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On Heatherlea Place, in Springwell & Usworth
What it's like at NE37 2BB: every home that has sold on Heatherlea Place 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.
Sales and extensions on Heatherlea Place; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 8 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Heatherlea PlaceTerraced | Mar 2026 | £92,500 | 77 m² | £1,201/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Heatherlea PlaceTerraced | Oct 2021 | £114,000 | 76 m² | £1,500/m² | 4 |
| 3, Heatherlea PlaceTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2007 | £101,000 | 77 m² | £1,312/m² | 2 |
| 4, Heatherlea PlaceOther · company-owned | Oct 2013 | £110,000 | 82 m² | £1,341/m² | 2 |
| 5, Heatherlea PlaceTerraced | Sept 2018 | £87,500 | 79 m² | £1,108/m² | 2 |
| 6, Heatherlea PlaceTerraced | Jun 2024 | £95,000 | 76 m² | £1,250/m² | 2 |
| 7, Heatherlea PlaceTerraced | Aug 2020 | £104,000 | 76 m² | £1,368/m² | 2 |
| 8, Heatherlea PlaceTerraced | Jun 2022 | £150,000 | 76 m² | £1,974/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Pelaw Metro station, a drive away (4.0 km). The nearest rail station is Heworth, 4.3 km away, with 46k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Coach Road-Heworth Road, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 84); 32 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Washington, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 80% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Washington Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 33.1 · 7.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead (3.3 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op, 600 m away, with Nisa Local closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Stephenson Medical Practice (500 m), with Blue House Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Twiggy's Hair is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 4.0 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 76% 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: 15 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Grub At The Hub is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Sir William De Wessyngton the nearest pub (600 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 69 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 28% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Usworth Park, 650 m away; for exercise, PureGym (1.9 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Roker - Sunderland, 11 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 17 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 181 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
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.
Washington and Gateshead South constituency: Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP (Labour), since May 2005. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,913 (18.7%), turnout 52%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Reform UK 29%, Conservative 13%, Green Party 5%.
6 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 NE37 2BB →
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 53 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 8 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 | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 98.4% | 95.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.6% | 3.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.5% | 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 8 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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