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On Wheatfield Close, in Wylam & Ovingham
What it's like at NE42 6BB: every home that has sold on Wheatfield Close 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 Wheatfield Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 18 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 23, Wheatfield CloseTerraced | May 2004 | £127,950 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24, Wheatfield CloseTerraced | Apr 2021 | £175,000 | 110 m² | £1,591/m² | 3 |
| 25, Wheatfield CloseTerraced | Jun 2023 | £194,000 | 110 m² | £1,764/m² | 2 |
| 27, Wheatfield CloseTerraced | Sept 2022 | £154,000 | 88 m² | £1,750/m² | 1 |
| 28, Wheatfield CloseTerraced | Oct 2015 | £195,000 | 173 m² | £1,127/m² | 2 |
| 30, Wheatfield CloseTerraced | Jul 2008 | £148,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 31, Wheatfield CloseTerraced | May 2002 | £72,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Wheatfield CloseTerraced | May 2026 | £185,000 | 99 m² | £1,869/m² | 3 |
| 34, Wheatfield CloseTerraced | Dec 2023 | £165,000 | 96 m² | £1,719/m² | 1 |
| 35, Wheatfield CloseTerraced | Oct 2025 | £235,000 | 128 m² | £1,836/m² | 5 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Prudhoe, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 184k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Tyne Gardens, 100 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 684); 5 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 45 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
The nearest primary school is Ovingham Church of England First School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Prudhoe West Academy (1.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Ovingham Middle School, 850 m away.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Heron Foods, 1.3 km away, with Village Stores closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Prudhoe Medical Group (1.2 km), with Prudhoe Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, The R Salon is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Victoria Infirmary, 16 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: 15 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
Ovingham Reading Room is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and White Swan the nearest pub (350 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 110 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Tyne Riverside Country Park, 650 m away; for exercise, St Matthews Wellness Centre (1.5 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 14 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 182 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 46% of adults have a degree.
9 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.
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%.
1 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 6BB →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Wheatfield Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 9 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 | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 71.6% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 19.3% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.7% | 4.8% | 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: Newbiggin North · about 34 min
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 32 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.