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On Highfield Drive, in Harton West
What it's like at NE34 6JE: every home that has sold on Highfield Drive 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Highfield Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 56 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 8, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Sept 1995 | £40,000 | 83 m² | £482/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2003 | £94,500 | 85 m² | £1,112/m² | 2 |
| 12, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2008 | £170,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Aug 1995 | £13,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £139,750 | 72 m² | £1,941/m² | 3 |
| 24, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2017 | £173,000 | 90 m² | £1,922/m² | 5 |
| 30, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Mar 1997 | £45,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £155,000 | 72 m² | £2,153/m² | 1 |
| 34, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2001 | £64,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 36, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Nov 1997 | £58,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2003 | £86,000 | 83 m² | £1,036/m² | 1 |
| 40, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2016 | £180,000 | 107 m² | £1,682/m² | 1 |
| 42, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2015 | £159,000 | 91 m² | £1,747/m² | 2 |
| 46, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £55,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 48, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2003 | £107,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 50, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £197,000 | 82 m² | £2,402/m² | 2 |
| 52, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2004 | £139,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 56, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2017 | £115,000 | 75 m² | £1,533/m² | 1 |
| 60, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2023 | £175,000 | 75 m² | £2,333/m² | 1 |
| 62, Highfield DriveTerraced | Jan 2018 | £60,000 | 84 m² | £714/m² | 1 |
| 64, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Feb 1995 | £42,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 66, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Nov 1999 | £44,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 68, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £195,000 | 71 m² | £2,746/m² | 1 |
| 70, Highfield DriveTerraced | Sept 1997 | £43,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 72, Highfield DriveOther | Jun 2018 | £800 | 86 m² | £9/m² | 2 |
| 74, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £243,000 | 100 m² | £2,430/m² | 1 |
| 76, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | May 2008 | £180,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 78, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £139,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 82, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2003 | £85,000 | 100 m² | £850/m² | 1 |
| 86, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £128,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 90, Highfield DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2012 | £140,000 | 71 m² | £1,972/m² | 1 |
| 94, Highfield DriveTerraced | Jul 2025 | £172,000 | 87 m² | £1,977/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 East Boldon, 4.2 km away.
The nearest bus stop is Highfield Road-Fountain Grove, 200 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (route 8); 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, a few minutes' walk (350 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, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 42.6 · 8.3% 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 Farmfoods, 1.2 km away, with One Stop closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Marsden Medical Group (700 m), with Horsley Hill Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Elite Hair Design is 200 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.
Craft and Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Fountain the nearest pub (150 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, 650 m away; for exercise, Shields Snooker Centre (1.4 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.
16 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%.
3 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 6JE →
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.
On this street: 0 of 37 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.
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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 56 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 61 min
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