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On Leighton Street, in Westoe
What it's like at NE33 3BU: every home that has sold on Leighton Street 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.
4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Leighton Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
7 of the 82 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Leighton StreetTerraced | Sept 2003 | £65,000 | – | – | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Leighton StreetTerraced | Jan 2014 | £125,000 | 115 m² | £1,087/m² | 3 |
| 4, Leighton StreetFlat | Sept 2005 | £77,000 | 69 m² | £1,116/m² | 3 |
| 5, Leighton StreetTerraced | Nov 1998 | £46,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Leighton StreetTerraced | Jul 2020 | £48,000 | 61 m² | £787/m² | 4 |
| 8, Leighton StreetTerraced | Aug 2005 | £85,950 | 62 m² | £1,386/m² | 3 |
| 9, Leighton StreetTerraced | May 2019 | £132,000 | 147 m² | £898/m² | 4 |
| 10, Leighton StreetTerraced | Jun 2004 | £80,000 | 60 m² | £1,333/m² | 3 |
| 11, Leighton StreetTerraced | Nov 2003 | £68,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Leighton StreetTerraced | Dec 2009 | £79,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 13, Leighton StreetTerraced | Apr 2000 | £38,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Leighton StreetTerraced | Jul 2006 | £72,000 | 55 m² | £1,309/m² | 2 |
| 15, Leighton StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jul 1996 | £34,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Leighton StreetTerraced | Jul 2007 | £92,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 18, Leighton StreetOther | Nov 2022 | £64,000 | 63 m² | £1,016/m² | 2 |
| 20, Leighton StreetFlat | Dec 2024 | £50,000 | 62 m² | £806/m² | 2 |
| 22, Leighton StreetFlat | Aug 2021 | £40,000 | 64 m² | £625/m² | 3 |
| 23, Leighton StreetFlat | May 2022 | £85,000 | 66 m² | £1,288/m² | 3 |
| 24, Leighton StreetFlat | Feb 2022 | £92,000 | 93 m² | £989/m² | 2 |
| 26, Leighton StreetFlat | Sept 2021 | £78,500 | 71 m² | £1,106/m² | 5 |
| 27, Leighton StreetFlat | Nov 2006 | £65,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Leighton StreetFlat | Apr 2026 | £112,000 | 58 m² | £1,931/m² | 2 |
| 30, Leighton StreetFlat | Jul 2025 | £90,000 | 67 m² | £1,343/m² | 4 |
| 31, Leighton StreetFlat | May 2026 | £105,000 | 65 m² | £1,615/m² | 2 |
| 33, Leighton StreetFlat | May 2016 | £60,000 | 65 m² | £923/m² | 1 |
| 34, Leighton StreetTerraced | Sept 2003 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Leighton StreetFlat | Jul 2005 | £72,000 | 61 m² | £1,180/m² | 1 |
| 39, Leighton StreetTerraced | Apr 2007 | £75,000 | 58 m² | £1,293/m² | 1 |
| 42, Leighton StreetOther · company-owned | Aug 2025 | £85,000 | 72 m² | £1,181/m² | 2 |
| 44, Leighton StreetFlat · company-owned | Jan 2026 | £74,500 | 74 m² | £1,007/m² | 5 |
| 46, Leighton StreetFlat | Nov 2024 | £92,000 | 68 m² | £1,353/m² | 4 |
| 48, Leighton StreetTerraced | Sept 2014 | £73,000 | 78 m² | £936/m² | 2 |
| 50, Leighton StreetTerraced | Jan 2025 | £94,995 | 79 m² | £1,202/m² | 1 |
| 54, Leighton StreetOther | Oct 2018 | £80,000 | 61 m² | £1,311/m² | 1 |
| 56, Leighton StreetFlat | Jun 2021 | £68,000 | 68 m² | £1,000/m² | 5 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Chichester Metro station, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km). The nearest rail station is Brockley Whins, 4.5 km away.
The nearest bus stop is Mowbray Road, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 826); 6 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Westoe Crown Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 64% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields (0.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Mortimer Community College, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 41.9 · 6.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Wilfrid's RC College (1.3 km).
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 400 m away, with Spar Store closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ravensworth Surgery (450 m), with Hogg Chemists the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Wades Barber shop is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is South Tyneside District Hospital, 1.9 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Mac N Alli is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Trams the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 21 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (51%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 64% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Bents Park, 750 m away; for exercise, Love 2 Yoga (650 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: South Shields, 1.6 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 18 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 190 km.
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.
43 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.
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%.
13 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 3BU →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in South 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 82 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 47 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.2% | 96.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.6% | 2.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 63 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.