Blackdene, Ashington house prices are built from 73 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 15 Dec 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £160,000. Across the 14 years from 1998 to 2012 the median moved +177.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +99.8%.
Median price paid
£160,000
Change in cash, 1998–2012
+177.3%
Change in real terms
+99.8%
Median per m²
£2,155
HM Land Registry73 sales8 with floor areaLatest sale 15 Dec 2025
Section 01
How Blackdene, Ashington prices moved
The chart tracks the median Blackdene, Ashington house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2012. 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 | 1 | £61,750 | £137,114 |
| 2010s | 2 | £165,000 | £232,650 |
The highest yearly median on record for Blackdene, Ashington is £171,250 in 2012; the lowest is £61,750 in 1998. Across the full 15-year record the cash median has moved from £61,750 to £171,250.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £128,040, so the real change over the whole record is +99.8% — about +5.07% 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: +177.3% in cash against +99.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 15 Dec 2025 | Detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 39 | 31 Mar 2025 | Detached | £245,000 | £250,326 |
| 73 | 17 Feb 2025 | Detached | £215,000 | £219,674 |
| 70 | 2 Aug 2024 | Detached | £265,000 | £278,843 |
| 26 | 1 Mar 2024 | Detached | £275,500 | £289,892 |
| 74 | 19 Jan 2024 | Detached | £225,000 | £236,754 |
| 49 | 6 Apr 2023 | Detached | £225,000 | £243,103 |
| 56 | 8 Dec 2022 | Detached | £155,000 | £179,581 |
| 40 | 28 Oct 2022 | Detached | £270,000 | £312,818 |
| 10 | 5 Nov 2021 | Detached | £237,500 | £300,067 |
| 3 | 1 Nov 2021 | Detached | £250,000 | £315,860 |
| 6 | 30 Jun 2021 | Detached | £200,000 | £252,688 |
| 44 | 29 Jan 2021 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £271,640 |
| 56 | 18 Dec 2020 | Detached | £154,500 | £200,041 |
| 20 | 19 Mar 2020 | Detached | £230,000 | £297,796 |
| 73 | 30 Aug 2019 | Detached | £169,950 | £222,291 |
| 19 | 24 May 2019 | Detached | £238,000 | £311,299 |
| 72 | 15 Feb 2019 | Detached | £184,000 | £240,668 |
| 46 | 8 Feb 2019 | Detached | £169,000 | £221,048 |
| 62 | 13 Dec 2018 | Detached | £190,000 | £253,214 |
| 40 | 23 Aug 2017 | Detached | £220,000 | £299,421 |
| 20 | 14 Jul 2017 | Detached | £190,000 | £258,591 |
| 29 | 9 May 2017 | Detached | £167,000 | £227,288 |
| 11 | 18 Nov 2016 | Detached | £189,000 | £263,851 |
| 75 | 26 Aug 2016 | Detached | £151,150 | £211,011 |
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 Blackdene, Ashington values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Blackdene | £238,000 (2019) | £350,000 (2025) | +6.6% | +2.3% |
| 73 Blackdene | £169,950 (2019) | £215,000 (2025) | +4.0% | -0.2% |
| 26 Blackdene | £150,000 (2013) | £275,500 (2024) | +5.7% | +2.6% |
| 74 Blackdene | £165,000 (2006) | £225,000 (2024) | +1.7% | -1.2% |
| 56 Blackdene | £150,000 (2015) | £155,000 (2022) | +0.5% | -2.3% |
| 40 Blackdene | £59,500 (1998) | £270,000 (2022) | +6.5% | +4.0% |
| 10 Blackdene | £60,000 (1998) | £237,500 (2021) | +6.2% | +3.9% |
| 6 Blackdene | £180,000 (2011) | £200,000 (2021) | +1.1% | -0.9% |
| 44 Blackdene | £55,000 (1996) | £215,000 (2021) | +5.6% | +3.3% |
| 20 Blackdene | £190,000 (2017) | £230,000 (2020) | +6.6% | +4.8% |
| 62 Blackdene | £148,000 (2012) | £190,000 (2018) | +4.3% | +2.3% |
| 29 Blackdene | £71,000 (2000) | £167,000 (2017) | +5.2% | +2.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Blackdene, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 70 | 95.9% | £160,000 | £53,000 – £350,000 |
| Semi-detached | 3 | 4.1% | £69,000 | £55,000 – £215,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Blackdene, Ashington
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 73 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 | 73 | 100.0% | £160,000 |
| New build | 1 | 1.4% | £77,000 |
| Existing home | 72 | 98.6% | £160,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -51.9%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
Section 07
Living in Blackdene, 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 £160,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.15% 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 Blackdene, 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 Blackdene, Ashington compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Blackdene, Ashington sits above that national figure — +1.6%.
Within Ashington the street ranks 59 of 340 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £76,000 (+110.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,155 per square metre, across 8 of the 73 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 £53,000 to £350,000. 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.
Blackdene, 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
- Barnston£83,000 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
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 11 Blackdene4 sales
- 56 Blackdene3 sales
- 40 Blackdene3 sales
- 29 Blackdene3 sales
- 63 Blackdene3 sales
- 19 Blackdene2 sales
- 73 Blackdene2 sales
- 26 Blackdene2 sales
- 74 Blackdene2 sales
- 10 Blackdene2 sales
- 6 Blackdene2 sales
- 44 Blackdene2 sales
- 20 Blackdene2 sales
- 62 Blackdene2 sales
- 18 Blackdene2 sales
- 34 Blackdene2 sales
- 55 Blackdene2 sales
- 66 Blackdene2 sales
Back to Ashington house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Blackdene, Ashington?
The median price paid in Blackdene, Ashington across every sale on the register is £160,000. 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 Blackdene, Ashington?
73 sales are on record for Blackdene, Ashington, the most recent completing on 15 Dec 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Blackdene, Ashington house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +177.3% between 1998 and 2012. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +99.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Blackdene, Ashington house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £171,250, set in 2012. 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 Blackdene, Ashington?
£2,155 per square metre, from the 8 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 15 Dec 2025. 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, “Blackdene, 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.