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On Darras Mews, in Ponteland
What it's like at NE20 9LR: every home that has sold on Darras Mews 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.
Sales and extensions on Darras Mews; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 20 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Darras MewsFlat | Nov 2020 | £145,000 | 54 m² | £2,685/m² | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Darras MewsDetached | Jun 2000 | £57,000 | 53 m² | £1,075/m² | 2 |
| 3, Darras MewsFlat | Dec 2024 | £165,000 | 54 m² | £3,056/m² | 3 |
| 4, Darras MewsFlat | Jul 2000 | £59,950 | 56 m² | £1,071/m² | 1 |
| 5, Darras MewsTerraced | Nov 2020 | £132,000 | 63 m² | £2,095/m² | 2 |
| 6, Darras MewsFlat | Mar 2023 | £180,000 | 74 m² | £2,432/m² | 4 |
| 7, Darras MewsFlat | Jul 2022 | £140,000 | 54 m² | £2,593/m² | 3 |
| 8, Darras MewsFlat | Jun 2021 | £75,000 | 52 m² | £1,442/m² | 4 |
| 9, Darras MewsFlat | Mar 2025 | £150,000 | 53 m² | £2,830/m² | 2 |
| 10, Darras MewsFlat | Nov 1997 | £65,000 | 54 m² | £1,204/m² | 1 |
| 11, Darras MewsFlat | Oct 2021 | £132,000 | 53 m² | £2,491/m² | 6 |
| 12, Darras MewsFlat | May 2024 | £135,000 | 62 m² | £2,177/m² | 5 |
| 13, Darras MewsFlat | Oct 2009 | £130,000 | 54 m² | £2,407/m² | 5 |
| 14, Darras MewsFlat | Feb 1997 | £62,000 | 52 m² | £1,192/m² | 1 |
| 15, Darras MewsFlat | Jul 2026 | £175,000 | 60 m² | £2,917/m² | 4 |
| 16, Darras MewsFlat | Jun 2026 | £120,000 | 60 m² | £2,000/m² | 2 |
| 17, Darras MewsFlat | Jan 2020 | £120,000 | 54 m² | £2,222/m² | 2 |
| 18, Darras MewsFlat | Mar 2015 | £80,000 | 54 m² | £1,481/m² | 2 |
| 19, Darras MewsFlat | Aug 2021 | £145,000 | 62 m² | £2,339/m² | 4 |
| 20, Darras MewsFlat | Jan 2026 | £131,000 | 62 m² | £2,113/m² | 4 |
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: 40% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Newcastle Airport Metro station, a drive away (3.5 km). The nearest rail station is Wylam, 7.7 km away, with 111k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Darras Road Broadway, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route X77); 6 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 42 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
The nearest primary school is Darras Hall Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 78% met the expected standard.
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, 150 m away; Boots UK (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Npc Ponteland (1.8 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Level 2 Hair and Beauty is 1.9 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Victoria Infirmary, 12 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 24 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Davidsons of Darras Hall is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Pont Tap the nearest pub (1.8 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 61 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 48% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 20% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 103 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Ponteland Park, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Ponteland Leisure Centre (1.9 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 4.1 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 192 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
12 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%.
18 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 9LR →
It's an older community: 31% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 45% 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" Darras Mews in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 43 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 9 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 9 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 85.8% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 3.4% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.6% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.