Adderstone Cottages Lucker, Northumberland
43 addresses across 4 postcodes (NE70), about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) long. USRN 2518604.
- Sales: 12 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £217,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3, E: 1).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are 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 89% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Chathill, about 4.9 km (3.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 1.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 37 to 70 m above sea level.
- Noise: 30 of its 43 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Belford Medical Practice, about 5.2 km (3.3 miles) away.
- People: About 210 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 65% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £217,000 | £217,000 | £217,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | £172,500 | £160,000 | £185,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £97,500 | £97,500 | £97,500 |
| 2011 | 1 | £85,000 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £84,000 | £84,000 | £84,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £114,000 | £114,000 | £114,000 |
| 1999 | 2 | £32,750 | £22,500 | £43,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £50,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jan 2021 | 5 NE70 7JA | Terraced | £217,000 | |
| 24 Oct 2014 | SHEPHERDS COTTAGE, 5 NE70 7JA | Terraced | £160,000 | |
| 30 Jul 2014 | 4 NE70 7JA | Terraced | £185,000 | |
| 26 Nov 2013 | 7 NE70 7JA | Terraced | £240,000 | |
| 1 Jun 2012 | 6 NE70 7JA | Terraced | £97,500 | |
| 8 Apr 2011 | 6 NE70 7JA | Terraced | £85,000 | |
| 12 Nov 2010 | 5 NE70 7JA | Terraced | £84,000 | |
| 1 Jul 2008 | 4 NE70 7JA | Semi-detached | £125,000 | |
| 20 Aug 2007 | SHEPHERDS COTTAGE, 5 NE70 7JA | Detached | £114,000 | |
| 15 Oct 1999 | 4 NE70 7JA | Semi-detached | £22,500 | |
| 3 Feb 1999 | 4 NE70 7JA | Semi-detached | £43,000 | |
| 15 Dec 1995 | 7 NE70 7JA | Detached | £50,000 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 198 m². Most common: House, detached (3); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (3); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (29% of about 1,310 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 7.
- 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
- ADDERSTONE HALL, grade II*
- GARDEN WALL ATTACHED TO REAR OF ADDERSTONE HALL, grade II
- GARDEN WALLS GATEPIERS AND GATES TO SOUTH AND SOUTH WEST OF THE OLD VICARAGE, grade II
- Lucker War Memorial, grade II
- PADDOCK WALLS AND DOVECOTE CIRCA 60 YARDS NORTH OF LUCKER HALL, grade II
- STABLE BLOCK CIRCA 50 YARDS NORTH OF ADDERSTONE HALL, grade II
- THE OLD VICARAGE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 6 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 20 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE70 7JQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| NE70 7JG | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| NE70 7HY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| NE70 7JA | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 43 addresses are between 37 m and 70 m above sea level (41 m on average); the ground rises about 33 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE70 7HY | 95% | 95% | 95% | 0% |
| NE70 7JA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE70 7JG | 100% | 89% | 89% | 0% |
| NE70 7JQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Chathill 1,580 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 58.3 km (36 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Belford Medical Practice | 5.2 km (3.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | The Belford Pharmacy | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Alnwick Infirmary | 17.3 km (11 miles) |
| Police station | Northumbria Police | 15.3 km (9.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | W J Davidson & Sons - Adderstone Garage Cashzone | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Defended settlement, 1.05 km north west of North Farm, a scheduled monument, 440 m (0.3 miles) south-east. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Defended settlement, 1.05 km north west of North Farm | Scheduled monument | 440 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Adderstone Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 790 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Roundabouts camp | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Howe Water | Lake or reservoir | 530 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Ratchwood Plantation | Wood | 650 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Ratchwood Strip | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Fisher Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Dee Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Warenton Dean | Valley | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 1.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 13 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 17 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 13 | 43 |
30 of the street's 43 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).
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 | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 35% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 51% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 38% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 24% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 29% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- NE70 7JQ: 27 addresses
- NE70 7JG: 14 addresses of 19 in the postcode
- NE70 7HY: 1 address of 37 in the postcode
- NE70 7JA: 1 address of 48 in the postcode
All the streets in NE70 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.