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On High Street East, in Wallsend West
What it's like at NE28 8PA: 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.
1 home 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.
| 1 - 3, High Street EastTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2011 | £190,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 - 9, High Street EastOther · company-owned | Feb 2022 | £150,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15 - 17, High Street EastOther | May 2018 | £56,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Wallsend Metro station, a few minutes' walk (200 m). The nearest rail station is Heworth, 4.6 km away, with 46k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is High Street East - Laburnum Avenue, 50 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 22, 301, 317, 665); 106 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
40% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Richardson Dees Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 52% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Burnside College, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 8.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Mary's Catholic School (3.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Iceland Foods, 150 m away, with International Food closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Park Road Medical Practice (150 m), with Fairmans Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, Bodrum Turkish Barbers is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Victoria Infirmary, 5.3 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
Kath's Kafe is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Anson the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 148 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 32% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
It's growing: about 151 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is The Green, 400 m away; for exercise, OneGym (300 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Tynemouth Long Sands South, 8.2 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 11 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 188 km.
59 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.
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.
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%.
18 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 8PA →
Most households own their home, 21% rent privately.
The nearest university is University Centre Quayside, 4.0 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.
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 | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.5% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.2% | 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.
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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.
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