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On Links Avenue, in Amble, Shilbottle & Swarland
What it's like at NE65 0SA: every home that has sold on Links Avenue 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 Links Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 27 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2a, Links AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £170,000 | 50 m² | £3,400/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Links AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £169,000 | 63 m² | £2,683/m² | 3 |
| 10, Links AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2008 | £94,000 | 63 m² | £1,492/m² | 1 |
| 20, Links AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £265,000 | 158 m² | £1,677/m² | 5 |
| 22, Links AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2016 | £130,000 | 103 m² | £1,262/m² | 2 |
| 24, Links AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2017 | £90,000 | 91 m² | £989/m² | 1 |
| St. Cuthberts First School, Links AvenueOther | Dec 2017 | £310,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Acklington, a drive away (5.8 km), with 1k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Percy Drive-Health Centre, 600 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route X20).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 83 minutes away by public transport (44 by car).
The nearest primary school is Amble Links Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Coquet Community School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 34.9 · 4.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 800 m away, with V G Foodstore closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Npc Amble & Broomhill (550 m), with Cromie Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Kathleen's is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 29 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 37 restaurants and cafés and 32 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Old Granary is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Radcliffe Club the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 68 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 299 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 34% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 559 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Red Row & Hadston (Millennium Green), 5.1 km away; for exercise, SJA Fitness and Therapy (550 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Warkworth, 3.3 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 2.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 33 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 224 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
22 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 |
|---|---|---|
| East Cemetery Entrance Screen and Chapel Spire | II | 130 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.
North Northumberland constituency: David Smith MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,067 (10.4%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 16%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
18 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 NE65 0SA →
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
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.
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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 27 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 22 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 | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.8% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 81.5% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 11.8% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.5% | 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.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 67 min
Nearest: Kingston Park · about 32 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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