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On West Avenue, in Easington & Hawthorn
What it's like at SR8 3NP: every home that has sold on West 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on West Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 30 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 5, West AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £58,000 | 82 m² | £707/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, West AvenueTerraced | Aug 2000 | £24,150 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, West AvenueTerraced | Feb 2023 | £39,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 13, West AvenueTerraced | Apr 2019 | £60,000 | 60 m² | £1,000/m² | 3 |
| 19, West AvenueTerraced | Jun 2001 | £19,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, West AvenueTerraced | Jun 2021 | £39,999 | 71 m² | £563/m² | 2 |
| 23, West AvenueTerraced · company-owned | May 2026 | £96,999 | 78 m² | £1,244/m² | 5 |
| 25, West AvenueTerraced | Feb 2021 | £44,000 | 94 m² | £468/m² | 2 |
| 29, West AvenueTerraced | Mar 2005 | £31,000 | 80 m² | £388/m² | 1 |
| 31, West AvenueTerraced | May 2022 | £58,000 | 73 m² | £795/m² | 2 |
| 33, West AvenueTerraced | Dec 2006 | £56,000 | 71 m² | £789/m² | 2 |
| 37, West AvenueTerraced | Jul 2015 | £24,000 | 88 m² | £273/m² | 1 |
| 39, West AvenueTerraced | Nov 2010 | £52,000 | 87 m² | £598/m² | 2 |
| 41, West AvenueTerraced | Aug 2015 | £77,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Horden, a drive away (3.5 km), with 165k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is West Avenue, 50 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 208); 10 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Easington Colliery Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 72% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Easington Academy, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 51.8 · 11.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Academy at Shotton Hall (4.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative Food, 550 m away; Londis (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Arbroath House Surgery (650 m), with Easington Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Monty Blue’s Barber Shop is 1.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Sunderland Royal Hospital, 13 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Age Concern Tea Room is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Easington Social Welfare Centre the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 196 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 16 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 3% flats and 22% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
It's growing: about 449 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Dawdon Park, 3.6 km away; for exercise, MyoMuscle Gym (3.4 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Seaham Beach, 6.4 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Teesside is 32 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 171 km.
Most households own their home, 20% 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.
21 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 SR8 3NP →
No crimes recorded "on or near" West Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 22 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 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% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.0% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.7% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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: Helmsley Recreation Ground · about 62 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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