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On High Street East, in Wallsend East
What it's like at NE28 7JY: every home that has sold on High Street East 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on High Street East; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
14 of the 100 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 291, High Street EastFlat | Jan 2007 | £81,000 | 59 m² | £1,373/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 293, High Street EastFlat | Jul 2018 | £50,000 | 53 m² | £943/m² | 3 |
| 295, High Street EastFlat | Aug 2022 | £61,500 | 72 m² | £854/m² | 4 |
| 297, High Street EastFlat | Aug 2022 | £61,500 | 61 m² | £1,008/m² | 3 |
| 299, High Street EastFlat · company-owned | Oct 2007 | £77,950 | 59 m² | £1,321/m² | 1 |
| 303, High Street EastFlat | Mar 2025 | £68,000 | 52 m² | £1,308/m² | 6 |
| 305, High Street EastFlat | Mar 2025 | £68,000 | 56 m² | £1,214/m² | 3 |
| 307, High Street EastFlat | Sept 1998 | £25,750 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Hadrian Road Metro station, a few minutes' walk (450 m). The nearest rail station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 4.5 km away, with 1.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is High Street East-Dene Crescent, 100 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 22, 301, 317, 665); 41 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Richardson Dees Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 52% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Aloysius Catholic Junior School Academy (1.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Burnside College, 250 m away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 8.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Mary's Catholic School (4.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda Supermarket, 700 m away, with Lifestyle Express Wallsend Discount Centre closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Park Road Medical Practice (550 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, iCut.hair is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Victoria Infirmary, 6.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 56% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Bad Cat Cafe \& Rescue Cic is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Wallsend Engineers Club the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (18 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 123 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 14 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 43% flats and 8% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is The Green, 550 m away; for exercise, Hadrian Leisure Centre (250 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Tynemouth Long Sands South, 7.3 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 12 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 189 km.
Most households own their home, 31% rent privately.
40 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%.
19 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 7JY →
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University Centre Quayside, 4.7 km away (TEF Bronze).
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.
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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 100 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 50 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 36 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.0% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.8% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.