South Side North Seaton, Northumberland
1 address across 1 postcode (NE63), about 590 m (0.4 miles) long. USRN 28809807.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £295,000 across 1 sale.
- 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.
- 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: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 390 m from its postcodes.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 3 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, West Sleekburn - Battery Storage Compound, is 1.8 km (1.1 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 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ashington, about 3 km (1.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Paddock Wood, is about 450 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 21 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 Seaton Park Medical Group, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 260 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 95% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 18 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- Road safety: 14 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 2 of them fatal or serious; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £295,000 | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £550,000 | £550,000 | £550,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 1999 | 2 | £119,500 | £110,000 | £129,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £49,500 | £49,500 | £49,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2021 | BLAIR LODGE NE63 9YB | Terraced | £295,000 | |
| 1 Nov 1996 | BRITT SCOTT NE63 9YB | Semi-detached | £49,500 | |
| 28 Nov 2017 | OM SHANTI NE63 9YB | Detached | £550,000 | |
| 7 Aug 2001 | OM SHANTI NE63 9YB | Detached | £240,000 | |
| 5 Jul 2017 | SOUTH SIDE HOUSE NE63 9YB | Semi-detached | £358,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 17 May 1999 | SOUTH SIDE HOUSE NE63 9YB | Semi-detached | £129,000 | |
| 16 Jul 1999 | TREE TOPS NE63 9YB | Terraced | £110,000 |
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.
| Home | Typical 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.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £496 |
| Two bedrooms | £631 |
| Three bedrooms | £768 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,134 |
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 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 A (78% of about 1,130 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.
Energy projects nearby
5 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 3 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Sleekburn - Battery Storage Compound Northumberland 22/01725/FUL | Battery storage | 30 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Oct 2022 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Lynemouth Windfarm (Resubmission) Northumberland CM/20060984 | Wind 13 turbines | 26 MW | Operational Apr 2012 | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| East Sleekburn - Wind Farm Northumberland 23/04110/OUT | Wind | Permission granted, not yet built Nov 2024 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Lynemouth Power Station | Biomass | 420 MW | Operational Nov 2018 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Ellington Road - Anaerobic Digestion Facility Northumberland 22/03153/FUL | Anaerobic digestion | Permission granted, not yet built Jul 2023 | 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.
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
The nearest projected erosion zone is 390 m from the street's postcodes (by 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out).
| Projection | Policy for the frontage | Erosion | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out | No active intervention Scottish Border to River Tyne | up to 12 m | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out | No active intervention Scottish Border to River Tyne | up to 73 m | 390 m |
| By 2105, if defences are not maintained or built | No intervention Scottish Border to River Tyne | up to 73 m | 390 m |
Each shoreline management plan sets a policy for each stretch of coast: hold the line (keep defences where they are), managed realignment (let the shore move back in a controlled way), advance the line, or no active intervention. Erosion is the distance the shore may move back, counted from today, for the higher central climate change allowance. The maps are guidance from national modelling, not a survey of any one home; the council's coastal team can say more.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
This postcode is in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
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 21 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE63 9YB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ashington 131,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Pegswood 1,470 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) | |
| Newsham 16,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Sandy Bay Spital | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Ashington | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Car parks | Church Point Carpark | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 18.1 km (11 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Seaton Park Medical Group Good Aug 2018 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Well | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Newbiggin Dental Practice | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Wansbeck General Hospital Outstanding May 2016 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Beachville West End Good Jul 2023 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Police station | Blyth Police Station | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Morrisons Daily - Cleveland Terrace Cashzone | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Paddock Wood 5.4 ha | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 410 m² | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Milburn Park 1.4 ha | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 11 ha | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 5.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hawks Cliff | Cliff or slope | 660 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Paddock Wood | Wood | 680 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Newbiggin Bay | Bay | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Castle Island | Island | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Sandle Holes | Wetland | 3.3 km (2 miles) north |
| Broad Hill | Hill | 3.3 km (2 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
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 Northumberland: see them on the Northumberland page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCEA Duke's Secondary School Church of England | Secondary | 11–19 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | 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 Bishop's Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 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) |
| NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 24% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 38% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | 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 Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | 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) |
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
4 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.2 km (0.7 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Nest @NCEA Trust NE63 9FZ | Sessional day care | 22 | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Active Future Bishops NE63 9FZ | Out-of-school day care | 40 | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| The Nest at Newbiggin NE64 6RT | Sessional day care | 32 | Not inspected yet | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Active Future Grace Darling NE64 6RT | Out-of-school day care | 60 | Not inspected yet | 1.5 km (0.9 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.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 14 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near A189 (18).
Road safety
14 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 2 serious and 12 slight, in which 2 people were seriously hurt. 1 involved a pedestrian. 14% happened in the dark, and 14% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 50 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2025 12:30 | Slight | 1 person | A189, 50 mph | Daylight |
| 7 Feb 2025 11:05 | Slight | 1 person | B1334, 60 mph | Daylight |
| 16 Jan 2025 15:50 | Slight | 1 person | B1334, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 15 Jan 2025 11:10 | Slight | 1 person | A189, 50 mph | Daylight |
| 10 Jan 2025 10:45 | Slight | 2 people | B1334, 70 mph | Wet road |
| 20 Jun 2024 12:35 | Slight | 2 people | B1334, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 11 Mar 2024 07:50 | Slight | 1 person | A189, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 5 Jun 2023 12:00 | Slight | 1 person | B1334, 50 mph | Daylight |
| 1 Jun 2023 12:00 | Slight | 1 person | B1334, 50 mph | Daylight |
| 18 Jun 2022 16:20 | Slight | 1 person | B1334, 50 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
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.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 63 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 45% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 68% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 44% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 51% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 76% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 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 1 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
- NE63 9YB: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
Nearby streets
North Seaton Road · Sandy Lane · South Ridge
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.