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On Melrose Avenue, in Monkseaton
What it's like at NE25 8BA: every home that has sold on Melrose Avenue 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 Melrose Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 40 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1a, Melrose AvenueFlat | Oct 2017 | £280,000 | 183 m² | £1,530/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Melrose AvenueOther | Feb 2021 | £270,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 3, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Jul 2008 | £205,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 4, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Sept 2015 | £195,000 | 111 m² | £1,757/m² | 1 |
| 5, Melrose AvenueTerraced | May 2000 | £74,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Aug 2024 | £375,000 | 110 m² | £3,409/m² | 2 |
| 7, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Jul 2017 | £212,000 | 125 m² | £1,696/m² | 1 |
| 9, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Jul 2004 | £180,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Feb 2011 | £215,000 | 124 m² | £1,734/m² | 2 |
| 11, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Aug 2014 | £224,950 | 111 m² | £2,027/m² | 2 |
| 13, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Aug 2024 | £490,000 | 144 m² | £3,403/m² | 3 |
| 14, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 1997 | £59,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Sept 2006 | £239,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 16, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Feb 2015 | £219,000 | 120 m² | £1,825/m² | 2 |
| 17, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Oct 2011 | £196,500 | 128 m² | £1,535/m² | 3 |
| 19, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Jun 2008 | £190,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Jul 1999 | £58,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Melrose AvenueTerraced | May 2023 | £355,000 | 146 m² | £2,432/m² | 3 |
| 22, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Jul 1998 | £69,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Aug 2002 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Jan 2007 | £240,000 | 163 m² | £1,472/m² | 4 |
| 25, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Jun 2025 | £325,000 | 115 m² | £2,826/m² | 1 |
| 28, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Nov 2016 | £250,000 | 123 m² | £2,033/m² | 3 |
| 29, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Sept 2010 | £187,500 | 119 m² | £1,576/m² | 2 |
| 33, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Jul 2025 | £408,000 | 119 m² | £3,429/m² | 3 |
| 37, Melrose AvenueDetached | Feb 2023 | £273,600 | 152 m² | £1,800/m² | 2 |
| 43, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Aug 2022 | £427,600 | 147 m² | £2,909/m² | 2 |
| 45, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Apr 2004 | £165,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 47, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Jan 2006 | £217,660 | – | – | 3 |
| 49, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Jun 2016 | £200,000 | 113 m² | £1,770/m² | 1 |
| 51, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Nov 2014 | £245,000 | 108 m² | £2,269/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Monkseaton Metro station, a few minutes' walk (200 m). The nearest rail station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 4.0 km away, with 1.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Monkseaton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station), 200 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route YEL); 34 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Appletree Gardens First School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Whitley Lodge First School (1.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Monkseaton Coastal School, 400 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Whitley Bay High School (1.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys Local, 700 m away, with High Kicks Community Interest closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Marine Avenue Medical Ctr (400 m), with Fairmans Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Hair by Emmali is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is South Tyneside District Hospital, 7.7 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 60% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 75% 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: 23 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Bake Me A Cake is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Front Street Tap House the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 10 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 24% flats and 4% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 49% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Whitley Park, 900 m away; for exercise, Pilates At The Coast (300 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Whitley Bay, 1.6 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 15 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 195 km.
Most households own their home, 15% rent privately.
52 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sewer gas Lamp | II | 140 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.
Tynemouth constituency: Sir Alan Campbell MP (Labour), since May 1997. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 15,455 (31.9%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Labour 51%, Conservative 19%, Reform UK 15%, Green Party 7%.
11 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 NE25 8BA →
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.
On this street: 0 of 24 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 | 0.8% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 87.4% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.6% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.3% | 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.
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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 40 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 55 min
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