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On Readhead Road, in Harton West
What it's like at NE34 6HT: 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.
| 1, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | May 2002 | £182,000 | 134 m² | £1,358/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | May 2019 | £367,500 | 160 m² | £2,297/m² | 3 |
| 5, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2002 | £161,250 | 161 m² | £1,002/m² | 1 |
| 6, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £261,500 | 117 m² | £2,235/m² | 2 |
| 9, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2001 | £132,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2023 | £315,000 | 120 m² | £2,625/m² | 1 |
| 13, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2008 | £208,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £228,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £320,000 | 114 m² | £2,807/m² | 1 |
| 16, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Jun 1998 | £89,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £425,000 | 109 m² | £3,899/m² | 2 |
| 18, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £167,000 | 110 m² | £1,518/m² | 1 |
| 19, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £203,000 | 105 m² | £1,933/m² | 1 |
| 21, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2023 | £215,000 | 145 m² | £1,483/m² | 1 |
| 22, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2003 | £229,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Readhead RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £212,500 | 111 m² | £1,914/m² | 3 |
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, 4.0 km away.
The nearest bus stop is Sunderland Road-Grosvenor Road, 300 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 24, 4, 30); 34 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Mortimer Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 54% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Mortimer Community College, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 41.9 · 6.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Wilfrid's RC College (1.1 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 1.0 km away, with One Stop closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ravensworth Surgery (500 m), with Hogg Chemists the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Elite Hair Design is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is South Tyneside District Hospital, 1.3 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 5 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
South Tyneside College is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and County Hotel the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 11% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 60% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Robert Readhead Park, 200 m away; for exercise, Shields Snooker Centre (1.0 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Marsden, 2.2 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 19 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 189 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 55% of households own their home outright.
31 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Entrance Gates to Harton Cemetery | II | 120 m |
| Lodge to Harton Cemetery | II | 120 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%.
14 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 6HT →
It's an older community: 30% are 65 or over.
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.
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 51 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 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 | 0.6% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.1% | 96.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.5% | 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
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