NE61 6RZ Northumberland
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Pegswood. Region: North East.
Streets
- Patton Way, Pegswood: 35 addresses
- South View, Pegswood: 1 address
House prices and rents in Northumberland
A typical home in Northumberland cost £213,113 in August 2026, 4.5% more than a year before. That is 24% more than five years earlier and 43% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £371,788 |
| Semi-detached | £206,101 |
| Terraced | £172,838 |
| Flat or maisonette | £106,485 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £175,253 |
Private renters in Northumberland paid £696 a month on average in September 2026, 7% more than a year before. That is 35% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £496 |
| Two bedrooms | £631 |
| Three bedrooms | £768 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,134 |
Council tax
What each band costs in Northumberland in 2026-27: Band D £2,597 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,731 | £2,020 | £2,308 | £2,597 | £3,174 | £3,751 | £4,328 | £5,194 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (75% of about 1,100 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: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land to West of East Farm, Pegswood, not permissioned (460 m (0.3 miles))
- East Farm & Factory Unit, Longhirst Road, Pegswood: up to 27 homes, not permissioned (470 m (0.3 miles))
- Land to East of East Farm, Pegswood, not permissioned (540 m (0.3 miles))
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the postcode, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East Grains Site Northumberland 18/04533/FUL | Anaerobic digestion | 0.5 MW | Operational Oct 2021 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Ellington Road - Anaerobic Digestion Facility Northumberland 22/03153/FUL | Anaerobic digestion | Permission granted, not yet built Jul 2023 | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 14 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this postcode.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the postcode.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the postcode spilled 0 times, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into Tributary of the Bothal Burn.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegswood Csocounty First School Northumbrian Water | Tributary of the Bothal Burn | 0 | 0 | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
This postcode is in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 8,293 kWh of it on average in 2024, 33% less than the district's 12,418 kWh, and 2,386 kWh of electricity, 27% less than the district's 3,285 kWh. There are gas meters for about 91% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is NE61.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the postcode.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 36 addresses are between 54 m and 57 m above sea level (56 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Pegswood 1,470 journeys in 2024–25 | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Morpeth 623,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Ashington 131,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Co-op Pegswood | 380 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Morpeth | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Co-op Pegswood Car Park | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 15.7 km (9.8 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Greystoke Surgery Good Aug 2026 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wellway Pharmacy LTD | 140 m |
| NHS dentists | Morpeth Dental Clinic | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Hospital | St Georges Hospital | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bentinck Crescent Good Oct 2025 | 230 m |
| Police station | Bedlington Police Station | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Pegswood - Morpeth Road, Pegswood Cashzone | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 680 m (0.4 miles) from the postcode's centre.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegswood Day Nursery NE61 6XG | Full day care | 25 | Not inspected yet | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 90 childminders and 12 home childcarers (nannies) in Northumberland. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,450 m² | 240 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,400 m² | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Miners Welfare Park 3.2 ha | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 390 m² | 350 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 1.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
10 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Climbingtree Dean | Valley | 820 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Whitefield Dean | Valley | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Chapel Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Park Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Brocks Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 15 | 2 |
| Under 55 | 21 | 34 |
15 of the postcode's 36 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 2 from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported around the postcode in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the Minor road, with 1,128 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 340 m from the postcode.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor road | Not recorded | 1,128 counted 2025 | 0% | 340 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Northumberland: see them on the Northumberland page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 34% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 20% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 50% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 34% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 11% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 35% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 14% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 14% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 38% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 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 Patton Way.