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On Mains Place, in Morpeth Central & East
What it's like at NE61 1AG: every home that has sold on Mains 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Mains Place; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 19 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Mains PlaceDetached · company-owned | Apr 2002 | £161,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Mains PlaceFlat · company-owned | Apr 2002 | £163,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Mains PlaceSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2002 | £165,000 | 107 m² | £1,542/m² | 1 |
| 4, Mains PlaceFlat | Apr 2002 | £98,000 | 66 m² | £1,485/m² | 2 |
| 5, Mains PlaceFlat | Apr 1999 | £89,950 | 67 m² | £1,343/m² | 1 |
| 6, Mains PlaceFlat | Apr 2005 | £168,500 | 67 m² | £2,515/m² | 2 |
| 7, Mains PlaceTerraced | Mar 2022 | £400,000 | 171 m² | £2,339/m² | 3 |
| 8, Mains PlaceTerraced | Jun 2026 | £462,500 | 164 m² | £2,820/m² | 5 |
| 9, Mains PlaceTerraced | Apr 2018 | £310,000 | 110 m² | £2,818/m² | 2 |
| 10, Mains PlaceTerraced | May 2007 | £340,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Mains PlaceSemi-detached | Nov 2017 | £337,500 | 129 m² | £2,616/m² | 3 |
| 12, Mains PlaceDetached | May 2023 | £405,000 | 115 m² | £3,522/m² | 2 |
| 13, Mains PlaceDetached · company-owned | Dec 2016 | £272,500 | 115 m² | £2,370/m² | 2 |
| 14, Mains PlaceFlat | Aug 2023 | £222,000 | 65 m² | £3,415/m² | 3 |
| 15, Mains PlaceFlat | Dec 2020 | £210,000 | 67 m² | £3,134/m² | 3 |
| 16, Mains PlaceFlat | Oct 2000 | £99,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Mains PlaceFlat | Dec 2020 | £210,000 | 67 m² | £3,134/m² | 4 |
| 18, Mains PlaceFlat | Jul 2026 | £220,000 | 68 m² | £3,235/m² | 3 |
| 19, Mains PlaceFlat | Aug 2023 | £218,000 | 67 m² | £3,254/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Morpeth, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 623k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Bus Station, 150 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 777); 34 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Roberts Catholic First School, Morpeth, a few minutes' walk (200 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Morpeth Chantry Middle School, 550 m away.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Marks & Spencer, 200 m away, with Best One closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Npc Central Northumberland (150 m), with Morpeth Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Head Candy is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 13 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 79% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 84% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 10 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 37 restaurants and cafés and 15 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Old Bakehouse is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Morpeth Conservative & Unionist Club the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 105 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 38% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Morpeth).
There are 71 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 13% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Old Bakehouse Yard (Millennium Green), 100 m away; for exercise, Snap Fitness (150 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Newbiggin South, 11 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 14 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 205 km.
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
61 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 53 and 55, Newgate Street | II | 50 m |
| Harle House | II | 50 m |
| 59 and 61, Newgate Street | II | 50 m |
| Percy Cottage and wall attached to north west corner | II | 60 m |
| the Old Bakehouse Coffee Shop | II | 70 m |
| 69, Newgate Street | II | 70 m |
| 1, Manchester Street | II | 70 m |
| Entrance Screen to Churchyard of Church of St James | II* | 80 m |
| 29, Newgate Street | II | 80 m |
| Roman Catholic Church of St Robert | II | 90 m |
| Boys Brigade Headquarters | II | 90 m |
| 30 and 32, Newgate Street | II | 100 m |
North Northumberland constituency: David Smith MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,067 (10.4%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 16%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
26 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 NE61 1AG →
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.
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
On this street: 0 of 10 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.0% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.5% | 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.
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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 19 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 53 min
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