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On Percy Gardens Cottages, in Tynemouth Priory
What it's like at NE30 4EP: every home that has sold on Percy Gardens Cottages 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 Percy Gardens Cottages; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 10 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Percy Gardens CottagesTerraced | Nov 2024 | £190,000 | 74 m² | £2,568/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Percy Gardens CottagesTerraced | May 2021 | £205,000 | 63 m² | £3,254/m² | 1 |
| 5, Percy Gardens CottagesTerraced | Jan 2014 | £168,000 | 82 m² | £2,049/m² | 3 |
| 6, Percy Gardens CottagesTerraced | Oct 2019 | £182,500 | 50 m² | £3,650/m² | 4 |
| 7, Percy Gardens CottagesTerraced | May 2014 | £152,500 | 55 m² | £2,773/m² | 2 |
| 8, Percy Gardens CottagesTerraced | Mar 2021 | £172,500 | 56 m² | £3,080/m² | 2 |
| 9, Percy Gardens CottagesTerraced | May 2019 | £260,000 | 73 m² | £3,562/m² | 2 |
| 10, Percy Gardens CottagesTerraced | Jan 2019 | £172,500 | 74 m² | £2,331/m² | 1 |
| 11, Percy Gardens CottagesOther · company-owned | Jan 2025 | £300,000 | 72 m² | £4,167/m² | 3 |
| 12, Percy Gardens CottagesFlat | Mar 2017 | £205,000 | 54 m² | £3,796/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Tynemouth Metro station, about a 10-minute walk (650 m). The nearest rail station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 6.3 km away, with 1.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Grand Parade - Hotspur Street, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 300); 16 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Kings Priory School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); Attainment 8: 57.1 · 21.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Kings Priory School, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 57.1 · 21.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Whitley Bay High School (4.1 km) and St Wilfrid's RC College (4.5 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys (New Broadway), 800 m away, with Cook And Baker closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Priory Medical Group (400 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, The Strand is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is South Tyneside District Hospital, 5.2 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: 39 restaurants and cafés and 21 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Crust Social is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Turks Head the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 128 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 53% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Tynemouth, Fish Quay).
There are 61 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 49% flats and 3% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Tynemouth Park, 550 m away; for exercise, North Shields Boxing Gym (1.4 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Tynemouth King Edwards Bay, 800 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Hotel | II | 50 m |
| 47a, Percy Gardens | II | 50 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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%.
12 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 4EP →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 17 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 193 km.
Most households own their home, 21% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Percy Gardens Cottages in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 55 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 8 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 5 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 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.9% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.6% | 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.