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On Readhead Road, in Westoe
What it's like at NE34 6HS: every home that has sold on Readhead 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Readhead Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 51 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 27, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £267,480 | 126 m² | £2,123/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2013 | £275,000 | 170 m² | £1,618/m² | 2 |
| 29, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2017 | £252,000 | 155 m² | £1,626/m² | 1 |
| 31, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2021 | £307,000 | 116 m² | £2,647/m² | 3 |
| 33, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £155,000 | 105 m² | £1,476/m² | 3 |
| 34, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £258,000 | 96 m² | £2,688/m² | 2 |
| 35, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2005 | £174,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £350,000 | 152 m² | £2,303/m² | 3 |
| 39, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Jan 1998 | £84,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, Readhead RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Sept 2009 | £220,000 | 114 m² | £1,930/m² | 2 |
| 41, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £230,000 | 121 m² | £1,901/m² | 1 |
| 42, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2014 | £222,000 | 128 m² | £1,734/m² | 3 |
| 44, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2002 | £112,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Jun 1996 | £81,500 | 107 m² | £762/m² | 1 |
| 46, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2016 | £247,000 | 127 m² | £1,945/m² | 3 |
| 47, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2025 | £347,500 | 97 m² | £3,582/m² | 4 |
| 50, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2017 | £205,000 | 78 m² | £2,628/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 15-minute walk (1.1 km). The nearest rail station is Brockley Whins, 4.1 km away.
The nearest bus stop is Highfield Road-North View, 300 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 7, 826); 15 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 70% 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, 850 m 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, 1.1 km away, with One Stop closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ravensworth Surgery (550 m), with Hogg Chemists the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Elite Hair Design is 250 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.
The LITTLE HUT in THE PARK is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Fountain the nearest pub (350 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 Robert Readhead Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Shields Snooker Centre (1.1 km).
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.
27 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chapels to Harton Cemetery | 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%.
11 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 6HS →
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.
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.
On this street: 0 of 34 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.
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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 51 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.