Bridges View, Gateshead house prices are built from 146 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2001 and the most recent on 30 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £159,975. Across the 13 years from 2008 to 2021 the median moved +12.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -15.3%.
Median price paid
£159,975
Change in cash, 2008–2021
+12.6%
Change in real terms
-15.3%
Median per m²
£1,357
HM Land Registry146 sales52 with floor areaLatest sale 30 Jan 2026
Section 01
How Bridges View, Gateshead prices moved
The chart tracks the median Bridges View, Gateshead house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2001 to 2021. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7 | £161,750 | £294,661 |
| 2020s | 1 | £182,050 | £186,008 |
The highest yearly median on record for Bridges View, Gateshead is £182,050 in 2021; the lowest is £44,000 in 2001. Across the full 21-year record the cash median has moved from £44,000 to £182,050.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £86,287, so the real change over the whole record is +166.6% — about +5.02% 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: +12.6% in cash against -15.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 30 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 49 | 11 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £220,000 | £224,783 |
| 55 | 21 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £195,000 | £199,239 |
| 9 | 25 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £78,000 | £82,075 |
| 37 | 29 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £225,000 | £236,754 |
| 46 | 15 Dec 2022 | Detached | £220,000 | £254,889 |
| 38 | 21 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £195,000 | £225,924 |
| 47 | 14 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £210,000 | £243,303 |
| 48 | 7 Dec 2021 | Detached | £242,500 | £306,384 |
| 24 | 26 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £185,000 | £233,737 |
| 39 | 22 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £200,000 | £252,688 |
| 62 | 1 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £182,000 | £229,946 |
| 29 | 31 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £182,050 | £230,009 |
| 58 | 26 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £178,000 | £224,892 |
| 45 | 27 Jan 2021 | Terraced | £167,500 | £211,626 |
| 27 | 12 Aug 2019 | Terraced | £162,500 | £212,546 |
| 23 | 14 Feb 2019 | Terraced | £157,500 | £206,006 |
| 34 | 21 Dec 2017 | Terraced | £165,000 | £224,566 |
| 63 | 28 Sep 2017 | Terraced | £178,000 | £242,259 |
| 18 | 31 May 2017 | Terraced | £175,000 | £238,176 |
| 62 | 13 Apr 2017 | Terraced | £175,000 | £238,176 |
| 51 | 30 Nov 2016 | Terraced | £171,000 | £238,723 |
| 49 | 19 Feb 2016 | Terraced | £180,000 | £251,287 |
| 61 | 12 Jan 2016 | Terraced | £180,000 | £251,287 |
| 12 | 4 Nov 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £82,000 | £115,620 |
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 Bridges View, Gateshead values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Bridges View | £53,950 (2002) | £100,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -0.2% |
| 49 Bridges View | £169,950 (2004) | £220,000 (2025) | +1.2% | -1.6% |
| 55 Bridges View | £149,950 (2004) | £195,000 (2025) | +1.3% | -1.6% |
| 9 Bridges View | £43,500 (2001) | £78,000 (2024) | +2.6% | -0.2% |
| 37 Bridges View | £195,000 (2006) | £225,000 (2024) | +0.8% | -2.1% |
| 46 Bridges View | £234,950 (2004) | £220,000 (2022) | -0.4% | -2.9% |
| 38 Bridges View | £195,960 (2005) | £195,000 (2022) | 0.0% | -2.7% |
| 47 Bridges View | £199,960 (2005) | £210,000 (2022) | +0.3% | -2.3% |
| 48 Bridges View | £237,450 (2004) | £242,500 (2021) | +0.1% | -2.1% |
| 24 Bridges View | £143,960 (2005) | £185,000 (2021) | +1.6% | -0.7% |
| 62 Bridges View | £142,950 (2004) | £182,000 (2021) | +1.4% | -0.8% |
| 29 Bridges View | £168,102 (2005) | £182,050 (2021) | +0.5% | -1.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Bridges View, Gateshead 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 82 | 56.2% | £169,950 | £83,000 – £249,950 |
| Flat or maisonette | 52 | 35.6% | £69,000 | £42,500 – £119,950 |
| Semi-detached | 7 | 4.8% | £195,000 | £149,950 – £225,000 |
| Detached | 5 | 3.4% | £234,950 | £220,000 – £242,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Bridges View, Gateshead
52 of the sales on record are leasehold and 94 freehold — 35.6% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £69,000 and the median freehold sale £171,975 — a gap of +149.2%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 52 | 35.6% | £69,000 |
| Freehold | 94 | 64.4% | £171,975 |
| New build | 61 | 41.8% | £159,950 |
| Existing home | 85 | 58.2% | £160,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -0.3%. 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.
