A196 North Choppington, Northumberland
15 addresses across 9 postcodes (NE62), about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 42022047.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2, F: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Northumberland costs £2,597 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Pegswood, about 2.8 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 500 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 32 to 43 m above sea level.
- Noise: 12 of its 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Guidepost Medical Group, about 720 m (0.4 miles) away.
- People: About 1,160 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 60% of households owned their home and 24% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 164 m². Most common: House, detached (3). Built: 1950-1966 (1); 1930-1949 (1); before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (67% of about 1,530 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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, Northumberland.
Listed buildings
- Guide Post War Memorial, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 28 October 2026 to 29 October 2026: EE Ltd, Utility asset works, two-way signals, on the verge (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 1 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE62 5PS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE62 5NP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| NE62 5PP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE62 5PX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE62 5LS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE62 5PR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE62 5PU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE62 5PZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE62 5YU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 15 addresses are between 32 m and 43 m above sea level (35 m on average); the ground rises about 12 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE62 5LS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE62 5NP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE62 5PP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE62 5PR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE62 5PS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE62 5PU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE62 5PX | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| NE62 5PZ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| NE62 5YU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Pegswood 1,470 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Ashington 131,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Morpeth 623,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest East Choppington Farm Guide Post | 250 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Ashington | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 14.4 km (8.9 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Guidepost Medical Group | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Ashington Hospital | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Police station | Northumbria Police | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Choppington, Guidepostear Cashzone | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,050 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 490 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.6 ha | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 6,680 m² | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Choppington Wood | Wood | 440 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Long Stream | Lake or reservoir | 850 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Riding Plantation | Wood | 870 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Whitefield Dean | Valley | 2 km (1.3 miles) north-west |
| Castle Island | Island | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) east |
| Brocks Hill | Hill | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 4 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 15 |
12 of the street's 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
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.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choppington Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Mowbray Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| Ringway Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (northumbria).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 60% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 32% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 26% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 22% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 65% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 24% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 2 to 3 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.
What has changed
- Roadworks Street works permit: EE Ltd: Utility asset works, 28 October 2026 to 29 October 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- NE62 5PS: 4 addresses
- NE62 5NP: 2 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- NE62 5PP: 2 addresses of 53 in the postcode
- NE62 5PX: 2 addresses of 17 in the postcode
- NE62 5LS: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
- NE62 5PR: 1 address of 24 in the postcode
- NE62 5PU: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
- NE62 5PZ: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
- NE62 5YU: 1 address of 24 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Morpeth Road · Riverside Avenue · East Farm Park · Morpeth Road · West Avenue · West Avenue · Pine Avenue
All the streets in NE62 and across Northumberland.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.