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On High Market, in Ashington West & South
What it's like at NE63 8NE: every home that has sold on High Market 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 High Market; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
7 of the 40 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, High MarketOther · company-owned | Jul 2020 | £8,250,000 | 123 m² | £67,073/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, High MarketFlat | Jun 2026 | £39,999 | 65 m² | £615/m² | 4 |
| 3a, High MarketFlat · company-owned | Jan 2020 | £32,000 | 65 m² | £492/m² | 4 |
| 5, High MarketFlat | Feb 2007 | £53,500 | 63 m² | £849/m² | 3 |
| 5a, High MarketFlat | Aug 2021 | £70,500 | 63 m² | £1,119/m² | 5 |
| 9, High MarketOther | Jun 2026 | £127,500 | 53 m² | £2,406/m² | 1 |
| 9a, High MarketTerraced | Sept 2011 | £150,000 | 61 m² | £2,459/m² | 1 |
| 15, High MarketTerraced | Dec 2012 | £132,500 | 204 m² | £650/m² | 3 |
| 17, High MarketTerraced | Jul 2022 | £175,500 | 128 m² | £1,371/m² | 2 |
| 21, High MarketOther · company-owned | Mar 2014 | £275,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 21a, High MarketOther | May 2017 | £425,000 | 68 m² | £6,250/m² | 1 |
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 (1.2 km), with 131k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is First Row, 100 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (route 35); 19 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 48 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
The nearest primary school is Bothal Academy, a few minutes' walk (400 m).
The nearest secondary is Ashington Academy, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 47.1 · 8.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 300 m away; SGN Ashington Service Station (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lintonville Medical Group (1.3 km), with Asda Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Bandits Barber Club is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 11 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: 9 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
Compass Group UK & Ireland is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and White House Unique Social Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 84 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 27 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 28% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 109 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Riverside Park, 1.7 km away; for exercise, Ashington Leisure Centre (1.4 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Newbiggin South, 3.8 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 17 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 208 km.
Most households own their home, 16% 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.
21 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 21 and 22 with Backyard Walls and Outbuildings | II | 120 m |
| Nos 15 to 19, with Backyard Walls and Outbuildings | II | 160 m |
| Nos 5-13, with Backyard Walls and Outbuildings | II | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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%.
6 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 8NE →
On this street: 0 of 23 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 | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 98.8% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.6% | 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 59 min
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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 40 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.