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On Fort Square, in South Shields East
What it's like at NE33 2BU: every home that has sold on Fort 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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 Fort Square; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 12 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Fort SquareTerraced | Feb 2023 | £115,000 | 76 m² | £1,513/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Fort SquareTerraced | Nov 2017 | £135,000 | 77 m² | £1,753/m² | 2 |
| 8, Fort SquareTerraced | Jul 2012 | £89,000 | 76 m² | £1,171/m² | 1 |
| 11, Fort SquareTerraced | Oct 2025 | £130,000 | 82 m² | £1,585/m² | 1 |
| 14, Fort SquareTerraced | Aug 2025 | £165,000 | 107 m² | £1,542/m² | 1 |
| 15, Fort SquareTerraced | May 2002 | £64,000 | 87 m² | £736/m² | 1 |
| 17, Fort SquareTerraced | Apr 2018 | £136,500 | 103 m² | £1,325/m² | 2 |
| 19, Fort SquareTerraced | Oct 2017 | £65,000 | 74 m² | £878/m² | 2 |
| 21, Fort SquareTerraced | Nov 2001 | £61,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Fort SquareTerraced | Jun 2026 | £149,000 | 75 m² | £1,987/m² | 2 |
| 28, Fort SquareTerraced | Aug 2022 | £130,000 | 82 m² | £1,585/m² | 1 |
| 31, Fort SquareFlat | Dec 2005 | £65,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is South Shields Metro station, about a 5-minute walk (600 m). The nearest rail station is Brockley Whins, 5.2 km away.
The nearest bus stop is Mile End Road-St Stephens Church, 200 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 10); 16 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
The nearest primary school is Hadrian Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 56% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields (0.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Kings Priory School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 57.1 · 21.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Wilfrid's RC College (2.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Wm Morrison, 500 m away, with Baby I Love You closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Priory Medical Group (1.3 km), with Amcare the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Cutloose Unisex Hair Studio is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is South Tyneside District Hospital, 3.0 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: 38 restaurants and cafés and 21 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
South Shields Marine School is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Beehive Inn the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (22 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 234 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 31 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 45% flats and 2% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 52% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is St Stephen's Gardens, 150 m away; for exercise, Powerhouse Gym (550 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: South Shields, 1.1 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 17 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 191 km.
37 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Stephen | II | 150 m |
| 68, 69 and 70, Greens Place | II | 180 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.
South Shields constituency: Emma Lewell MP (Labour), since May 2013. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,653 (18.1%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Reform UK 23%, Green Party 15%, Conservative 11%.
24 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 NE33 2BU →
Most households own their home, 24% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Fort Square in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 10 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 | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.7% | 96.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.9% | 2.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.1% | 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 66 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.