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On Matfen Gardens, in Howdon
What it's like at NE28 0ES: every home that has sold on Matfen 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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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 Matfen Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 26 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 36, Matfen GardensSemi-detached | May 2019 | £125,000 | 86 m² | £1,453/m² | 2 |
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| 38, Matfen GardensSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £139,250 | 85 m² | £1,638/m² | 2 |
| 42, Matfen GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £117,000 | 72 m² | £1,625/m² | 2 |
| 46, Matfen GardensSemi-detached | Dec 2023 | £150,000 | 89 m² | £1,685/m² | 2 |
| 62, Matfen GardensSemi-detached | Feb 2004 | £69,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 109, Matfen GardensTerraced | Aug 2021 | £100,000 | 79 m² | £1,266/m² | 1 |
| 115, Matfen GardensTerraced | Oct 2021 | £134,330 | 70 m² | £1,919/m² | 3 |
| 117, Matfen GardensTerraced | Mar 1996 | £28,500 | 81 m² | £352/m² | 2 |
| 119, Matfen GardensTerraced | Aug 2025 | £131,000 | 81 m² | £1,617/m² | 1 |
| 121, Matfen GardensTerraced | Feb 2004 | £78,000 | 81 m² | £963/m² | 1 |
| 123, Matfen GardensDetached | Jan 2006 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 127, Matfen GardensTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2021 | £92,000 | 81 m² | £1,136/m² | 2 |
| 129, Matfen GardensSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £40,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 131, Matfen GardensTerraced | Aug 2026 | £88,000 | 71 m² | £1,239/m² | 3 |
| 137, Matfen GardensTerraced | Sept 2014 | £76,000 | 83 m² | £916/m² | 1 |
| 141, Matfen GardensTerraced | Jun 1996 | £29,950 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Howdon Metro station, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km). The nearest rail station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 3.2 km away, with 1.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Coniston Road - Sandown Gardens, 100 m away, with a bus about every 29 minutes on weekdays (routes 317, 676); 50 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
40% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 76% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Churchill Academy, 400 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Wilfrid's RC College (5.3 km) and Whitley Bay High School (5.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Marks And Spencer, 950 m away, with The Rai Store closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Garden Park Surgery (500 m), with Cockerton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, The Shelf is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is South Tyneside District Hospital, 5.7 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Costa Next North Shields is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and The Wall's End the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 93 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 26% flats and 2% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Melrose Gardens Park, 800 m away; for exercise, Churchilll LTA tennis centre (400 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Tynemouth Long Sands South, 5.5 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 13 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 190 km.
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
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.
28 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.
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency: Mary Glindon MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 12,817 (30.3%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Reform UK 20%, Green Party 12%, Conservative 8%.
15 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 NE28 0ES →
On this street: 3 of 18 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 3.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.8% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.9% | 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.
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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 26 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 52 min
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