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On Fairfield Drive, in Ashington East
What it's like at NE63 9SJ: every home that has sold on Fairfield Drive 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.
Sales and extensions on Fairfield Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 18 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Fairfield DriveTerraced | Aug 2007 | £129,950 | – | – | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Fairfield DriveTerraced | Feb 2020 | £117,000 | 74 m² | £1,581/m² | 2 |
| 5, Fairfield DriveTerraced | Sept 2014 | £94,950 | 74 m² | £1,283/m² | 2 |
| 7, Fairfield DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2004 | £135,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Fairfield DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2026 | £180,000 | 108 m² | £1,667/m² | 3 |
| 13, Fairfield DriveSemi-detached · company-owned | Feb 2018 | £130,000 | 114 m² | £1,140/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, a short drive or bike ride (2.3 km), with 131k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Woodlands Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route X20); 26 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
The nearest primary school is NCEA Bishop's Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 36% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is NCEA Duke's Secondary School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 32 · 1.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Spar, 150 m away; One Stop (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Seaton Park Medical Group (1.2 km), with Crescent Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Studio8 is 200 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Baxterstorey is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Northern Social Club the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 115 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 11 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 19% flats and 21% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 555 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Wansbeck Riverside Park - North Seaton Colliery, 950 m away; for exercise, Newbiggin by the Sea Sports Centre (2.2 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Newbiggin South, 2.1 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 18 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 208 km.
17 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%.
25 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 9SJ →
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.
On this street: 0 of 10 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% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.7% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.6% | 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.
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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 18 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 59 min
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