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On Downing Drive, in Morpeth South & West
What it's like at NE61 2YB: every home that has sold on Downing Drive 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 Downing Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 22 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Downing DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2004 | £159,000 | 86 m² | £1,849/m² | 1 |
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| 2, Downing DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2013 | £189,950 | 104 m² | £1,826/m² | 1 |
| 3, Downing DriveSemi-detached | Aug 1998 | £73,000 | 125 m² | £584/m² | 1 |
| 4, Downing DriveSemi-detached | May 1995 | £56,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Downing DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £171,000 | 83 m² | £2,060/m² | 1 |
| 8, Downing DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2002 | £120,000 | 122 m² | £984/m² | 2 |
| 11, Downing DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2011 | £172,000 | 93 m² | £1,849/m² | 1 |
| 12, Downing DriveDetached | Apr 2016 | £285,000 | 158 m² | £1,804/m² | 1 |
| 15, Downing DriveDetached | Mar 2020 | £183,000 | 88 m² | £2,080/m² | 1 |
| 17, Downing DriveDetached | Apr 2006 | £195,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Downing DriveDetached | Jan 2006 | £274,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Downing DriveDetached | May 2019 | £235,000 | 123 m² | £1,911/m² | 1 |
| 20, Downing DriveDetached | Sept 2017 | £380,000 | 219 m² | £1,735/m² | 1 |
| 21, Downing DriveDetached | Oct 2025 | £350,000 | 91 m² | £3,846/m² | 2 |
| 25, Downing DriveDetached | Sept 2011 | £260,000 | 133 m² | £1,955/m² | 1 |
| 27, Downing DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £310,000 | 107 m² | £2,897/m² | 3 |
| 29, Downing DriveSemi-detached | May 2007 | £186,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Downing DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2014 | £179,500 | 93 m² | £1,930/m² | 1 |
| 33, Downing DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £240,000 | 88 m² | £2,727/m² | 1 |
| 35, Downing DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2013 | £185,000 | 92 m² | £2,011/m² | 1 |
| 37, Downing DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £263,000 | 85 m² | £3,094/m² | 2 |
| 39, Downing DriveDetached | Nov 2002 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Morpeth, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 623k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Abbey Meadows Shops, 150 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 2); 5 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Abbeyfields First School, a few minutes' walk (350 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Morpeth Newminster Middle School, 950 m away.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland, 900 m away, with Beaumont News closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Npc Central Northumberland (1.1 km), with Health Hut Pharmacy & Clinic the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, JX Tanning Studio is 850 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 12 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
North East Pig on a Spit is the closest café or restaurant (750 m), and Morpeth Rugby Club the nearest pub (750 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 47% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Morpeth Common Flood Protection Zone, 400 m away; for exercise, Snap Fitness (1.0 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Newbiggin South, 12 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 13 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 204 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 55% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 31% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 49% of adults have a degree.
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.
7 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%.
20 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 2YB →
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 22 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 17 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 | 0.2% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 98.3% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.0% | 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 50 min
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