Lead Road Northumberland
47 addresses across 12 postcodes (NE43,NE44,NE47), about 8.9 km (5.6 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 41305936.
- Energy: 22 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 2, E: 8, F: 6, G: 4).
- 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 G; 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 Riding Mill, about 5 km (3.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 1.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 86 to 221 m above sea level.
- Noise: 18 of its 47 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Corbridge Health Centre, about 7.3 km (4.5 miles) away.
- People: About 1,270 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 48% 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
22 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 141 m². Most common: House, detached (14); House, semi-detached (5); Bungalow, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (17); 1900-1929 (3); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (16); rented (private) (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (12 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 G (23% of about 1,700 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 18.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 7 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: yes, Northumberland.
Listed buildings
- BARN AND GINGANG AT LOW FOTHERLEY, grade II
- BLAST FURNACE ON WEST BANK OF STOCKSFIELD BURN 150 METRES SOUTH OF WOOD COTTAGE, grade II
- BRIDGE OVER FLOTHERS BURN 50 METRES SOUTH-EAST OF FLOTHERS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- ENTRANCE SCREEN AND FLANKING WALLS AT NORTH-EAST CORNER OF PARK, grade II
- FARMBUILDINGS NORTH OF FOTHERLEY BUILDINGS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- FOTHERLEY BUILDINGS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- GAME LARDER 50 METRES NORTH-WEST OF HALL, grade II
- GROOM'S COTTAGE AND COACH HOUSE 50 METRES WEST OF THE HALL, grade II
- HILL TOP FARMHOUSE AND ATTACHED BYRE, grade II
- MILL BUILDING AND ATTACHED HEAD RACE, grade II
- MILLER'S HOUSE AND ATTACHED OUTBUILDING TO NORTH, grade II
- OUTBUILDING 10 METRES NORTH-WEST OF STANEGARTH, grade II
- ROSE AND CROWN INN, GARDEN COTTAGE AND CAUTLEY COTTAGE, grade II
- SOUTH FARM FARMHOUSE AND ADJACENT FARMBUILDING TO WEST, grade II
- STABLE BLOCK AND ATTACHED COTTAGE, grade II
- STANEGARTH AND ADJACENT FARMBUILDING TO EAST, grade II
- THE HALL, grade II
- WALLS ON SOUTH AND EAST OF STABLE YARD, WITH ATTACHED GATEPIERS, GATE AND OUTBUILDINGS, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE44 6BH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE47 0BN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| NE47 0BP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE44 6BE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE43 7SB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE43 7SE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE43 7SF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE44 6BG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE43 7SD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE47 0AQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE44 6BD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NE47 0AG | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 47 addresses are between 86 m and 221 m above sea level (175 m on average); the ground rises about 135 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE43 7SB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE43 7SD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NE43 7SE | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| NE43 7SF | 0% | 0% | 0% | 83% |
| NE44 6BD | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| NE44 6BE | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| NE44 6BG | 0% | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| NE44 6BH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| NE47 0AG | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| NE47 0AQ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| NE47 0BN | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| NE47 0BP | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Riding Mill 33,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Corbridge 77,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.5 km (4 miles) | |
| Stocksfield 52,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Slaley Hall road end | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Roam Charging Station | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 24.9 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Corbridge Health Centre | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Princes Street Dental Practice | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Hexham General Hospital | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) |
| Police station | Hexham Police Station | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 290 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Rigg Plantation | Wood | 240 m north |
| Hilltop Plantation | Wood | 440 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| West Riggend Plantation | Wood | 440 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Dampit Linn | Lake or reservoir | 710 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Broomy Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Lower Fox Valley | Valley | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 1.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 6.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 9 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 29 | 47 |
18 of the street's 47 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 | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 45% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 32% | 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) | 48% | 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 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 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
- NE44 6BH: 10 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- NE47 0BN: 10 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- NE47 0BP: 5 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- NE44 6BE: 4 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- NE43 7SB: 3 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- NE43 7SE: 3 addresses
- NE43 7SF: 3 addresses of 14 in the postcode
- NE44 6BG: 3 addresses of 6 in the postcode
- NE43 7SD: 2 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- NE47 0AQ: 2 addresses of 3 in the postcode
- NE44 6BD: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
- NE47 0AG: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
All the streets in NE43, NE44, NE47 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.