B6918 Woolsington, Newcastle upon Tyne
9 addresses across 4 postcodes (NE13,NE20), about 1 km (0.6 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 8205244.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 E; Band D in Newcastle upon Tyne costs £2,542 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 10% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Blaydon, about 7.5 km (4.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 78 to 85 m above sea level.
- Noise: 10 of its 12 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Npc Ponteland, about 3.3 km (2.1 miles) away.
- People: About 750 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 40% 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
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2026-27: Band D £2,542 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,695 | £1,977 | £2,260 | £2,542 | £3,107 | £3,672 | £4,237 | £5,084 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (28% of about 1,840 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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.
Roadworks
Started, not reported finished by 30 September 2026
- 16 September 2026 to 2 October 2026: NORTHUMBRIAN WATER, Remedial works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE20 9BZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE20 9DB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE13 8BN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE13 8BZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 24 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 12 addresses are between 78 m and 85 m above sea level (82 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE13 8BN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE13 8BZ | 10% | 10% | 10% | 87% |
| NE20 9BZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE20 9DB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Blaydon 69,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) |
| MetroCentre 632,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.8 km (5.5 miles) | |
| Cramlington 184,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Newcastle Airport (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | 300 m |
| Callerton Parkway (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | 670 m (0.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Newcastle Airport Ponteland Road | 280 m |
| Bus or coach station | High School bus park Ponteland | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Car parks | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Newcastle Airport Staff South Car Park | 140 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Npc Ponteland | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Taylor's Pharmacy | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Higgins & Winter | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Hospital | St Nicholas Hospital (Newcastle Upon Tyne) | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| Police station | Northumbria Police - Etal Lane Police Station | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest MFG - Skyway Services, Newcastle International Airport Cashzone | 390 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 3.4 ha | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 3,050 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.3 ha | 310 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,400 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Woolsington Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1.5 km (1 mile) south-east.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Woolsington Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Black Callerton Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Dark Plantation | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Braid Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| South Lodge Plantation | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Foxcover Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Newbiggin Dene | Valley | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
10 of the street's 12 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, 1 from railways, and 11 from aircraft, 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 Newcastle upon Tyne: see them on the Newcastle upon Tyne page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greggs NE13 8BZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 380 m | 5 Very good | 26 Feb 2025 |
| Burger King NE13 8BZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 380 m | 5 Very good | 10 Mar 2026 |
| Doubletree By Hilton Hotel NE13 8BZ | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 18 Dec 2025 |
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 | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 35% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 62% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
- NE20 9BZ: 4 addresses of 17 in the postcode
- NE20 9DB: 3 addresses of 4 in the postcode
- NE13 8BN: 1 address of 7 in the postcode
- NE13 8BZ: 1 address of 112 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in NE13, NE20 and across Newcastle upon Tyne.
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.