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On Whitley Road, in Whitley Bay Promenade
What it's like at NE26 2PL: every home that has sold on Whitley Road 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Whitley Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
25 of the 186 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 4, Whitley RoadTerraced | Apr 2017 | £220,000 | 200 m² | £1,100/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Whitley RoadFlat | Jun 2017 | £63,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Whitley RoadTerraced | Mar 2025 | £130,000 | 133 m² | £977/m² | 2 |
| 14, Whitley RoadFlat | Jun 2004 | £94,950 | 139 m² | £683/m² | 2 |
| 16, Whitley RoadFlat | Feb 2007 | £112,000 | – | – | 6 |
| 18, Whitley RoadTerraced | Mar 2023 | £420,000 | 98 m² | £4,286/m² | 3 |
| 20, Whitley RoadFlat | Oct 2025 | £133,000 | 62 m² | £2,145/m² | 2 |
| 20a, Whitley RoadFlat | Apr 2017 | £155,000 | 97 m² | £1,598/m² | 4 |
| 22, Whitley RoadTerraced | Sept 2005 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Whitley RoadOther | Mar 2018 | £145,000 | 53 m² | £2,736/m² | 2 |
| 1, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Nov 2007 | £62,500 | 66 m² | £947/m² | 3 |
| 2, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Dec 2012 | £115,000 | 72 m² | £1,597/m² | 2 |
| 3, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Jan 2000 | £28,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Jan 2020 | £120,000 | 66 m² | £1,818/m² | 4 |
| 5, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Dec 2007 | £57,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 6, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Jul 2017 | £122,000 | 58 m² | £2,103/m² | 3 |
| 7, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Jul 2009 | £55,000 | 64 m² | £859/m² | 3 |
| 8, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Jul 2006 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Feb 2022 | £125,000 | 64 m² | £1,953/m² | 4 |
| 10, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Nov 2021 | £132,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | May 2006 | £110,000 | 73 m² | £1,507/m² | 3 |
| 12, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Sept 2019 | £100,000 | 60 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 14, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Feb 2026 | £55,000 | 58 m² | £948/m² | 1 |
| 15, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Sept 2021 | £61,000 | 60 m² | £1,017/m² | 1 |
| 16, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Jan 2005 | £57,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Mar 2008 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, St. Margarets Court, Whitley RoadFlat | Dec 2011 | £114,500 | 68 m² | £1,684/m² | 2 |
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 Cullercoats Metro station, a few minutes' walk (350 m). The nearest rail station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 5.4 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, 673); 29 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Rockcliffe First School, a few minutes' walk (100 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Marden Bridge Middle School, 950 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Whitley Bay High School (1.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Cooperative North East, 200 m away; The Sustenance Society (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whitley Bay Health Centre (450 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Elite Barbers 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.
La Riviera is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Cullercoats Crescent Club And Institute the nearest pub (350 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 Beaconsfield, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Sands - Ladies Only (500 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.
47 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 2PL →
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 186 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 84 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 13 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.