The median home in Boldon Colliery sells for £150,500
That is the middle of 199 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 3.3 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
44% of Boldon Colliery’s sales are terraced houses
199 homes sold in three years: 47 detached houses, 52 semi-detached houses, 87 terraced houses and 13 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£300K
median sale · 47 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£335K
Last 12 months
£309K16 sold
Semi-detached houses£180K
median sale · 52 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£136K–£205K
Last 12 months
£180K11 sold
Terraced houses£126K
median sale · 87 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£107K–£151K
Last 12 months
£128K29 sold
Flats and maisonettes£83K
median sale · 13 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£58K–£96K
Last 12 months
£72K5 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 44% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses24%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses44%
Flats and maisonettes7%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Boldon Colliery’s homes sold for between £120K and £238K
One sale in ten was under £93K and one in ten over £312K. 77% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £150,500, sits in the £150–200K band
199 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.3 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £49,000 in 1995 to £160,000 in the last 12 months (£172,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
61 sales in the last 12 months, against 160 in 2002, the busiest year, and 51 in 2023. Sales fell by 51% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 60% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Boldon Colliery costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Boldon Colliery, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£73K
£94K
£188K
£215K
£225K
£288K
£309K
Semi-detached houses
£51K
£62K
£136K
£133K
£150K
£140K
£180K
Terraced houses
£37K
£38K
£87K
£94K
£93K
£95K
£128K
Flats and maisonettes
£24K
£27K
£43K
£76K
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£72K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
279 new homes have been sold in Boldon Colliery since 1995; the share peaked at 46% in 2009.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 14% sold leasehold in Boldon Colliery. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Leander Drive is Boldon Colliery’s busiest street, with 7 sales in three years
16 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Leander Drive
NE35
7
£312,500
Mostly detached houses
2
Romsey Drive
NE35
7
£299,950
Mixed
3
Fareham Grove
NE35
7
£242,000
Mixed
4
Lawson Court
NE35
7
£160,000
Mixed
5
Donkins Street
NE35
7
£143,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Charles Street
NE35
7
£136,000
Mixed
7
Hedworth Lane
NE35
7
£120,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Cinderford Close
NE35
6
£277,500
Mixed
9
Fenwick Street
NE35
6
£128,475
Mostly terraced houses
10
Toppings Street
NE35
6
£128,250
Mostly terraced houses
11
Store Buildings
NE35
6
£114,475
Mostly terraced houses
12
Wells Street
NE35
6
£112,500
Mostly terraced houses
13
Woodside Drive
NE35
5
£205,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Church View
NE35
5
£133,500
Mostly terraced houses
15
Oswald Close
NE35
5
£132,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Leander Drive: £312,500
Boldon Colliery median£151K
Leander Drive£313K
Romsey Drive£300K
Cinderford Close£278K
Fareham Grove£242K
Woodside Drive£205K
Cheapest streets
Arnold Street: £76,000
Boldon Colliery median£151K
Arnold Street£76K
Wells Street£113K
Store Buildings£114K
Hedworth Lane£120K
Toppings Street£128K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.1 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Tyne and Wear
Boldon Colliery is the 26th most expensive of 34 towns in Tyne and Wear
Boldon Colliery is in the middle of Tyne and Wear’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Boldon Colliery
What is the average house price in Boldon Colliery?
The median home in Boldon Colliery sold for £150,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 199 standard sales (£160,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £300,000, semi-detached houses £180,000, terraced houses £126,000 and flats and maisonettes £83,000.
Are house prices going up in Boldon Colliery?
The median was £147,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£150,000), and £160,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Boldon Colliery each year?
61 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 67 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Boldon Colliery?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Leander Drive (NE35, £312,500), Romsey Drive (NE35, £299,950) and Cinderford Close (NE35, £277,500).
Is Boldon Colliery expensive for Tyne and Wear?
Boldon Colliery is the 26th most expensive of 34 towns of 2,500 or more in Tyne and Wear by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.