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On Plessey Road, in Blyth Isabella
What it's like at NE24 3QY: every home that has sold on Plessey 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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11 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Plessey Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
43 of the 311 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 487, Plessey RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2001 | £44,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 489, Plessey RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £160,000 | 102 m² | £1,569/m² | 3 |
| 491, Plessey RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Sept 2021 | £121,000 | 113 m² | £1,071/m² | 4 |
| 493, Plessey RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £73,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 497, Plessey RoadSemi-detached | Nov 1995 | £32,000 | 102 m² | £314/m² | 1 |
| 511, Plessey RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £115,000 | 77 m² | £1,494/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Newsham, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 16k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is West Drive, 50 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes X11, X30); 29 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (19 by car).
The nearest primary school is Newsham Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 43% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Malvin's Close Academy (0.7 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Bede Academy, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 48.9 · 13.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Group Food, 450 m away, with Jet Garage closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Newsham Surgery (450 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.9 km).
For a haircut, Susan's Unisex Hair Fashion is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 6.0 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Pan Ahar Tandoori is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Newsham Hotel the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 117 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 8% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Miners' Welfare Park, 550 m away; for exercise, South Newsham Pavillion (900 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Blyth South Beach, 2.1 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 14 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 202 km.
Most households own their home, 12% 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.
28 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.
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%.
15 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 3QY →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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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 311 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 56 min
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On this street: 0 of 234 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 | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.7% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.0% | 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.