Bank Top, Ryton house prices are built from 49 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2002 and the most recent on 7 Mar 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £123,500.
Median price paid
£123,500
HM Land Registry49 salesLatest sale 7 Mar 2025
Section 01
How Bank Top, Ryton prices moved
There are too few years of sales in Bank Top, Ryton to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 7 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £142,300 | £145,393 |
| Garden Cottage | 10 Feb 2025 | Detached | £135,000 | £137,935 |
| Fellside | 16 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £198,000 | £229,400 |
| 1 | 3 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £253,000 | £319,651 |
| 4 | 4 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £167,500 | £211,626 |
| 5 | 25 Nov 2020 | Terraced | £112,000 | £145,014 |
| Wetherby | 28 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £291,322 |
| Dons Cottage | 17 Jul 2020 | Detached | £315,000 | £407,851 |
| 2 | 28 Feb 2020 | Semi-detached | £167,000 | £216,226 |
| 7 | 6 Dec 2019 | Terraced | £105,000 | £137,338 |
| 10 | 11 Jan 2019 | Terraced | £167,000 | £218,432 |
| 20 | 1 Aug 2018 | Detached | £240,000 | £319,849 |
| 4 | 28 Mar 2018 | Terraced | £162,000 | £215,898 |
| 3 | 23 Oct 2017 | Semi-detached | £168,000 | £228,649 |
| Wetherby | 29 Sep 2017 | Semi-detached | £205,000 | £279,006 |
| Holly House | 22 Sep 2017 | Detached | £270,000 | £367,471 |
| 4 | 19 Feb 2016 | Terraced | £160,000 | £223,366 |
| Bank Top Cottage | 7 Oct 2015 | Detached | £260,000 | £366,600 |
| 7 | 11 Apr 2014 | Terraced | £123,500 | £177,146 |
| 4 | 26 Jul 2013 | Terraced | £150,000 | £218,718 |
| Fellholme | 15 May 2013 | Detached | £155,000 | £226,008 |
| Wetherby | 20 Dec 2010 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £271,461 |
| Irvine House | 22 Dec 2009 | Detached | £249,000 | £409,196 |
| 7 | 16 Nov 2007 | Semi-detached | £105,000 | £182,552 |
| Holly House | 19 Jul 2007 | Detached | £249,999 | £434,647 |
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 Bank Top, Ryton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Bank Top | £35,400 (1998) | £142,300 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 1 Bank Top | £32,000 (1996) | £253,000 (2021) | +8.6% | +6.3% |
| 4 Bank Top | £26,000 (2001) | £167,500 (2021) | +9.8% | +7.4% |
| WETHERBY Bank Top | £103,000 (2002) | £225,000 (2020) | +4.4% | +2.1% |
| 2 Bank Top | £78,000 (2002) | £167,000 (2020) | +4.3% | +2.0% |
| 7 Bank Top | £80,000 (2007) | £105,000 (2019) | +2.3% | -0.1% |
| 10 Bank Top | £56,000 (2001) | £167,000 (2019) | +6.3% | +3.9% |
| 3 Bank Top | £10,000 (1996) | £168,000 (2017) | +14.4% | +11.9% |
| HOLLY HOUSE Bank Top | £249,999 (2007) | £270,000 (2017) | +0.8% | -1.7% |
| BANK TOP COTTAGE Bank Top | £220,000 (2005) | £260,000 (2015) | +1.7% | -0.9% |
| FELLHOLME Bank Top | £95,500 (2002) | £155,000 (2013) | +4.5% | +1.9% |
| IRVINE HOUSE Bank Top | £95,000 (1996) | £249,000 (2009) | +7.7% | +5.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Bank Top, Ryton 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 | 20 | 40.8% | £112,000 | £26,000 – £253,000 |
| Semi-detached | 15 | 30.6% | £158,950 | £10,000 – £225,000 |
| Detached | 14 | 28.6% | £155,000 | £50,000 – £315,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Bank Top, Ryton
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 49 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 | 49 | 100.0% | £123,500 |
| New build | 1 | 2.0% | £78,000 |
| Existing home | 48 | 98.0% | £129,250 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -39.7%. 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 1 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 Bank Top, Ryton
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 £123,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.71% 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 NE40, 97 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 27 violent, 1 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 26 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.7 times quieter.
Against the 196,151 residents the 2021 census counted in Gateshead, that is 0.49 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 Bank Top, Ryton
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.
7 state and independent schools have a NE40 postcode: 6 primary, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorp Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,442 |
| Emmaville Primary School | Primary | Community school | 442 |
| St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook | Primary | Academy converter | 189 |
| Crookhill Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 186 |
| Greenside Primary School | Primary | Community school | 172 |
| Ryton Junior School | Primary | Community school | 133 |
| Ryton Community Infant School | Primary | Community school | 121 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Wylam Rail Station | Rail | 2.7 km |
| Blaydon Rail Station | Rail | 3.9 km |
| Prudhoe Rail Station | Rail | 5.8 km |
| Metrocentre Rail Station | Rail | 7.0 km |
Section 09
How Bank Top, Ryton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Bank Top, Ryton sits below that national figure — -21.6%.
Within Ryton the street ranks 127 of 306 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £110,500 (+11.8%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £10,000 to £315,000. 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.
Bank Top, Ryton 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
- Kepier Chare£106,000 median
- Silvermere Drive£85,000 median
- Grayling Way£284,995 median
- Park Field£106,000 median
- Rosedale Road£80,000 median
- Horsley Avenue£131,475 median
- Jarvis Drive£188,500 median
- Milton Street£79,975 median
- Mollyfair Close£43,000 median
- South View£93,750 median
- Younghall Close£130,750 median
- Westwood View£101,000 median
- Garden House Estate£101,000 median
- North View£110,000 median
- Rockwood Hill Estate£118,000 median
- Ryton Village£118,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 4 Bank Top6 sales
- WETHERBY Bank Top5 sales
- 7 Bank Top4 sales
- 6 Bank Top3 sales
- 1 Bank Top3 sales
- 2 Bank Top3 sales
- 10 Bank Top3 sales
- 3 Bank Top3 sales
- IVY COTTAGE Bank Top3 sales
- HOLLY HOUSE Bank Top2 sales
- BANK TOP COTTAGE Bank Top2 sales
- FELLHOLME Bank Top2 sales
- IRVINE HOUSE Bank Top2 sales
- 8 Bank Top2 sales
Back to Ryton house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Bank Top, Ryton?
The median price paid in Bank Top, Ryton across every sale on the register is £123,500. 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 Bank Top, Ryton?
49 sales are on record for Bank Top, Ryton, the most recent completing on 7 Mar 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were Bank Top, Ryton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £84,000, set in 2002. 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 Bank Top, Ryton?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 7 Mar 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, “Bank Top, Ryton 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.