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On The Square, in Fulwell
What it's like at SR6 8JJ: every home that has sold on The Square 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Square; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 23 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, The SquareDetached | Oct 2020 | £500,000 | 376 m² | £1,330/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, The SquareDetached | Dec 2007 | £750,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, The SquareDetached | Jun 2008 | £740,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, The SquareDetached | Jun 2008 | £680,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, The SquareDetached | Jul 2019 | £600,000 | 368 m² | £1,630/m² | 2 |
| 6, The SquareSemi-detached | Sept 2016 | £535,000 | 218 m² | £2,454/m² | 2 |
| 7, The SquareSemi-detached | Apr 2014 | £560,000 | 287 m² | £1,951/m² | 2 |
| 8, The SquareDetached | Sept 2008 | £675,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, The SquareDetached | Aug 2008 | £657,600 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, The SquareDetached | Jan 2021 | £725,000 | 375 m² | £1,933/m² | 2 |
| 11, The SquareSemi-detached | Nov 2017 | £580,000 | 292 m² | £1,986/m² | 2 |
| 12, The SquareSemi-detached | Jul 2008 | £550,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, The SquareDetached | Jan 2008 | £695,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, The SquareDetached | Jan 2008 | £675,000 | 375 m² | £1,800/m² | 1 |
| 16, The SquareDetached | Jun 2020 | £587,000 | 477 m² | £1,231/m² | 2 |
| 17, The SquareDetached | Jan 2015 | £700,000 | 477 m² | £1,468/m² | 2 |
| 18, The SquareDetached | Dec 2007 | £670,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, The SquareSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £535,000 | 303 m² | £1,766/m² | 2 |
| 20, The SquareSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £513,600 | 228 m² | £2,253/m² | 1 |
| 21, The SquareDetached | Aug 2024 | £975,000 | 374 m² | £2,607/m² | 3 |
| 22, The SquareDetached | Nov 2014 | £712,500 | 388 m² | £1,836/m² | 2 |
| 24, The SquareSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £585,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, The SquareSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £520,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Seaburn, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km).
The nearest bus stop is Shields Road-Abbatoir, 150 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (route 24); 27 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Seaburn Dene Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 80% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Fulwell Junior School (0.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Monkwearmouth Academy, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 45.8 · 9.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Wilfrid's RC College (5.8 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.2 km away, with Premier closer still (650 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Fulwell Medical Centre, (1.1 km), with Sea Road Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.3 km).
For a haircut, Cutz is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Sunderland Royal Hospital, 3.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 60% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 75% 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Bellini is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Mill View Social Club the nearest pub (1.2 km).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 4% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 45% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Margaret Thompson Park, 1.7 km away; for exercise, Fulwell Day Centre (2.0 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Seaburn - Sunderland, 1.5 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 23 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 185 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 52% of households own their home outright.
The nearest university is University of Sunderland, 3.7 km away (TEF Silver).
10 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cottage and Former Stable to Fulwell Water Pumping Station | II | 110 m |
| Fulwell Water Pumping Station Engine House and Boiler House with Steps Attached | 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.
Sunderland Central constituency: Lewis Atkinson MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,073 (15.2%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 42%, Reform UK 27%, Conservative 14%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
9 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 SR6 8JJ →
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.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 60 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 13 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 | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.0% | 95.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.6% | 3.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.5% | 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 23 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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