NE8 3NG
Last sold £38,000 in August 1998
53, Chaucer Close, Gateshead
- Property type
- Flat
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 40m — higher than about 20% of homes in Gateshead
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Price history in context
- Aug 1998 — £38,000
What this home might be worth today
£153,000
Estimate range £145,000–£161,000
+302.7% since August 1998 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 68 nearby sales within a year · flat within 1 km
The life around it
- South Street Community Primary School 15-min walk
- The Gateshead Cheder Primary School 7-min walk
- Gateshead Stadium station 8-min walk
- Woodland 2.7km
- The coast (coastline) 929m
- Lake 906m
- Pond 150m
- Canal 25.7km
- River Tyne 972m
- Public Park 292m
- Play Area 11m
- European Foods 389m
- Sunderland Rd Link Road (Se-Bound) 232m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Manors, 1.6km away
- 2 min Newcastle
- 99 min Leeds
- 100 min Edinburgh
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,500 hours a year — sunnier than 20% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Above average for England & Wales — 513 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 39, Chaucer Close, Gateshead £35,000 · 1996
- 48, Chaucer Close, Gateshead £49,500 · 1997
- 24, Chaucer Close, Gateshead £37,950 · 1998
- 33, Chaucer Close, Gateshead £36,500 · 1998
- 17, Chaucer Close, Gateshead £73,950 · 2000
- 47, Chaucer Close, Gateshead £56,000 · 2000
Planning activity nearby
- Rejected Installation of a digital advertisement display. May 2026 source
- Undecided Part discharge of conditions 57 (Contaminated Land Verification - Sub) and 58… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Demolition of a 2 Storey mid terrace property, consisting of a shop on the ground floor… Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Demolition of all factory bays, stores, garages, labs and offices and all other ancillary… May 2026 source
- Permitted Demolition of 2-10 Park lane, to ground level, leaving the concrete floor slab and the… Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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