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On Kings Drive, in Whitley Bay Promenade
What it's like at NE26 2JT: every home that has sold on Kings Drive 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 Kings Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Kings DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2006 | £227,500 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, Kings DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2020 | £330,000 | 111 m² | £2,973/m² | 2 |
| 8, Kings DriveTerraced | Nov 2017 | £335,000 | 624 m² | £537/m² | 3 |
| 9, Kings DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2019 | £325,000 | 120 m² | £2,708/m² | 3 |
| 10, Kings DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £308,000 | 185 m² | £1,665/m² | 2 |
| 11, Kings DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2012 | £235,000 | 116 m² | £2,026/m² | 1 |
| 12, Kings DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £430,000 | 130 m² | £3,308/m² | 2 |
| 14, Kings DriveDetached | Feb 2010 | £247,000 | 159 m² | £1,553/m² | 1 |
| 15, Kings DriveSemi-detached | May 2013 | £272,000 | 149 m² | £1,826/m² | 4 |
| 16, Kings DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2008 | £310,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 18, Kings DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2015 | £330,000 | 148 m² | £2,230/m² | 3 |
| 22, Kings DriveSemi-detached | May 2024 | £497,000 | 150 m² | £3,313/m² | 3 |
| 24, Kings DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £595,000 | 167 m² | £3,563/m² | 3 |
| Isis House, Kings DriveOther | Apr 2024 | £305,000 | – | – | 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 (450 m). The nearest rail station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 4.6 km away, with 1.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Park View-Park Gardens, 50 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (routes W2, 356, 350, 351); 59 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Marine Park First School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Marden Bridge Middle School, 350 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Whitley Bay High School (1.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys Local, 200 m away, with Ocean Zen closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Park Parade Surgery (200 m), with Whitley Bay Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Fabulous Nails & Beauty is 50 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.
Bay Games is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and District Bottle Shop the nearest pub (100 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, 550 m away; for exercise, CoreX Fitness (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.
70 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Paul | II | 120 m |
| Drinking Fountain East of Church of St Paul | II | 150 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%.
9 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 2JT →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Kings Drive in the last 12 months.
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.
On this street: 0 of 10 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.