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On Charlton Street, in Ashington Hirst
What it's like at NE63 8SB: every home that has sold on Charlton 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Charlton Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 18 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Charlton StreetTerraced | May 2018 | £88,500 | 87 m² | £1,017/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Charlton StreetTerraced | Mar 2007 | £80,000 | 69 m² | £1,159/m² | 2 |
| 8, Charlton StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2011 | £47,500 | 76 m² | £625/m² | 2 |
| 10, Charlton StreetTerraced | Jun 2003 | £36,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Charlton StreetTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2026 | £135,000 | 94 m² | £1,436/m² | 2 |
| 16, Charlton StreetTerraced | Oct 2025 | £100,000 | 94 m² | £1,064/m² | 2 |
| 18, Charlton StreetFlat | Dec 2003 | £59,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Charlton StreetTerraced | Apr 2026 | £36,610 | 70 m² | £523/m² | 3 |
| 22, Charlton StreetTerraced | Jan 2013 | £59,500 | 94 m² | £633/m² | 1 |
| 24, Charlton StreetTerraced | Dec 1998 | £24,000 | 73 m² | £329/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ashington, a few minutes' walk (300 m), with 131k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Park Road Top, 200 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route X22); 25 departures an hour from the 8 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 Bothal Academy, about a 10-minute walk (650 m).
The nearest secondary is Ashington Academy, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 47.1 · 8.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Heron Foods, 400 m away, with G G & Sons closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lintonville Medical Group (400 m), with Asda Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Salon is 100 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.
Rosewood Independent School is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Hop 77 the nearest pub (100 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, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Ashington Leisure Centre (500 m).
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.
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.
44 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%.
13 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 8SB →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Charlton Street in the last 12 months.
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.
On this street: 0 of 14 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 | 0.6% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| 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.
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