NE8 4EP
Last sold £60,000 in April 2006
70, Ripon Street, Gateshead
- Property type
- Flat
- Bedrooms
- 3 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 592 sq ft / 55 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 78m
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Price history in context
- Apr 2006 — £60,000 · +57.9% · 36 pts ahead of the UK market
- Feb 2004 — £38,000 · +94.2% · 49 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jan 2001 — £19,568 · −11.1% · 11 pts behind the UK market
- Jan 2001 — £22,000 · +0.0% · 4 pts behind the UK market
- Jun 2000 — £22,000 · +35.4% · 18 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jun 1999 — £16,250
What this home might be worth today
£107,000
Estimate range £101,000–£112,000
+77.5% since April 2006 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well below the local norm at the time
vs 200 nearby sales within a year · 3-bed (est.) flat within 1 km
The life around it
- Caedmon Community Primary School 3-min walk
- Keser Torah Boys' School 3-min walk
- Gateshead station 15-min walk crosses a major road
- Hill Head Wood \+\+ 3.3km
- The coast (coastline) 1.2km
- Saltwell Park Lake 890m
- Pond 886m
- Canal 24.8km
- River Tyne 1.3km
- Avondale Park 193m
- Play Area 220m
- Premier 127m
- Whitehall Road-Prince Consort Road (W-Bound) 102m
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 Newcastle, 1.8km away
- 85 min Leeds
- 86 min Edinburgh
- 109 min Sheffield
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 1,490 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 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Above average for England & Wales — 261 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 68, Ripon Street, Gateshead £60,000 · 2006
- 72, Ripon Street, Gateshead £11,000 · 2001
- 74, Ripon Street, Gateshead £50,100 · 2014
- 66, Ripon Street, Gateshead £85,000 · 2007
- 64, Ripon Street, Gateshead £55,000 · 2024
- 62, Ripon Street, Gateshead £10,200 · 1998
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Ground and first floor extensions to rear, small dormer and sky-light to front elevation. Feb 2026 source
- Undecided Single storey rear extesnoin Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed front extension Dec 2025 source
- Permitted Proposed part single/part 2 storey rear extension with succah roof & associated access… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR PROPOSED USE: Change of use of 2no. properties from Use… Jul 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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