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On The Limes, in Forest Hall & West Moor
What it's like at NE12 7PB: every home that has sold on The Limes since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Limes; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 28 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, The LimesDetached | Jul 2006 | £299,950 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, The LimesDetached | Aug 2025 | £308,000 | 127 m² | £2,425/m² | 4 |
| 3, The LimesSemi-detached | Mar 2005 | £149,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, The LimesTerraced | Jul 2022 | £196,000 | 84 m² | £2,333/m² | 2 |
| 5, The LimesDetached | Sept 2021 | £355,000 | 168 m² | £2,113/m² | 2 |
| 6, The LimesDetached | Sept 2024 | £325,000 | 126 m² | £2,579/m² | 5 |
| 7, The LimesDetached | Dec 2014 | £250,000 | 138 m² | £1,812/m² | 2 |
| 8, The LimesDetached | Aug 2022 | £255,000 | 112 m² | £2,277/m² | 2 |
| 9, The LimesDetached | Oct 2005 | £179,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, The LimesDetached | Apr 2018 | £219,950 | 109 m² | £2,018/m² | 2 |
| 11, The LimesTerraced | Jun 2005 | £264,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, The LimesTerraced | Dec 2005 | £264,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, The LimesDetached | May 2013 | £200,000 | 133 m² | £1,504/m² | 2 |
| 16, The LimesDetached | Oct 2014 | £206,500 | 96 m² | £2,151/m² | 3 |
| 17, The LimesDetached | Sept 2012 | £175,000 | 106 m² | £1,651/m² | 2 |
| 18, The LimesDetached | Oct 2005 | £267,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, The LimesSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £145,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, The LimesSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £143,500 | 64 m² | £2,242/m² | 2 |
| 21, The LimesDetached | Apr 2005 | £219,450 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, The LimesDetached | Nov 2006 | £249,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, The LimesDetached | May 2022 | £335,000 | 149 m² | £2,248/m² | 3 |
| 24, The LimesDetached | Dec 2005 | £219,950 | 100 m² | £2,200/m² | 1 |
| 25, The LimesSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £210,000 | 91 m² | £2,308/m² | 3 |
| 26, The LimesSemi-detached | May 2005 | £169,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, The LimesTerraced | Dec 2020 | £247,000 | 112 m² | £2,205/m² | 2 |
| 28, The LimesTerraced | Feb 2006 | £217,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, The LimesTerraced | Jun 2005 | £164,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, The LimesSemi-detached | Aug 2012 | £154,000 | 89 m² | £1,730/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Benton Metro station, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km). The nearest rail station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 3.5 km away, with 1.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Great Lime Road-Blucher Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 62, X63, 37, 335); 50 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Westmoor Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Benton Dene Primary School (0.7 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is George Stephenson High School, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 48 · 10.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Mary's Catholic School (2.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Heron Foods, 850 m away, with Slimming World closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Stephenson Park Health Group (900 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, The Hairdresser is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 5.4 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 79% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 84% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 10 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
The Daily Grind Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and West Moor And District Social Club the nearest pub (500 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 71 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Springfield Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, The Lakeside Centre (650 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Whitley Bay, 8.5 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 7.8 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 191 km.
Most households own their home, 12% rent privately.
24 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dial Cottage | II* | 180 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Newcastle upon Tyne North constituency: Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 17,762 (36.5%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Conservative 14%, Liberal Democrat 12%, Reform UK 12%.
14 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near NE12 7PB →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in North Tyneside since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 28 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 49 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 16 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.9% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.4% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.