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On Percy Gardens, in Whitley Bay Promenade
What it's like at NE25 8RF: every home that has sold on Percy Gardens 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Percy Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 31 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Nov 1996 | £65,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £375,000 | 116 m² | £3,233/m² | 1 |
| 5, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £264,000 | 119 m² | £2,218/m² | 1 |
| 6, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £366,000 | 136 m² | £2,691/m² | 3 |
| 7, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £330,000 | 123 m² | £2,683/m² | 1 |
| 8, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £70,000 | 112 m² | £625/m² | 1 |
| 9, Percy GardensSemi-detached | May 2019 | £335,000 | 137 m² | £2,445/m² | 4 |
| 10, Percy GardensSemi-detached | May 1998 | £53,000 | 115 m² | £461/m² | 1 |
| 12, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Jul 2021 | £385,111 | 110 m² | £3,501/m² | 1 |
| 13, Percy GardensTerraced | Aug 2026 | £372,000 | 111 m² | £3,351/m² | 4 |
| 15, Percy GardensTerraced | Aug 2018 | £275,000 | 112 m² | £2,455/m² | 3 |
| 17, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £218,500 | 89 m² | £2,455/m² | 2 |
| 21, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £340,000 | 103 m² | £3,301/m² | 3 |
| 23, Percy GardensTerraced | Jan 1999 | £59,999 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £68,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Jul 2003 | £140,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Jun 2000 | £102,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Percy GardensSemi-detached | May 1999 | £73,500 | 124 m² | £593/m² | 1 |
| 32, Percy GardensSemi-detached | May 2016 | £240,000 | 120 m² | £2,000/m² | 3 |
| 34, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Apr 2001 | £97,500 | 127 m² | £768/m² | 1 |
| 36, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Apr 2018 | £315,000 | 169 m² | £1,864/m² | 2 |
| 38, Percy GardensSemi-detached | May 2013 | £223,000 | 120 m² | £1,858/m² | 3 |
| 42, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Aug 2010 | £207,500 | 118 m² | £1,758/m² | 2 |
| 44, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £277,500 | 123 m² | £2,256/m² | 2 |
| 46, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Sept 2017 | £272,500 | 114 m² | £2,390/m² | 2 |
| 48, Percy GardensSemi-detached | May 2002 | £119,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 50, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £126,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 52, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £405,000 | 115 m² | £3,522/m² | 2 |
| 54, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Jun 2002 | £118,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 60, Percy GardensSemi-detached | Feb 2007 | £200,000 | – | – | 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: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Whitley Bay Metro station, a few minutes' walk (350 m). The nearest rail station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 4.7 km away, with 1.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Hillheads Road-Railway Inn, 300 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 309, 308, 317, 442); 27 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 64% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Marden Bridge Middle School, 200 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Whitley Bay High School (1.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys Local, 450 m away, with Morrisons Daily Whitley Bay closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Park Parade Surgery (550 m), with Morrisons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Fidgets is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is South Tyneside District Hospital, 7.8 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 39 restaurants and cafés and 17 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Bay(Whitley Bay) is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Quarry the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 143 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 35% flats and 1% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 66% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Whitley Park, 850 m away; for exercise, Marden Bridge Sports Centre (150 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Whitley Bay, 900 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 16 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 195 km.
61 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.
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%.
12 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 8RF →
On this street: 0 of 21 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 | 0.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.3% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.3% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.9% | 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.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 48% 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in North Tyneside since 2011.
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 31 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 58 min
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