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On Beech Avenue, in Morpeth Central & East
What it's like at NE61 2HE: every home that has sold on Beech Avenue 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 Beech Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 5 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2016 | £164,000 | 61 m² | £2,689/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | May 2009 | £172,000 | 71 m² | £2,423/m² | 3 |
| 3, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £255,000 | 109 m² | £2,339/m² | 3 |
| 4, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £297,000 | 136 m² | £2,184/m² | 2 |
| 7, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 1997 | £52,000 | – | – | 1 |
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 (800 m), with 623k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Green Lane, 200 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 2); 4 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Morpeth Stobhillgate First School, a few minutes' walk (100 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The King Edward VI School, 2.1 km away; Attainment 8: 52.2 · 15.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 500 m away; Bals Mini Market (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Greystoke Surgery (1.5 km), with Stobhill Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Not so white tanning studio is 1.2 km 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.
Nor's Cafe and Takeaway is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Waterford Lodge the nearest pub (1.1 km).
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 Mafeking Park, 950 m away; for exercise, Morpeth Sports and Leisure Centre (1.1 km).
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.
11 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.
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%.
16 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 2HE →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Beech Avenue in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
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.
| 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.