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On Mile Road, in Widdrington, Lynemouth & Hadston
What it's like at NE61 5QN: every home that has sold on Mile Road 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). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Mile Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 73 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 25, Mile RoadTerraced | Apr 2014 | £72,000 | 73 m² | £986/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29, Mile RoadTerraced | Aug 2022 | £122,500 | 74 m² | £1,655/m² | 6 |
| 31, Mile RoadTerraced | Oct 2024 | £117,500 | 74 m² | £1,588/m² | 2 |
| 33, Mile RoadTerraced | Mar 2002 | £39,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 35, Mile RoadTerraced | May 2018 | £72,000 | 74 m² | £973/m² | 1 |
| 41, Mile RoadTerraced | Jan 1998 | £37,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 43, Mile RoadTerraced | Apr 2025 | £125,000 | 72 m² | £1,736/m² | 3 |
| 51, Mile RoadTerraced | Aug 1997 | £27,000 | 67 m² | £403/m² | 1 |
| 59, Mile RoadOther | Jan 2019 | £5,650 | 87 m² | £65/m² | 4 |
| 61, Mile RoadTerraced | Jan 2010 | £80,000 | 96 m² | £833/m² | 5 |
The nearest station is Widdrington, a few minutes' walk (250 m), with 3k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Mile Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 25 minutes on weekdays (routes X22, X20, 434); 14 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 61 minutes away by public transport (32 by car).
The nearest primary school is Grange View Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Group Food, 4.2 km away, with Co-operative Group Food closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Npc Felton & Widdrington (500 m), with Widdrington Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Scissors & Spice is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 19 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 15 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
ATAC Community Hall is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Stobswood Welfare Recreation Club the nearest pub (950 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 86 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 42 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 4% flats and 24% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 359 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The beach is on your doorstep: Druridge Bay South, 2.8 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 2.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 24 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 215 km.
Most households own their home, 15% rent privately.
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.
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%.
4 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 5QN →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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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 73 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 54 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 6 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 85.6% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 7.6% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.5% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.1% | 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 60 min
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