NE21 4AD Gateshead
Live postcode, introduced January 2025. Ward: Crawcrook & Greenside. Region: North East.
Streets
- Herd House Lane, Gateshead: 2 addresses
- Liddells Fell Road, Blaydon: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Gateshead in 2026-27: Band D £2,716 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,811 | £2,112 | £2,414 | £2,716 | £3,319 | £3,923 | £4,526 | £5,432 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (26% of about 1,260 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: yes, Gateshead.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Valley View Care Home, Burn Rd, Winlaton: up to 22 homes, permissioned (780 m)
- Winlaton Social Club, Cromwell Place, Winlaton: up to 17 homes, permissioned (890 m)
- Hallgarth depot, Gath Farm Rd, Winlaton: up to 20 homes, permissioned (910 m)
- Winlaton Care Village, Garesfield Lane, Winlaton: up to 7 homes, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 3 addresses are between 80 m and 83 m above sea level (82 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 0%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 100% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Blaydon 69,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km |
| MetroCentre 632,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km | |
| Wylam 111,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 18 within 800 m; nearest Liddells Fell Road-Greenwell Farm Blaydon Burn | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Winlaton | 890 m |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 9.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Oldwell Surgery | 1.1 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest R W Wilson | 930 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Nanas Dental Surgery | 1.0 km |
| Hospital | Newcastle General Hospital | 6.4 km |
| Police station | Northumbria Police | 4.9 km |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1.0 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Hallgarth Hall Park 7,030 m² | 860 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 910 m² | 870 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.3 ha | 800 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,640 m² | 880 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Battle of Newburn Ford 1640, a registered battlefield, 2.2 km north. 1 listed building is within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Battle of Newburn Ford 1640 | Registered battlefield | 2.2 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bewes Hill | Hill | 320 m north |
| Bewes Hills | Wood | 390 m north |
| Cromwell | Tidal water | 1.9 km north-east |
| Church Dene | Valley | 2.7 km north-west |
| Shibdon Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km east |
| Lemington Point | Wetland | 2.8 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 3 |
1 of the postcode's 3 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 10 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Herd House Lane.