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On Ambleside Avenue, in Seaham Northlea & Westlea
What it's like at SR7 0HY: every home that has sold on Ambleside 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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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 Ambleside Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 46 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Ambleside AvenueDetached | Mar 2000 | £89,950 | 121 m² | £743/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Ambleside AvenueDetached | Dec 1998 | £66,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 3, Ambleside AvenueDetached | May 2015 | £169,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, Ambleside AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £215,000 | 106 m² | £2,028/m² | 2 |
| 9, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Dec 2022 | £110,000 | 65 m² | £1,692/m² | 5 |
| 10, Ambleside AvenueDetached | Dec 2016 | £155,000 | 88 m² | £1,761/m² | 1 |
| 11, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Aug 2021 | £97,500 | 77 m² | £1,266/m² | 5 |
| 12, Ambleside AvenueDetached | Sept 2024 | £200,000 | 70 m² | £2,857/m² | 1 |
| 13, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Jul 2001 | £39,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Ambleside AvenueDetached | Aug 2004 | £155,000 | 97 m² | £1,598/m² | 1 |
| 15, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | May 2011 | £69,500 | 62 m² | £1,121/m² | 1 |
| 16, Ambleside AvenueDetached | Aug 2004 | £166,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Sept 2017 | £110,000 | 83 m² | £1,325/m² | 3 |
| 20, Ambleside AvenueDetached | Feb 2013 | £127,500 | 87 m² | £1,466/m² | 1 |
| 21, Ambleside AvenueDetached | Sept 2004 | £160,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Ambleside AvenueDetached | Jul 2007 | £125,000 | 134 m² | £933/m² | 1 |
| 24, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Sept 2014 | £79,000 | 65 m² | £1,215/m² | 3 |
| 25, Ambleside AvenueDetached | Nov 1996 | £53,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Dec 2001 | £43,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Oct 2002 | £53,000 | 83 m² | £639/m² | 2 |
| 30, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Feb 2018 | £75,000 | 79 m² | £949/m² | 2 |
| 31, Ambleside AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2003 | £76,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 32, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Apr 2016 | £87,000 | 78 m² | £1,115/m² | 5 |
| 33, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Apr 2004 | £83,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 34, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Jun 1998 | £30,000 | 63 m² | £476/m² | 2 |
| 35, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | May 2022 | £120,000 | 73 m² | £1,644/m² | 4 |
| 36, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Apr 2015 | £78,000 | 68 m² | £1,147/m² | 4 |
| 38, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Aug 2023 | £95,000 | 63 m² | £1,508/m² | 6 |
| 40, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Sept 2024 | £85,500 | 65 m² | £1,315/m² | 2 |
| 41, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Dec 1995 | £31,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Aug 2023 | £85,000 | 55 m² | £1,545/m² | 2 |
| 47, Ambleside AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2000 | £62,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 49, Ambleside AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2017 | £129,000 | 105 m² | £1,229/m² | 2 |
| 51, Ambleside AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £165,000 | 86 m² | £1,919/m² | 2 |
| 55, Ambleside AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2006 | £144,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 56, Ambleside AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2000 | £12,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 57, Ambleside AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £144,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 59, Ambleside AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £144,950 | 129 m² | £1,124/m² | 1 |
| 61, Ambleside AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2006 | £144,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 65, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Oct 2007 | £137,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 67, Ambleside AvenueTerraced | Nov 2007 | £139,950 | – | – | 1 |
| West Bungalow, 3, Ambleside AvenueDetached | Sept 2022 | £289,950 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Seaham, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 165k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Mill Inn - Stockton Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 60, 61, 22, 71); 45 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Seaham, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 75% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Seaham High School, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 45.8 · 11.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 400 m away, with Seaton Supply Stores closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The New Seaham Medical Group (900 m), with Netscripts Direct the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Solo Hair is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Sunderland Royal Hospital, 7.4 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: 9 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Oregano is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Barn at The Mill the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 71 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 12 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 23% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Seaham Town Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Seaham Hall Serenity Spa (1.5 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Seaham Hall Beach, 1.9 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 30 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 176 km.
Most households own their home, 11% 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.
28 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.
Easington constituency: Grahame Morris MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,542 (19.1%), turnout 50%. Vote shares: Labour 49%, Reform UK 30%, Conservative 11%, The North East Party 5%.
2 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 SR7 0HY →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in County Durham since 2011.
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 46 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 26 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 | 1.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.9% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.0% | 2.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.0% | 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 58 min
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