5XEPub/bar/nightclub440 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good7 Sep 2026
Wansbeck Care Home NE62 5XEHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises440 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good19 Aug 2026
West Sleekburn Community Trust NE62 5XEDistributors/Transporters440 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good23 Jan 2025
Seaton Hirst Post Office NE63 0TARetailers - other460 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good6 Mar 2026
Cambois Rowing Club NE63 8TFOther catering premises460 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good16 Feb 2024

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.

9 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences3
Other crime3
Vehicle crime1
Burglary1
Criminal damage and arson1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Waterford Green (5); On or near Cygnet Close (2); On or near Sandmartin Close (2).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 1 involved a cyclist. 100% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202100
202200
202300
202410
202500
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
29 Mar 2024 20:46 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist B1334, 30 mph Dark, street lights on

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

No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 3 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 843 residents in 377 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age5340
Children under 1512%17%
Aged 65 and over29%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)89%61%
Owned outright56%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rentedunder 1%17%
Private rented10%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work55%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)2%6%
Retired (of adults)34%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)3%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)24%32%
Travel to work by car or van68%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tramunder 1%4%
By any public transport, including bus1%8%
On foot or by bicycle7%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)60%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away6%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)27%34%
No qualifications17%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification8%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)99%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 2 to 9 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

  • Roadworks Street works permit: NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway improvement works, 23 November 2026 to 18 January 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
  • Energy certificates New energy certificate: band C, bungalow, detached (lodged 25 October 2026) found 2 November 2026

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Email me when something changes here

At most one email a week, only when there is something new. Free; double opt-in; unsubscribe in one click. We keep only your email address: see privacy.

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.

Nearby streets

Curlew Close · Sandmartin Close · Kingfisher Close · Cygnet Close · Swallow Close · Mallard Close · Waterford Green · Cormorant Close · Sandpiper Way · Heron Close · Grebe Close

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; 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.