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On Grantham Avenue, in Murton North & Parkside
What it's like at SR7 8LZ: every home that has sold on Grantham 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Grantham Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 29 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Grantham AvenueTerraced | Oct 2006 | £105,000 | 77 m² | £1,364/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Grantham AvenueTerraced | Feb 2018 | £77,000 | 53 m² | £1,453/m² | 2 |
| 7, Grantham AvenueTerraced | Jul 2006 | £80,000 | 48 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 8, Grantham AvenueTerraced | Feb 2008 | £77,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Grantham AvenueTerraced | Jun 2012 | £52,500 | 53 m² | £991/m² | 2 |
| 15, Grantham AvenueTerraced | May 2021 | £83,000 | 53 m² | £1,566/m² | 1 |
| 17, Grantham AvenueTerraced | Oct 2025 | £145,000 | 88 m² | £1,648/m² | 5 |
| 19, Grantham AvenueTerraced | Apr 2006 | £81,000 | 53 m² | £1,528/m² | 2 |
| 21, Grantham AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2006 | £85,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 22, Grantham AvenueDetached | May 2023 | £125,000 | 59 m² | £2,119/m² | 2 |
| 23, Grantham AvenueTerraced | Nov 2021 | £90,000 | 52 m² | £1,731/m² | 1 |
| 24, Grantham AvenueTerraced | Jul 2012 | £36,000 | 50 m² | £720/m² | 1 |
| 25, Grantham AvenueTerraced | Mar 2026 | £115,000 | 55 m² | £2,091/m² | 2 |
| 26, Grantham AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2026 | £70,000 | 52 m² | £1,346/m² | 1 |
| 27, Grantham AvenueTerraced | Oct 2024 | £60,500 | 52 m² | £1,163/m² | 1 |
| 31, Grantham AvenueTerraced | Dec 2025 | £83,000 | 48 m² | £1,729/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 10-minute walk (650 m), with 165k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Post Office, 200 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (route 60); 27 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Seaview Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 64% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Seaham High School, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 45.8 · 11.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.1 km away, with Carricks closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Byron Medical Practice (350 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Long Locks is 1.5 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Starz Theatre Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (950 m), and Deneside Workmens Club the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 158 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 2% flats and 11% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 52% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
Bungalow country: 28% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Deneside Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Bruce's Gym (1.1 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Seaham Beach, 2.9 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 31 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 174 km.
Most households own their home, 13% 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.
26 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 8LZ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Grantham Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 2 of 25 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 | 1.7% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.7% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.5% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 59 min
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