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On Percy Street South, in Blyth Town
What it's like at NE24 3DE: every home that has sold on Percy Street South 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.
Sales and extensions on Percy Street South; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 18 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 58, Percy StreetTerraced | Oct 2017 | £84,000 | 98 m² | £857/m² | 2 |
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| 66, Percy StreetTerraced | Jun 2017 | £125,000 | 148 m² | £845/m² | 2 |
| 74, Percy StreetTerraced | May 2022 | £129,950 | 115 m² | £1,130/m² | 2 |
| 88, Percy StreetFlat | Nov 2018 | £38,000 | 62 m² | £613/m² | 1 |
| 91, Percy StreetFlat | Sept 2023 | £51,250 | 73 m² | £702/m² | 1 |
| 92, Percy StreetTerraced | Mar 2022 | £135,000 | 135 m² | £1,000/m² | 1 |
| 99, Percy StreetFlat | Dec 2025 | £75,000 | 91 m² | £824/m² | 3 |
| 105, Percy StreetTerraced | Sept 2025 | £50,000 | 67 m² | £746/m² | 2 |
| 113, Percy StreetTerraced | Apr 2021 | £75,000 | 68 m² | £1,103/m² | 2 |
| 58, Percy Street SouthTerraced | Aug 2006 | £104,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 60, Percy Street SouthTerraced | Oct 2002 | £37,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 69, Percy Street SouthFlat | Apr 2007 | £65,000 | 66 m² | £985/m² | 1 |
| 70, Percy Street SouthTerraced | Aug 2004 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 71, Percy Street SouthFlat | Dec 2002 | £26,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 74, Percy Street SouthTerraced | Aug 2003 | £73,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 75, Percy Street SouthFlat | Jan 2007 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 76, Percy Street SouthTerraced | Sept 2003 | £46,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 78, Percy Street SouthSemi-detached | Sept 2003 | £46,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 79, Percy Street SouthTerraced | Jun 2004 | £86,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 82, Percy Street SouthTerraced | Apr 2000 | £38,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 83, Percy Street SouthTerraced | Sept 2006 | £93,200 | – | – | 1 |
| 88, Percy Street SouthFlat | Jun 1996 | £23,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 90, Percy Street SouthFlat | May 2012 | £54,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 92, Percy Street SouthTerraced | Dec 2005 | £99,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 99, Percy Street SouthFlat | Jan 2014 | £31,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 103, Percy Street SouthTerraced | May 2003 | £48,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 105, Percy Street SouthTerraced | Jun 1999 | £40,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Newsham, a short drive or bike ride (2.8 km), with 16k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Wellington Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 23 minutes on weekdays (route 308); 35 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 44 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
The nearest primary school is Croftway Academy, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 67% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Bede Academy, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 48.9 · 13.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland, 450 m away, with Value Centre closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Plessey Centre (200 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Suncentre Deep Tan Solarium is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 6.8 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 27 restaurants and cafés and 23 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Tavern is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Royal Engineers Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (29 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 205 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 24 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 27% flats and 11% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Ridley Park, 300 m away; for exercise, LJ’s Gym (250 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Blyth South Beach, 1.9 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 15 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 203 km.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
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.
59 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Cuthbert | II* | 170 m |
| Straugham Tomb, 6 Metres West of St Cuthbert'S Church Hall | II | 190 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.
Blyth and Ashington constituency: Ian Lavery MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,173 (22.7%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Reform UK 27%, Conservative 15%, Green Party 5%.
7 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 NE24 3DE →
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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 18 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.7% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.8% | 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.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 56 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.