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On Northumberland Square, in North Shields
What it's like at NE30 1PW: every home that has sold on Northumberland Square 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 Northumberland Square; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
11 of the 36 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 21a, Northumberland SquareFlat | Aug 2025 | £175,000 | 79 m² | £2,215/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21b, Northumberland SquareFlat | Dec 2024 | £225,000 | 108 m² | £2,083/m² | 1 |
| 22, Northumberland SquareTerraced | Oct 2002 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Northumberland SquareOther · company-owned | Feb 2023 | £295,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Northumberland SquareTerraced | Mar 2008 | £187,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 26, Northumberland SquareOther · company-owned | Apr 2017 | £225,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Northumberland SquareDetached | Mar 2005 | £220,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 28, Northumberland SquareOther | Mar 2022 | £260,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 29, Northumberland SquareTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2007 | £250,000 | 134 m² | £1,866/m² | 1 |
| 29a, Northumberland SquareFlat | Jun 2022 | £232,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 29b, Northumberland SquareFlat | Jul 2026 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 29c, Northumberland SquareFlat | May 2021 | £184,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Northumberland SquareSemi-detached · company-owned | Oct 2025 | £320,000 | 45 m² | £7,111/m² | 3 |
| Flat D, 31, Northumberland SquareFlat · company-owned | Oct 2025 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat B, 31, Northumberland SquareFlat · company-owned | Oct 2025 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat C, 31, Northumberland SquareFlat · company-owned | Oct 2025 | £100,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat A, 31, Northumberland SquareFlat · company-owned | Oct 2025 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is North Shields 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 Albion Road - Upper Camden Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 301, 306, 333, 392); 77 departures an hour from the 16 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Christ Church CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 57% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Kings Priory School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 57.1 · 21.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Wilfrid's RC College (3.8 km) and Whitley Bay High School (4.4 km).
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Heron Foods, 250 m away, with Borough Of Tynemouth Unionist Club closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Priory Medical Group (350 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Sanctuary House is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is South Tyneside District Hospital, 4.5 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: 22 restaurants and cafés and 18 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Longsands Apres is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Seven Stars the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (12 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 220 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 30 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (57%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 55% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Northumberland Square, 50 m away; for exercise, Ymca (200 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Tynemouth King Edwards Bay, 2.2 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 16 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 192 km.
60 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 |
|---|---|---|
| United Reformed Church of St Columba | II | 60 m |
| 12-20 Northumberland Square including 17A (No 12 includes No 11) | II | 80 m |
| Wall and Piers | II | 80 m |
| Field House | II | 100 m |
| Baptist Church | II | 150 m |
| Memorial Church, Social Centre and Ministers House | II | 160 m |
| 1-5, Northumberland Place | II | 170 m |
| Former Wesleyan Reform Chapel and Sunday School | II | 180 m |
| 28 Howard Street | II | 200 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%.
21 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 NE30 1PW →
Most households own their home, 32% 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 0 of 16 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 10 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 85.4% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 14.4% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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 54 min
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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 36 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.