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On Houghton Avenue, in Cullercoats
What it's like at NE30 3NQ: every home that has sold on Houghton Avenue 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Houghton Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 34 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £282,000 | 152 m² | £1,855/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2007 | £187,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2024 | £330,000 | 96 m² | £3,438/m² | 6 |
| 5, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 1999 | £64,775 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £350,000 | 99 m² | £3,535/m² | 2 |
| 7, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 1996 | £57,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £172,500 | 86 m² | £2,006/m² | 1 |
| 9, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2008 | £174,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, Houghton AvenueTerraced | Apr 1997 | £57,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Houghton AvenueTerraced | Jan 2008 | £197,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £198,000 | 93 m² | £2,129/m² | 1 |
| 13, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2007 | £190,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £223,000 | 111 m² | £2,009/m² | 2 |
| 18, Houghton AvenueTerraced | Feb 2008 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Houghton AvenueTerraced | Apr 2008 | £209,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 25, Houghton AvenueDetached | Nov 1996 | £69,500 | 124 m² | £560/m² | 1 |
| 26, Houghton AvenueTerraced | Jun 2025 | £415,000 | 154 m² | £2,695/m² | 3 |
| 27, Houghton AvenueTerraced | Mar 2022 | £370,000 | 112 m² | £3,304/m² | 2 |
| 30, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2019 | £270,005 | 89 m² | £3,034/m² | 3 |
| 31, Houghton AvenueTerraced | Jan 2023 | £363,000 | 126 m² | £2,881/m² | 2 |
| 32, Houghton AvenueTerraced | Mar 2010 | £184,000 | 94 m² | £1,957/m² | 1 |
| 34, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £340,000 | 145 m² | £2,345/m² | 4 |
| 36, Houghton AvenueTerraced | Nov 2023 | £300,000 | 129 m² | £2,326/m² | 1 |
| 38, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | May 2014 | £175,000 | 82 m² | £2,134/m² | 1 |
| 39, Houghton AvenueTerraced | Aug 2008 | £195,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 40, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2014 | £178,000 | 102 m² | £1,745/m² | 3 |
| 42, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2005 | £186,000 | 101 m² | £1,842/m² | 2 |
| 43, Houghton AvenueTerraced | Jul 1999 | £55,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £300,000 | 141 m² | £2,128/m² | 3 |
| 47, Houghton AvenueTerraced | Jan 1996 | £59,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 49, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 1999 | £63,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £250,000 | 99 m² | £2,525/m² | 3 |
| 51, Houghton AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2004 | £255,000 | 122 m² | £2,090/m² | 2 |
| 52, Houghton AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £380,000 | 134 m² | £2,836/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Cullercoats Metro station, a few minutes' walk (200 m). The nearest rail station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 5.1 km away, with 1.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Cullercoats (Tyne and Wear Metro Station), 200 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route YEL); 38 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Cullercoats Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 67% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Marden Bridge Middle School, 800 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Whitley Bay High School (2.3 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Cooperative North East, 300 m away, with Jamiesons Of Cullercoats closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whitley Bay Health Centre (750 m), with D & C Fenwick the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Vain is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is South Tyneside District Hospital, 6.9 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Chloe Mae's is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Quarry the nearest pub (350 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Beaconsfield, 800 m away; for exercise, Curves (350 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Tynemouth Long Sands North, 900 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 16 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 194 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 30% are 65 or over.
36 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 NE30 3NQ →
On this street: 0 of 21 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.8% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.8% | 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.
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 34 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 55 min
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