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On Whinfell Road, in Darras Hall, Stamfordham & Heddon
What it's like at NE20 9EW: every home that has sold on Whinfell Road 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Whinfell Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 43 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 11, Whinfell RoadDetached | Nov 2020 | £565,000 | 187 m² | £3,021/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23, Whinfell RoadDetached | Jun 2007 | £475,000 | 462 m² | £1,028/m² | 1 |
| 24, Whinfell RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £635,000 | 275 m² | £2,309/m² | 2 |
| 25, Whinfell RoadDetached | Jul 2026 | £740,000 | 230 m² | £3,217/m² | 2 |
| 26, Whinfell RoadDetached | Feb 2023 | £1,160,000 | 328 m² | £3,537/m² | 5 |
| 27, Whinfell RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1997 | £96,200 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Whinfell RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £420,000 | 83 m² | £5,060/m² | 2 |
| 31, Whinfell RoadDetached | Sept 2001 | £205,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Whinfell RoadDetached | Oct 2025 | £700,000 | 167 m² | £4,192/m² | 1 |
| 34, Whinfell RoadDetached | Nov 2017 | £435,000 | 159 m² | £2,736/m² | 1 |
| 38, Whinfell RoadDetached | Nov 2019 | £620,000 | 163 m² | £3,804/m² | 4 |
| 40, Whinfell RoadDetached | Oct 2013 | £845,000 | 287 m² | £2,944/m² | 3 |
| 41, Whinfell RoadDetached | Oct 2000 | £207,500 | 138 m² | £1,504/m² | 1 |
| 42, Whinfell RoadDetached | May 2014 | £750,000 | 341 m² | £2,199/m² | 1 |
| 42a, Whinfell RoadDetached | Jul 2023 | £1,225,000 | 430 m² | £2,849/m² | 6 |
| 43, Whinfell RoadDetached | Dec 1999 | £155,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 43a, Whinfell RoadDetached | Sept 2025 | £775,000 | 194 m² | £3,995/m² | 2 |
| 44, Whinfell RoadDetached | Sept 2019 | £460,000 | 206 m² | £2,233/m² | 1 |
| 45, Whinfell RoadDetached | Jan 2020 | £490,000 | 176 m² | £2,784/m² | 4 |
| 46, Whinfell RoadDetached | Oct 2019 | £530,000 | 160 m² | £3,313/m² | 2 |
| 48, Whinfell RoadDetached | Apr 1999 | £173,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 49, Whinfell RoadDetached | Nov 2018 | £635,000 | 231 m² | £2,749/m² | 3 |
| 53, Whinfell RoadDetached | Jun 2021 | £430,000 | 90 m² | £4,778/m² | 2 |
| 61, Whinfell RoadDetached | Apr 2022 | £880,000 | 319 m² | £2,759/m² | 3 |
| 65, Whinfell RoadDetached | Nov 2017 | £392,500 | 143 m² | £2,745/m² | 1 |
| 76, Whinfell RoadDetached | May 2022 | £760,000 | 171 m² | £4,444/m² | 2 |
| 82, Whinfell RoadDetached | Jun 2023 | £880,000 | 316 m² | £2,785/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Newcastle Airport Metro station, a short drive or bike ride (3.0 km). The nearest rail station is Wylam, 7.5 km away, with 111k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Hawthorn Way, 350 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 74); 2 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 58 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Darras Hall Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 78% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ponteland High School, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 53 · 16.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Group Food, 550 m away; Boots UK (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Npc Ponteland (2.1 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Renew You Asthetics is 2.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Victoria Infirmary, 15 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 56% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Davidsons of Darras Hall is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and The Pont Tap the nearest pub (1.9 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 163 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 71% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 35% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Ponteland Park, 1.6 km away; for exercise, Ponteland Leisure Centre (1.8 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 8.8 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 189 km.
11 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.
Hexham constituency: Joe Morris MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,713 (7.2%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 39%, Green Party 5%, Liberal Democrat 5%.
16 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 NE20 9EW →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 53% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 49% of adults have a degree.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Whinfell Road in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 36 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: 1 of 36 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.9% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 71.2% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 23.0% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.8% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 0.1% | 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.