33 Holywell Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3AQ
About 33 Holywell Avenue
33 Holywell Avenue is a five-bedroom detached house in Whitley Bay (NE26 3AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 278 m² (around 2987 sq ft) and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2009) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 278 m² the property is well over the postcode median (175 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £1,174,000 sits 83.4% above the 2015 sale of £640,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£214/sq ft) was about 27.2% below the postcode norm. Last sold in August 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble, Detached
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
33 Holywell Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Nov 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 33 Holywell Avenue is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Jan 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
Copper Beech tree - (T1) - Crown thin 20%. Crown reduction across whole tree (so tree is kept in balance and shape) by 2m.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/01623/TREECA
- Nov 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
Copper Beach at front of property: crown thin 20%; crown reduction across whole tree (so tree is kept in balance and shape) by 2m. (description amended 05.11.2020)
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/01398/TREECA
What's in 33 Holywell Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3AQ's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
33 Holywell Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,174,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£640,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
13 August 2015Most recent
£640,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NE26 3AQ: £900,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in NE26 3AQ
73 Holywell Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3AQ
Sold May 2025
£900,00059 Holywell Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3AQ
Sold Jul 2024
£965,000Churchill House, Flat 4, 31 Holywell Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3AQ
Sold Jul 2022
£355,00037 Holywell Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3AQ
Sold Apr 2022
£1,395,00049 Holywell Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3AQ
Sold Jun 2017
£608,000
Everything we know about 33 Holywell Avenue, in one report
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Versus other Holywell Avenue homes
Price per m² for 33 Holywell Avenue lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,306
Street avg £3,514
Floor Area
278 m²
Street avg 222 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
32.0 t/year
Street avg 9.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Monkseaton Drive-Subway — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Whitley Bay High School. 21 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB