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On Albert Street, in Seaham Central & South
What it's like at SR7 7LJ: every home that has sold on Albert 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.
Sales and extensions on Albert Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 28 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Albert StreetTerraced | Aug 2000 | £36,000 | 121 m² | £298/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Albert StreetTerraced | Jul 1999 | £31,000 | 138 m² | £225/m² | 1 |
| 5, Albert StreetTerraced | May 2024 | £87,500 | 133 m² | £658/m² | 3 |
| 6, Albert StreetTerraced | Jun 2005 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Albert StreetFlat | Jul 2005 | £48,000 | 54 m² | £889/m² | 3 |
| 7a, Albert StreetTerraced | Jul 2005 | £48,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Albert StreetTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2024 | £74,000 | 106 m² | £698/m² | 2 |
| 12, Albert StreetTerraced | Aug 1997 | £34,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Albert StreetTerraced | Apr 2024 | £189,950 | 146 m² | £1,301/m² | 3 |
| 14, Albert StreetTerraced | Jul 2014 | £65,000 | 107 m² | £607/m² | 1 |
| 15, Albert StreetFlat | Nov 2021 | £75,000 | 63 m² | £1,190/m² | 5 |
| 15a, Albert StreetOther | Nov 2018 | £55,000 | 70 m² | £786/m² | 4 |
| 16, Albert StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2011 | £93,500 | 108 m² | £866/m² | 1 |
| 18, Albert StreetTerraced | Sept 2007 | £70,000 | 53 m² | £1,321/m² | 3 |
| 19, Albert StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £55,000 | 97 m² | £567/m² | 2 |
| 20, Albert StreetFlat · company-owned | Dec 2003 | £18,950 | 65 m² | £292/m² | 1 |
| 20a, Albert StreetFlat · company-owned | Nov 2021 | £45,000 | 65 m² | £692/m² | 2 |
| 21, Albert StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2022 | £115,000 | 147 m² | £782/m² | 2 |
| 22a, Albert StreetTerraced | Aug 2004 | £33,800 | 57 m² | £593/m² | 2 |
| 24, Albert StreetTerraced | Jan 2006 | £93,000 | 139 m² | £669/m² | 2 |
| 26, Albert StreetTerraced | Jan 2002 | £35,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, Albert StreetTerraced | Aug 2025 | £165,000 | 145 m² | £1,138/m² | 4 |
| 28a, Albert StreetFlat | Nov 2006 | £56,000 | 72 m² | £778/m² | 1 |
| 29, Albert StreetOther | Nov 2024 | £152,000 | 157 m² | £968/m² | 1 |
| 31, Albert StreetTerraced | Dec 2005 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Albert StreetTerraced | Oct 2007 | £77,000 | 62 m² | £1,242/m² | 2 |
| 34a, Albert StreetTerraced | Mar 2004 | £33,000 | 69 m² | £478/m² | 2 |
| 35, Albert StreetTerraced · company-owned | May 2014 | £43,000 | 98 m² | £439/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Seaham, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 165k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Roberts Square, 200 m away, with a bus about every 14 minutes on weekdays (routes 60, 71); 15 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Ropery Walk Primary School, a few minutes' walk (50 m); 68% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Seaham High School, 2.2 km away; Attainment 8: 45.8 · 11.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is B&M Retail, 350 m away; Fox Street Convenience Store (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Marlborough Surgery (350 m), with Kaila Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Long Locks is 1.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Sunderland Royal Hospital, 8.7 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 33 restaurants and cafés and 22 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Sambuca Seaham is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Volunteer Arms Licensed Coffee Bar the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (19 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 172 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 10 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 11% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is Parkside Neighbourhood Park, 750 m away; for exercise, East Coast Fitness (650 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Seaham Beach, 1.3 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 32 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 176 km.
Most households own their home, 22% 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.
42 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%.
1 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 7LJ →
On this street: 0 of 20 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% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 98.8% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.6% | 2.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
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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 28 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 63 min
Nearest: Spanish City · about 31 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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