A696 Northumberland
13 addresses across 10 postcodes (NE19,NE20,NE61), about 12.7 km (7.9 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 41321675.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Northumberland cost £213,113 in August 2026 (+4.5% on a year); private rents averaged £696 a month.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (E: 1).
- Flood: 8 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Landfill: 3 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Middle Whitehill Quarry, is 400 m (0.2 miles) away.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the Minor road, carries 430 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- 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 Morpeth, about 19 km (12 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 1.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 126 to 217 m above sea level.
- Noise: 10 of its 13 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Scots Gap Medical Group, about 4.4 km (2.7 miles) away.
- People: About 1,120 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 58% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, and it was serious.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
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 |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 208 m². Most common: House, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 25 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE19 2SH | 9 | 2,933 kWh | under 5 | |
| NE19 2PE | 11 | 2,648 kWh | none recorded | |
| NE61 4AD | 5 | 2,607 kWh | under 5 |
These are all the homes on each 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 NE19.
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 (24% of about 1,940 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 159.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- BRIDGE OVER RIVER WANSBECK, grade I
- CAPHEATON HALL AND WALLS ATTACHED, grade I
- Church of Wilfrid, grade I
- CLOCK TOWER GATE, grade I
- EAST SHAFTOE HALL, grade I
- SHORTFLATT TOWER, grade I
- WALLINGTON HALL, grade I
- 4 STONE DRAGONS HEADS ON LAWN EAST OF HALL, grade II*
- CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, grade II*
- GATEPIERS AT WEST LODGE TO CAPHEATON HALL, grade II*
- HARNHAM HALL, grade II*
- LITTLE HARLE TOWER, grade II*
- NORTH-EAST COURTYARD RANGE AND COURTYARD WALL, grade II*
- NORTH-WEST COURTYARD RANGE AND COURTYARD WALL, grade II*
- THE ARCHES, grade II*
- THE GARDEN HOUSE, grade II*
- WALLED GARDEN WITH GATEWAYS, grade II*
- 1-3, FRONT STREET, grade II
- 1-3, MIDDLE ROW, grade II
- 1, HARNHAM, grade II
- 2-5 Front Row, grade II
- 3 AND 4, HARNHAM, grade II
- 4 AND 5, FRONT STREET, grade II
- 6-8, FRONT STREET, grade II
- 7-9 Front Row, grade II
- ARMORIAL BEAST APPROX 10 YDS EAST OF SHORTFLATT TOWER, grade II
- BOLAM HALL EAST WING, AND BOLAM HALL WEST WING, grade II
- BOLT COTTAGE AND OUTBUILDING TO NORTH, grade II
- BOUNDARY STONE APPROX 40 YARDS NORTH-WEST OF CLOCK MILL, grade II
- BRIDGE APPROX 30 YARDS NORTH OF CLOCK MILL, grade II
And 129 more.
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Wind Farm Northumberland 06/00023/CPC | Wind 16 turbines | 54.4 MW | Operational Feb 2017 | 3.8 km (2.4 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.
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 12 November 2026 to 24 November 2026: NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (standard works)
- 12 November 2026: NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (minor works)
- 16 November 2026 to 7 May 2027: NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works)
- 25 November 2026 to 30 November 2026: NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Finished in the last three months
- 8 September 2026 to 10 September 2026: NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, stop/go boards, on the carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 6 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: of the 5 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE19 2PA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE19 2SH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| NE61 4AQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE19 2BX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE19 2PB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE19 2PE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 5 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE19 2PG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE20 0EZ | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE20 0HJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE61 4AD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
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 street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
3 of the street's 10 postcodes are in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded; the rest are outside the coalfield.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 5 to 10%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
By postcode centre: less than 1% (2); 1 to 3% (4); 5 to 10% (5).
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
3 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 400 m (0.2 miles) away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Whitehill Quarry Knowe, Hexham, Northumberland | 1949 to 1983 | Industrial, commercial, household; gas control on site | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Knowesgate Waste Disposal Site Knowe, Hexham, Northumberland | 1985 to 1994 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household; gas control on site | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Knowesgate Extension Knowe, Hexham, Northumberland | 1949 to 1993 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household; gas control on site | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 13 addresses are between 126 m and 217 m above sea level (170 m on average); the ground rises about 92 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE19 2BX | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| NE19 2PA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE19 2PB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE19 2PE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE19 2PG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE19 2SH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE20 0EZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE20 0HJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE61 4AD | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| NE61 4AQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Morpeth 623,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 19 km (12 miles) |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 21.6 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Scots Gap Medical Group Good Jan 2015 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Northgate Hospital, Cntw Foundation Trust | 17.7 km (11 miles) |
| Police station | Northumbria Police Training and Communications Centre | 16.6 km (10 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 600 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3,540 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,120 m² | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Kirkharle Hall, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 210 m west. 13 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkharle Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 210 m west |
| Church of Wilfrid | Listed building, Grade I | 350 m south-west |
| Little Harle Tower | Listed building, Grade II* | 670 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Capheaton tilery | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Bob Gin Pitt mine drainage system 520m south east of Wallington Hall | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Round cairn, 220m West of Broom House | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Wallington | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Topley Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Huntly Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| West Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Fountain Plantation | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Chinese Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Comb Hill | Hill | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 1.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.5 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 5 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 13 |
10 of the street's 13 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
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.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Running Fox NE19 2PE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 340 m | 5 Very good | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Brown's Lakeside Larder NE19 2PE | Retailers - other | 340 m | 5 Very good | 25 Mar 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (northumbria).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. Most were on roads with a 60 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep 2024 17:05 | Serious | 1 person | A696, 60 mph | Daylight |
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 430 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 180 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor road | Not recorded | 430 counted 2025 | 1% | 180 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.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 58% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 36% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 21% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 5 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
- Food hygiene ratings The Running Fox (restaurant/cafe/canteen, NE19 2PE) re-inspected, still 5 Very good (rated 15 October 2026) found 4 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 12 November 2026 (multi-way signals) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 25 November 2026 to 30 November 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- NE19 2PA: 2 addresses of 4 in the postcode
- NE19 2SH: 2 addresses of 25 in the postcode
- NE61 4AQ: 2 addresses of 6 in the postcode
- NE19 2BX: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
- NE19 2PB: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
- NE19 2PE: 1 address of 31 in the postcode
- NE19 2PG: 1 address
- NE20 0EZ: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
- NE20 0HJ: 1 address of 6 in the postcode
- NE61 4AD: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
All the streets in NE19, NE20, NE61 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.