Cleadon - Houses, Property and Homes to Rent and Buy

In 1900, most of the iron ships afloat had been built in Sunderland. The town (Sunderland didn't become a city until the 1990s) was a vast shipyard and the Wear Valley under a permanent blanket of smoke. Those who could afford to left the grime of Sunderland behind and looked for somewhere where the air was cleaner - they found the village of Cleadon just four miles to the north. A perfect place to settle and live, Cleadon has an abundance of great properties to buy or rent, Sanderson Young estate agents can help you whether you are looking to buy homes or rent properties in the Cleadon area.

Sheltered from the North Sea winds by Beacon Hill, Cleadon enjoys an almost perfect location. It is close enough to the Wear to allow commuting but far enough away to escape the old shipyard's polluting chimneys. Very soon every shipping magnate and industrialist worthy of the name had a fine country villa in Cleadon.

The shipyards may have gone, but their owners' elegant homes, and Cleadon's reputation as an ideal place to live, remain. Improved transport links, including a new metro station at East Boldon and an upgraded A1018 Sunderland/Jarrow Road means Cleadon is more popular than ever with commuters to both Wearside and Tyneside.

Yet despite a location firmly in the commuter belt, Cleadon is not a dormitory village that's deserted during office hours. The thriving village centre offers a range of shops, schools and leisure facilities and the range of property available reflects Cleadon's mixed community.

In locations like Malvern Court there's retirement accommodation from around £110,000, in Windermere and Grasmere (which in Cleadon are quiet cul-de-sacs not large bodies of water!) there are bungalows from around £220,000 and in the perennially popular Windsor Drive there are spacious family homes from around £250,000.

At the very top end of the market, those with a spare £1 million will find Cleadon boasts plenty of premier period and modern properties that come complete with swimming pools and/or stables. You may not own your own shipping line but Cleadon can offer all the comfort and convenience that anyone could expect.

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