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Longhorsley, Hepscott & Capheaton
What it's like at NE61 6NU: every home that has sold on the street 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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Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
| 1, Dunces HouseSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £240,000 | 78 m² | £3,077/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Dunces HouseSemi-detached | Dec 2021 | £110,000 | 105 m² | £1,048/m² | 1 |
| 4, Dunces HouseTerraced | Jul 2022 | £147,500 | 95 m² | £1,553/m² | 1 |
| 5, Dunces HouseTerraced | Dec 2021 | £185,000 | 99 m² | £1,869/m² | 1 |
| Drystones, Dunces HousesDetached | Dec 2024 | £650,000 | 143 m² | £4,545/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Morpeth, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 623k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Dunces Houses, 50 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 2); 7 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 73 minutes away by public transport (27 by car).
This is car country: only 5% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Morpeth Stobhillgate First School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The King Edward VI School, 2.5 km away; Attainment 8: 52.2 · 15.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 1.2 km away; Bals Mini Market (1.1 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Greystoke Surgery (1.9 km), with Stobhill Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Not so white tanning studio is 1.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 16 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: 27 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Nor's Cafe and Takeaway is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and The Waterford Lodge the nearest pub (1.7 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 582 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 54% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 468 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Mafeking Park, 1.5 km away; for exercise, Morpeth Sports and Leisure Centre (1.6 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 15 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 204 km.
Most households own their home, 18% rent privately.
3 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.
Hexham constituency: Joe Morris MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,713 (7.2%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 39%, Green Party 5%, Liberal Democrat 5%.
5 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 6NU →
It's highly educated: 46% 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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.6% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 68.2% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 24.4% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.4% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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 54 min
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