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On Chestnut Street, in Ashington Hirst
What it's like at NE63 0QR: every home that has sold on Chestnut 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 7 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 Chestnut Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
48 of the 182 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 258, Chestnut StreetTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2025 | £65,500 | 74 m² | £885/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Nov 2000 | £17,500 | 74 m² | £236/m² | 1 |
| 261, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Mar 2007 | £67,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 262, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Oct 2019 | £52,500 | 73 m² | £719/m² | 3 |
| 264, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Apr 2003 | £29,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 265, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Aug 2015 | £37,250 | 78 m² | £478/m² | 2 |
| 267, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Sept 2023 | £52,500 | 75 m² | £700/m² | 3 |
| 270, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Aug 2011 | £38,500 | 76 m² | £507/m² | 2 |
| 273, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Apr 2021 | £50,000 | 77 m² | £649/m² | 3 |
| 275, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Dec 2020 | £33,000 | 76 m² | £434/m² | 2 |
| 277, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Dec 1997 | £13,000 | 75 m² | £173/m² | 1 |
| 278, Chestnut StreetTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2025 | £50,000 | 75 m² | £667/m² | 3 |
| 279, Chestnut StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2026 | £61,000 | 100 m² | £610/m² | 4 |
| 280, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Mar 2022 | £50,000 | 66 m² | £758/m² | 2 |
| 281, Chestnut StreetTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2003 | £27,000 | 72 m² | £375/m² | 1 |
| 282, Chestnut StreetTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2022 | £39,999 | 74 m² | £541/m² | 5 |
| 283, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Nov 1995 | £10,100 | – | – | 1 |
| 284, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Dec 1997 | £19,450 | 75 m² | £259/m² | 2 |
| 285, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Oct 2004 | £58,000 | 75 m² | £773/m² | 3 |
| 287, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Apr 2026 | £49,000 | 76 m² | £645/m² | 4 |
| 288, Chestnut StreetTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2017 | £36,000 | 69 m² | £522/m² | 2 |
| 290, Chestnut StreetTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2025 | £45,000 | 76 m² | £592/m² | 4 |
| 291, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Nov 2017 | £35,500 | 76 m² | £467/m² | 4 |
| 292, Chestnut StreetTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2024 | £32,000 | 76 m² | £421/m² | 3 |
| 293, Chestnut StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2022 | £55,000 | 76 m² | £724/m² | 3 |
| 294, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Jun 1995 | £23,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 295, Chestnut StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2021 | £48,000 | 75 m² | £640/m² | 2 |
| 296, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Sept 2005 | £61,000 | 75 m² | £813/m² | 2 |
| 297, Chestnut StreetTerraced | May 2018 | £34,000 | 70 m² | £486/m² | 1 |
| 299, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Apr 2019 | £47,500 | 78 m² | £609/m² | 3 |
| 300, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Nov 2007 | £74,000 | 74 m² | £1,000/m² | 1 |
| 301, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Mar 1996 | £15,000 | 78 m² | £192/m² | 1 |
| 302, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Nov 2017 | £40,000 | 74 m² | £541/m² | 1 |
| 304, Chestnut StreetTerraced | Oct 2013 | £38,000 | 73 m² | £521/m² | 1 |
| 306, Chestnut StreetTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2025 | £152,500 | 77 m² | £1,981/m² | 5 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ashington, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 131k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Hirst Park, 100 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (route 35); 33 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 48 minutes away by public transport (22 by car).
42% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 80% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Bothal Academy (1.3 km).
The nearest secondary is NCEA Duke's Secondary School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 32 · 1.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Nisa Store, 250 m away, with General Store closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Seaton Park Medical Group (600 m), with Crescent Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Sublime is 250 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 21 restaurants and cafés, 13 pubs and bars.
Nurtch is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Ashington & District Comrades Social Club the nearest pub (550 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (34 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 207 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 3% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 77% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Hirst Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Ashington Leisure Centre (1.2 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Newbiggin South, 3.2 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 18 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 208 km.
35 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.
Blyth and Ashington constituency: Ian Lavery MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,173 (22.7%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Reform UK 27%, Conservative 15%, Green Party 5%.
29 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 NE63 0QR →
Many neighbours rent: 38% of households rent privately and 14% socially.
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" Chestnut Street in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 160 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 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 | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 98.2% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.5% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 59 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.