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On Reading Road, in West Park
What it's like at NE33 4SF: every home that has sold on Reading Road 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 Reading Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 50 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 76, Reading RoadSemi-detached | Aug 1999 | £77,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82, Reading RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2013 | £170,000 | 125 m² | £1,360/m² | 2 |
| 86, Reading RoadSemi-detached | May 2002 | £100,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 91, Reading RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2016 | £182,000 | 137 m² | £1,328/m² | 1 |
| 93, Reading RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £140,000 | 85 m² | £1,647/m² | 1 |
| 94, Reading RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2016 | £221,000 | 103 m² | £2,146/m² | 3 |
| 95, Reading RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 97, Reading RoadSemi-detached | May 2026 | £230,000 | 91 m² | £2,527/m² | 1 |
| 99, Reading RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £207,500 | 81 m² | £2,562/m² | 1 |
| 101, Reading RoadDetached | Jun 2005 | £285,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 105, Reading RoadSemi-detached | May 2019 | £150,000 | 84 m² | £1,786/m² | 2 |
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 (700 m). The nearest rail station is Brockley Whins, 3.1 km away.
The nearest bus stop is Stanhope Road - Lismore Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 18, 3, 50, 26); 96 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Ashley Academy, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 45% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Mortimer Community College, 300 m away; Attainment 8: 41.9 · 6.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Wilfrid's RC College (0.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 950 m away, with British Food Mart closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is West View Surgery (550 m), with J M & W Darling the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Cream Hair Design is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is South Tyneside District Hospital, 900 m 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 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Willows Cat Adoption Centre is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Armstrong Hall Social Club the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 154 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 35% flats and 3% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is West Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Shields Snooker Centre (850 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: South Shields, 2.5 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 18 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 189 km.
Most households own their home, 19% 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.
39 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 4SF →
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 50 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 32 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 | 0.3% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.1% | 96.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.8% | 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 61 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.