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On Lish Avenue, in Whitley Bay Promenade
What it's like at NE26 2EG: every home that has sold on Lish 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Lish Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 36 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Lish AvenueTerraced | Nov 2017 | £303,000 | 150 m² | £2,020/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Lish AvenueTerraced | Dec 2009 | £175,000 | 130 m² | £1,346/m² | 3 |
| 4, Lish AvenueTerraced | Dec 1998 | £56,500 | 142 m² | £398/m² | 1 |
| 6, Lish AvenueTerraced | Nov 2001 | £77,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Lish AvenueTerraced | Jul 2014 | £245,000 | 137 m² | £1,788/m² | 2 |
| 8, Lish AvenueTerraced | Apr 2023 | £305,000 | 167 m² | £1,826/m² | 3 |
| 10, Lish AvenueTerraced | Dec 2005 | £150,000 | 129 m² | £1,163/m² | 2 |
| 11, Lish AvenueTerraced | Aug 2017 | £265,000 | 162 m² | £1,636/m² | 5 |
| 12, Lish AvenueTerraced | Apr 2009 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Lish AvenueTerraced | May 2024 | £310,000 | 125 m² | £2,480/m² | 1 |
| 14, Lish AvenueTerraced | Sept 2009 | £185,000 | 105 m² | £1,762/m² | 3 |
| 16, Lish AvenueTerraced | Sept 2000 | £75,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Lish AvenueTerraced | Dec 2000 | £74,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 19, Lish AvenueTerraced | Aug 1995 | £47,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Lish AvenueTerraced | Dec 1995 | £46,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Lish AvenueOther | Dec 2023 | £192,500 | 67 m² | £2,873/m² | 5 |
| 21a, Lish AvenueFlat | Jun 2004 | £105,000 | 69 m² | £1,522/m² | 1 |
| 22, Lish AvenueTerraced | Apr 2001 | £97,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 23, Lish AvenueTerraced | Jun 2005 | £195,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 24, Lish AvenueTerraced | Aug 2018 | £288,000 | 180 m² | £1,600/m² | 2 |
| 25, Lish AvenueTerraced | Jun 2007 | £197,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Lish AvenueTerraced | Jul 2016 | £249,950 | 120 m² | £2,083/m² | 2 |
| 27, Lish AvenueTerraced | Sept 2012 | £210,000 | 125 m² | £1,680/m² | 2 |
| 30, Lish AvenueTerraced | Sept 2021 | £353,000 | 157 m² | £2,248/m² | 3 |
| 31, Lish AvenueTerraced | Sept 2019 | £267,500 | 180 m² | £1,486/m² | 3 |
| 33, Lish AvenueTerraced | Mar 2021 | £226,000 | 119 m² | £1,899/m² | 1 |
| 34, Lish AvenueTerraced | May 2000 | £67,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Lish AvenueTerraced | Nov 1998 | £59,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 37, Lish AvenueTerraced | May 2017 | £245,000 | 144 m² | £1,701/m² | 4 |
| 38, Lish AvenueTerraced | Oct 2025 | £386,000 | 152 m² | £2,539/m² | 2 |
| 40, Lish AvenueTerraced | Apr 2001 | £75,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Lish AvenueTerraced | Jul 2010 | £189,950 | 115 m² | £1,652/m² | 2 |
| 42, Lish AvenueTerraced | Apr 2024 | £340,000 | 134 m² | £2,537/m² | 5 |
| 44, Lish AvenueTerraced | Sept 2009 | £185,000 | 92 m² | £2,011/m² | 2 |
| 46, Lish AvenueTerraced | Apr 2016 | £235,000 | 142 m² | £1,655/m² | 2 |
| 49, Lish AvenueTerraced | Aug 2018 | £200,000 | 103 m² | £1,942/m² | 4 |
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 (400 m). The nearest rail station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 5.3 km away, with 1.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Whitley Road-Grafton Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes 301, 674); 42 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Rockcliffe First School, a few minutes' walk (150 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Marden Bridge Middle School, 850 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Whitley Bay High School (1.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Cooperative North East, 250 m away, with The Sustenance Society closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whitley Bay Health Centre (350 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Splinters is 100 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.
La Riviera is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Oxygenic the nearest pub (400 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, 1.0 km away; for exercise, The Yoga Station (400 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.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
50 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%.
5 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 NE26 2EG →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Lish Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 23 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.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 58 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.