Barnston, Ashington house prices are built from 193 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 29 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £83,000. Across the 11 years from 2014 to 2025 the median moved +44.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +2.9%.
Median price paid
£83,000
Change in cash, 2014–2025
+44.4%
Change in real terms
+2.9%
Median per m²
£1,268
HM Land Registry193 sales60 with floor areaLatest sale 29 May 2026
Section 01
How Barnston, Ashington prices moved
The chart tracks the median Barnston, Ashington house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £38,000 | £84,378 |
| 2000s | 7 | £75,000 | £136,628 |
| 2010s | 3 | £105,500 | £148,755 |
| 2020s | 5 | £139,000 | £142,022 |
The highest yearly median on record for Barnston, Ashington is £154,500 in 2025; the lowest is £33,750 in 1997. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £35,000 to £154,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £77,717, so the real change over the whole record is +103.1% — about +2.39% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +44.4% in cash against +2.9% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 99 | 1 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 63 | 27 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 14 | 30 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £149,000 | £152,239 |
| 46 | 20 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £90,000 | £91,957 |
| 97 | 31 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £137,000 | £139,978 |
| 60 | 21 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £162,500 | £166,033 |
| 73 | 7 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £189,022 |
| 88 | 21 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £160,000 | £163,478 |
| 65 | 29 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £148,000 | £155,731 |
| 58 | 15 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £90,000 | £94,701 |
| 84 | 25 Oct 2024 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £178,881 |
| 24 | 21 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £116,000 | £122,060 |
| 134 | 22 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £130,000 | £136,791 |
| 15 | 23 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £153,000 | £160,993 |
| 89 | 16 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £120,000 | £129,655 |
| 132 | 18 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £70,000 | £75,632 |
| 63 | 19 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £110,000 | £118,851 |
| 130 | 27 Jan 2023 | Semi-detached | £147,000 | £158,828 |
| 65 | 25 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £144,000 | £166,836 |
| 112 | 25 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £143,000 | £165,678 |
| 13 | 23 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £175,000 | £202,753 |
| 38 | 11 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £128,000 | £148,299 |
| 60 | 30 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £142,000 | £164,519 |
| 25 | 5 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £134,000 | £155,251 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Barnston, Ashington values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 Barnston | £43,000 (1996) | £180,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 99 Barnston | £39,995 (2000) | £160,000 (2026) | +5.5% | +2.7% |
| 63 Barnston | £110,000 (2023) | £180,000 (2026) | +17.8% | +14.8% |
| 97 Barnston | £95,000 (2003) | £137,000 (2025) | +1.7% | -1.1% |
| 60 Barnston | £41,500 (2001) | £162,500 (2025) | +5.9% | +3.0% |
| 73 Barnston | £49,000 (1995) | £185,000 (2025) | +4.5% | +1.9% |
| 88 Barnston | £77,500 (2012) | £160,000 (2025) | +5.7% | +2.7% |
| 65 Barnston | £144,000 (2022) | £148,000 (2024) | +1.4% | -3.4% |
| 58 Barnston | £80,000 (2014) | £90,000 (2024) | +1.2% | -1.9% |
| 24 Barnston | £32,950 (1995) | £116,000 (2024) | +4.4% | +1.8% |
| 89 Barnston | £119,000 (2004) | £120,000 (2023) | +0.0% | -2.8% |
| 132 Barnston | £43,000 (2000) | £70,000 (2023) | +2.1% | -0.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Barnston, Ashington is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 126 | 65.3% | £85,000 | £10,251 – £185,000 |
| Terraced | 66 | 34.2% | £80,000 | £10,000 – £180,000 |
| Detached | 1 | 0.5% | £75,000 | £75,000 – £75,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Barnston, Ashington
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 193 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 193 | 100.0% | £83,000 |
A further 6 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Barnston, Ashington
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Northumberland, 43.9% of 169,476 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 7.0% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,402 | 0.8% |
| B | 18,509 | 10.9% |
| C | 54,495 | 32.2% |
| D | 58,539 | 34.5% |
| E | 24,590 | 14.5% |
| F | 9,016 | 5.3% |
| G | 2,925 | 1.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Northumberland at £687 a month as of Jun 2026 — £489 for a one-bedroom home and £757 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £83,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.93% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of NE63, 231 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 84 violent, 14 burglary, 7 vehicle-related and 50 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.4 times busier.
Against the 320,567 residents the 2021 census counted in Northumberland, that is 0.72 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Barnston, Ashington
The 2021 census counted 320,567 residents in Northumberland across 146,922 households. 65.7% of those households own their home and 34.2% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
8 state and independent schools have a NE63 postcode: 6 primary, 2 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCEA Duke's Secondary School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 980 |
| Ashington Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 964 |
| NCEA Bishop's Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 448 |
| NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 253 |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington | Primary | Academy converter | 238 |
| NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 213 |
| Bothal Academy | Primary | Academy converter | — |
| Central Academy | Primary | Academy converter | — |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Ashington Rail Station | Rail | 0.8 km |
| Bedlington Rail Station | Rail | 4.2 km |
| Pegswood Rail Station | Rail | 5.2 km |
| Blyth Bebside Rail Station | Rail | 6.0 km |
Section 09
How Barnston, Ashington compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Barnston, Ashington sits below that national figure — -47.3%.
Within Ashington the street ranks 191 of 340 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £76,000 (+9.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,268 per square metre, across 60 of the 193 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £10,000 to £185,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Barnston, Ashington sits in Northumberland, in the North East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Northumberland at 5.7 times median local earnings of £35,323 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Sycamore Street£40,000 median
- Chestnut Street£40,000 median
- Hawthorn Road£55,000 median
- Milburn Road£57,750 median
- Rosalind Street£50,000 median
- Maple Street£45,000 median
- Woodhorn Road£61,000 median
- Newbiggin Road£79,000 median
- North Seaton Road£60,000 median
- Ariel Street£49,975 median
- Beatrice Street£40,250 median
- Alexandra Road£50,000 median
- Pont Street£46,000 median
- Katherine Street£43,500 median
- Rothbury Drive£163,952 median
- Burnside£85,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 66 Barnston7 sales
- 75 Barnston6 sales
- 59 Barnston6 sales
- 73 Barnston5 sales
- 43 Barnston5 sales
- 60 Barnston4 sales
- 132 Barnston4 sales
- 124 Barnston4 sales
- 52 Barnston4 sales
- 117 Barnston4 sales
- 99 Barnston3 sales
- 97 Barnston3 sales
- 88 Barnston3 sales
- 24 Barnston3 sales
- 130 Barnston3 sales
- 38 Barnston3 sales
- 45 Barnston3 sales
- 10 Barnston3 sales
- 34 Barnston3 sales
- 26 Barnston3 sales
- 102 Barnston3 sales
- 81 Barnston3 sales
- 47 Barnston3 sales
- 19 Barnston3 sales
Back to Ashington house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Barnston, Ashington?
The median price paid in Barnston, Ashington across every sale on the register is £83,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Barnston, Ashington?
193 sales are on record for Barnston, Ashington, the most recent completing on 29 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Barnston, Ashington house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +44.4% between 2014 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +2.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Barnston, Ashington house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £154,500, set in 2025. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Barnston, Ashington?
£1,268 per square metre, from the 60 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 29 May 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Barnston, Ashington house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.