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On Hillcrest, in Prudhoe
What it's like at NE42 5LE: every home that has sold on Hillcrest 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 Hillcrest; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 44 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, HillcrestSemi-detached | Jun 2013 | £138,000 | 92 m² | £1,500/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, HillcrestOther | May 2019 | £5,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, HillcrestSemi-detached | Jan 2024 | £180,000 | 76 m² | £2,368/m² | 2 |
| 6, HillcrestSemi-detached | Sept 2013 | £119,000 | 78 m² | £1,526/m² | 1 |
| 7, HillcrestSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £182,000 | 82 m² | £2,220/m² | 1 |
| 9, HillcrestSemi-detached | Mar 2002 | £71,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, HillcrestSemi-detached | Apr 1998 | £42,000 | 74 m² | £568/m² | 1 |
| 11, HillcrestSemi-detached | May 2024 | £155,000 | 73 m² | £2,123/m² | 3 |
| 12, HillcrestSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £135,000 | 76 m² | £1,776/m² | 1 |
| 13, HillcrestSemi-detached | Sept 2011 | £110,000 | 75 m² | £1,467/m² | 3 |
| 14, HillcrestSemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £118,500 | 74 m² | £1,601/m² | 4 |
| 16, HillcrestSemi-detached | Nov 2015 | £105,000 | 75 m² | £1,400/m² | 1 |
| 17, HillcrestSemi-detached | Feb 2013 | £85,000 | 74 m² | £1,149/m² | 1 |
| 18, HillcrestSemi-detached | Aug 2000 | £54,000 | 78 m² | £692/m² | 2 |
| 19, HillcrestSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £133,500 | 82 m² | £1,628/m² | 1 |
| 20, HillcrestSemi-detached | Mar 2000 | £63,000 | 75 m² | £840/m² | 2 |
| 21, HillcrestSemi-detached | May 2022 | £108,000 | 63 m² | £1,714/m² | 1 |
| 22, HillcrestSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £143,000 | 65 m² | £2,200/m² | 3 |
| 25, HillcrestSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £128,000 | 67 m² | £1,910/m² | 2 |
| 26, HillcrestSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £110,000 | 65 m² | £1,692/m² | 3 |
| 27, HillcrestSemi-detached | Nov 2010 | £128,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 28, HillcrestSemi-detached | Jan 2024 | £150,000 | 65 m² | £2,308/m² | 4 |
| 29, HillcrestSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £115,000 | 74 m² | £1,554/m² | 3 |
| 30, HillcrestSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £165,000 | 79 m² | £2,089/m² | 3 |
| 34, HillcrestTerraced | Sept 2021 | £136,000 | 65 m² | £2,092/m² | 3 |
| 36, HillcrestSemi-detached | Jan 2025 | £150,000 | 72 m² | £2,083/m² | 4 |
| 37, HillcrestSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £110,000 | 66 m² | £1,667/m² | 2 |
| 39, HillcrestSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £120,000 | 65 m² | £1,846/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Prudhoe, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 184k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is South Road Hillcrest, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 686); 24 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 49 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
The nearest primary school is St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Prudhoe, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 94% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Prudhoe West Academy (0.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Highfield Middle School, 350 m away.
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Group Food, 200 m away; Greggs (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Riversdale Surgery (300 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Serenity Hair Studio is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Victoria Infirmary, 15 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 56% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 20 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Gloria Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Prudhoe Working Mens Social Club the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 64 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 25% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 111 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Highfield Park, 700 m away; for exercise, St Matthews Wellness Centre (200 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 13 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 181 km.
Most households own their home, 12% 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.
54 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prudhoes House | II | 190 m |
| the Grange and West Grange | II | 190 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.
Hexham constituency: Joe Morris MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,713 (7.2%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 39%, Green Party 5%, Liberal Democrat 5%.
5 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 NE42 5LE →
On this street: 0 of 37 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% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.1% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.9% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.6% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Northumberland 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 44 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Newbiggin North · about 36 min
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 37 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.