A further 9 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 Bridges View, Gateshead
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Gateshead, 45.8% of 97,763 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.2% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 194 | 0.2% |
| B | 7,489 | 7.7% |
| C | 37,122 | 38.0% |
| D | 40,200 | 41.1% |
| E | 10,603 | 10.8% |
| F | 1,774 | 1.8% |
| G | 381 | 0.4% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Gateshead at £793 a month as of Jun 2026 — £583 for a one-bedroom home and £832 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £159,975 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.95% 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 NE8, 481 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 130 violent, 24 burglary, 29 vehicle-related and 93 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.9 times busier.
Against the 196,151 residents the 2021 census counted in Gateshead, that is 2.45 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 Bridges View, Gateshead
The 2021 census counted 196,151 residents in Gateshead across 88,999 households. 58.4% of those households own their home and 41.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a NE8 postcode: 8 primary, 1 nursery, 1 16 plus. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Avenue Primary School | Primary | Community school | 404 |
| Kelvin Grove Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 309 |
| South Street Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 232 |
| Caedmon Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 231 |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead | Primary | Academy converter | 230 |
| St Aidan's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 213 |
| Bensham Grove Nursery School | Nursery | Local authority nursery school | 199 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead | Primary | Academy converter | 169 |
| St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston | Primary | Academy converter | 151 |
| Gateshead College | 16 plus | Further education | — |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Gateshead (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 0.7 km |
| Gateshead (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 0.7 km |
| Gateshead Stadium (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 1.2 km |
| Newcastle Rail Station | Rail | 1.6 km |
Section 09
How Bridges View, Gateshead compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Bridges View, Gateshead sits above that national figure — +1.6%.
Within Gateshead the street ranks 206 of 1289 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £95,000 (+68.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,357 per square metre, across 52 of the 146 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 £42,500 to £249,950. 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.
Bridges View, Gateshead sits in Gateshead, in the North East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Gateshead at 4.9 times median local earnings of £33,670 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
- Worsdell Drive£145,000 median
- Mill Road£180,000 median
- Rectory Road£75,000 median
- Westbourne Avenue£61,000 median
- Windsor Avenue£64,950 median
- Eastbourne Avenue£67,000 median
- Sanderson Villas£109,950 median
- Redgrave Close£103,000 median
- Whitehall Road£70,000 median
- Rawling Road£59,000 median
- Brighton Road£61,750 median
- North Side£128,548 median
- Chaucer Close£79,000 median
- Rodsley Avenue£67,000 median
- Brinkburn Avenue£66,500 median
- Foster Drive£108,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 2 Bridges View6 sales
- 16 Bridges View6 sales
- 17 Bridges View4 sales
- 49 Bridges View4 sales
- 47 Bridges View4 sales
- 62 Bridges View4 sales
- 51 Bridges View4 sales
- 14 Bridges View4 sales
- 42 Bridges View4 sales
- 10 Bridges View4 sales
- 15 Bridges View4 sales
- 7 Bridges View4 sales
- 55 Bridges View3 sales
- 9 Bridges View3 sales
- 29 Bridges View3 sales
- 34 Bridges View3 sales
- 61 Bridges View3 sales
- 12 Bridges View3 sales
- 52 Bridges View3 sales
- 4 Bridges View3 sales
- 3 Bridges View3 sales
- 22 Bridges View3 sales
- 37 Bridges View2 sales
- 46 Bridges View2 sales
Back to Gateshead house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Bridges View, Gateshead?
The median price paid in Bridges View, Gateshead across every sale on the register is £159,975. 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 Bridges View, Gateshead?
146 sales are on record for Bridges View, Gateshead, the most recent completing on 30 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Bridges View, Gateshead house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +12.6% between 2008 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -15.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Bridges View, Gateshead house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £182,050, set in 2021. 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 Bridges View, Gateshead?
£1,357 per square metre, from the 52 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 30 Jan 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, “Bridges View, Gateshead 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.