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On Oldgate, in Morpeth Central & East
What it's like at NE61 1QF: every home that has sold on Oldgate 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.
Sales and extensions on Oldgate; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 27 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 13, OldgateOther · company-owned | Sept 2025 | £200,000 | 45 m² | £4,444/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19, OldgateSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £195,000 | 116 m² | £1,681/m² | 2 |
| 21, OldgateSemi-detached | Feb 2011 | £112,000 | 104 m² | £1,077/m² | 1 |
| 25, OldgateFlat | Nov 2007 | £147,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 25a, OldgateFlat | Nov 2007 | £245,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, OldgateTerraced | Sept 2023 | £125,000 | 76 m² | £1,645/m² | 2 |
| 29, OldgateTerraced | Jun 2003 | £145,000 | 98 m² | £1,480/m² | 2 |
| 31, OldgateTerraced | Oct 2019 | £190,000 | 91 m² | £2,088/m² | 1 |
| 35, OldgateTerraced | Dec 2023 | £655,000 | 261 m² | £2,510/m² | 1 |
| Watson House, 23, OldgateTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2023 | £360,000 | – | – | 4 |
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 (850 m), with 623k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Oldgate, 50 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 2); 23 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Roberts Catholic First School, Morpeth, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Morpeth Chantry Middle School, 650 m away.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland, 200 m away, with The Cheese Shop closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Npc Central Northumberland (300 m), with Morpeth Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Star Barbers 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.
Manzil Tandoori Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Oldgate Tavern the nearest pub (under 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 (250 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 25 and 25a, Oldgate | II | 0 m |
| Watson House | II | 10 m |
| Collingwood House | II* | 30 m |
| 35, Oldgate | II | 40 m |
| 13, Oldgate | II | 50 m |
| Collingwood Terrace | II | 50 m |
| 11, Oldgate | II | 60 m |
| 5 and 7, Oldgate | II | 90 m |
| Roman Catholic Church of St Robert | II | 90 m |
| the Clock Tower | II* | 90 m |
| the Hollen Fountain | II | 110 m |
| Lloyds Bank | II | 120 m |
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.
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%.
28 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 1QF →
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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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 27 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 15 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 7 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.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 53 min
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