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On Benson Street, in Linthorpe East & Albert Park
What it's like at TS5 6JQ: every home that has sold on Benson 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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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 Benson Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 29 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Benson StreetTerraced | Oct 2011 | £75,500 | 61 m² | £1,238/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a, Benson StreetOther | Feb 2023 | £305,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 3, Benson StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2026 | £82,000 | 74 m² | £1,108/m² | 1 |
| 4, Benson StreetTerraced | Feb 2023 | £305,000 | 182 m² | £1,676/m² | 4 |
| 7, Benson StreetTerraced | May 2024 | £70,000 | 69 m² | £1,014/m² | 2 |
| 8, Benson StreetTerraced | Jan 2025 | £100,000 | 140 m² | £714/m² | 3 |
| 9, Benson StreetTerraced | Apr 2012 | £66,000 | 78 m² | £846/m² | 1 |
| 11, Benson StreetTerraced | Aug 2017 | £81,000 | 72 m² | £1,125/m² | 3 |
| 12, Benson StreetTerraced | Nov 2009 | £123,000 | 127 m² | £969/m² | 1 |
| 14, Benson StreetTerraced | Nov 2020 | £73,000 | 75 m² | £973/m² | 2 |
| 15, Benson StreetTerraced | May 2007 | £85,000 | 78 m² | £1,090/m² | 1 |
| 16, Benson StreetTerraced | Mar 2022 | £92,000 | 72 m² | £1,278/m² | 6 |
| 17, Benson StreetTerraced | Mar 2006 | £95,000 | 68 m² | £1,397/m² | 3 |
| 18, Benson StreetTerraced | Mar 2009 | £70,000 | 68 m² | £1,029/m² | 1 |
| 19, Benson StreetTerraced | Mar 2022 | £75,000 | 66 m² | £1,136/m² | 5 |
| 20, Benson StreetTerraced | Oct 2006 | £97,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 21, Benson StreetTerraced | Mar 2023 | £50,000 | 66 m² | £758/m² | 2 |
| 22, Benson StreetTerraced | Sept 2025 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Benson StreetTerraced | Aug 2021 | £70,000 | 72 m² | £972/m² | 3 |
| 24, Benson StreetTerraced | Mar 2024 | £67,000 | 70 m² | £957/m² | 1 |
| 25, Benson StreetTerraced | Jul 2020 | £62,000 | 70 m² | £886/m² | 2 |
| 26, Benson StreetTerraced | Jul 2023 | £81,000 | 72 m² | £1,125/m² | 1 |
| 27, Benson StreetTerraced | Oct 1997 | £35,500 | 71 m² | £500/m² | 1 |
| 28, Benson StreetTerraced | Apr 2001 | £38,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 30, Benson StreetTerraced | Nov 1995 | £31,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Benson StreetTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2023 | £65,000 | 75 m² | £867/m² | 3 |
| 32, Benson StreetTerraced | Dec 2003 | £66,250 | 63 m² | £1,052/m² | 3 |
| 33, Benson StreetTerraced | May 2024 | £40,000 | 101 m² | £396/m² | 2 |
| 35, Benson StreetTerraced | Dec 2023 | £72,500 | 99 m² | £732/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Middlesbrough, a short drive or bike ride (2.0 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Linthorpe Village, 50 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 63, 12, 17A, 29); 74 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 15 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Sacred Heart Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 49% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Linthorpe Community Primary School (0.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Macmillan Academy, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 47.8 · 13.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: North Shore Academy (4.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Heron Foods, 100 m away; Village Wines - Go Local (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Village Medical Centre (150 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Hair Unique is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The James Cook University Hospital, 1.9 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 16 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Persian Cottage is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and The Cleveland Hotel the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 163 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Ayresome Gardens, 600 m away; for exercise, Goals (1.5 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Seaton Carew North Gare, 11 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Teesside is 13 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 150 km.
47 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St. Barnabas | 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.
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency: Andy McDonald MP (Labour), since November 2012. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,192 (26.7%), turnout 46%. Vote shares: Labour 47%, Reform UK 21%, Conservative 18%, Workers Party of Britain 6%.
59 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 TS5 6JQ →
Most households own their home, 32% rent privately.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Teesside University, 1.2 km away (TEF Gold).
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Middlesbrough 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 29 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 24 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 | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.5% | 96.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.0% | 3.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.3% | 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 48 min
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