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On Highfield Road, in Horsley Hill
What it's like at NE34 6HG: every home that has sold on Highfield 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Highfield Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 67 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 71, Highfield RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £160,000 | 80 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73, Highfield RoadSemi-detached | Mar 1997 | £51,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 75, Highfield RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £147,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 77, Highfield RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2019 | £180,000 | 109 m² | £1,651/m² | 1 |
| 79, Highfield RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2019 | £140,000 | 80 m² | £1,750/m² | 2 |
| 81, Highfield RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £170,000 | 82 m² | £2,073/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, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km). The nearest rail station is Brockley Whins, 4.4 km away.
The nearest bus stop is Highfield Road-North View, 50 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 7, 826); 18 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 44 minutes away by public transport (19 by car).
The nearest primary school is St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 70% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Harton Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 42.6 · 8.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Wilfrid's RC College (1.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.3 km away, with One Stop closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ravensworth Surgery (750 m), with Horsley Hill Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Elite Hair Design is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is South Tyneside District Hospital, 2.3 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 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Craft and Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Fountain the nearest pub (50 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 81 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Robert Readhead Park, 650 m away; for exercise, Shields Snooker Centre (1.4 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: South Shields, 1.7 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 19 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 190 km.
Most households own their home, 8% 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.
17 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%.
4 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 NE34 6HG →
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 67 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 67 min
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On this street: 0 of 46 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 | 1.6% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.8% | 96.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.7% | 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.