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Thinking of living at NE19 1JH? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the primary school is further.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otterburn Primary School | Primary | 2.3 km | – |
Every primary near NE19 1JH, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest station is Haydon Bridge, a drive away (19 km), with 50k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Elishaw, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route X74); 1 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 109 minutes away by public transport (59 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Otterburn Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (2.3 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The weekly shop is a proper trip: a food store is about 18 minutes away without a car.
The GP surgery is around 62 minutes on foot or by bus.
The nearest full A&E is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 42 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 79% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 84% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 10 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 22 restaurants and cafés, 15 pubs and bars.
Rede Tyne Coquet Sports is the closest café or restaurant (2.5 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 367 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
Bungalow country: 24% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Otterburn (Millennium Green), 3.4 km away.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 1.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 35 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 199 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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