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On Beechwood Avenue, in West Monkseaton
What it's like at NE25 8EP: every home that has sold on Beechwood 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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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 Beechwood Avenue; 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, Beechwood AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £705,000 | 217 m² | £3,249/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Beechwood AvenueTerraced | Mar 2023 | £435,000 | 121 m² | £3,595/m² | 3 |
| 6, Beechwood AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £440,000 | 118 m² | £3,729/m² | 2 |
| 7, Beechwood AvenueTerraced | Apr 2025 | £368,610 | 96 m² | £3,840/m² | 3 |
| 7a, Beechwood AvenueOther | Mar 2024 | £360,000 | 75 m² | £4,800/m² | 1 |
| 8, Beechwood AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2017 | £287,500 | 101 m² | £2,847/m² | 3 |
| 8a, Beechwood AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £425,000 | 79 m² | £5,380/m² | 4 |
| 9, Beechwood AvenueTerraced | Apr 2019 | £307,000 | 118 m² | £2,602/m² | 4 |
| 10, Beechwood AvenueTerraced | Sept 2019 | £270,000 | 87 m² | £3,103/m² | 3 |
| 12, Beechwood AvenueTerraced | Oct 2000 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Beechwood AvenueTerraced | Dec 2020 | £380,750 | 111 m² | £3,430/m² | 2 |
| 14, Beechwood AvenueTerraced | Nov 2001 | £88,300 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Beechwood AvenueTerraced | Nov 2025 | £475,000 | 124 m² | £3,831/m² | 3 |
| 16, Beechwood AvenueTerraced | Nov 2013 | £228,000 | 121 m² | £1,884/m² | 3 |
| 17, Beechwood AvenueTerraced | Aug 2021 | £391,000 | 156 m² | £2,506/m² | 1 |
| 23, Beechwood AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2017 | £230,000 | 93 m² | £2,473/m² | 1 |
| 24, Beechwood AvenueTerraced | Jan 2015 | £235,000 | 108 m² | £2,176/m² | 1 |
| 26, Beechwood AvenueTerraced | Apr 2019 | £290,000 | 121 m² | £2,397/m² | 2 |
| 27, Beechwood AvenueTerraced | Jul 2026 | £388,000 | 98 m² | £3,959/m² | 2 |
| 29, Beechwood AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2000 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
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 West Monkseaton Metro station, a few minutes' walk (500 m). The nearest rail station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 3.3 km away, with 1.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Cauldwell Lane-Woodleigh Road, 250 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 356, 350, 57, 57A); 27 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Appletree Gardens First School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Whitley Lodge First School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Monkseaton Coastal School, 450 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Whitley Bay High School (0.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys, 750 m away, with Monkseaton Post Office closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bridge And Monkseaton Medical Practice (500 m), with Monkseaton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, SIA Barbers is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 7.2 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.
St Peters Church Hall is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Crafty Wilson Ale the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 14% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 58% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Whitley Park, 1.5 km away; for exercise, Pilates At The Coast (450 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Whitley Bay, 1.9 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 14 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 195 km.
40 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 | 120 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 8EP →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 43% 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" Beechwood Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 17 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 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.8% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.0% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 55 min
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