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Thinking of living at NE43 7JR? 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 supermarket is further.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broomley First School | Primary | 750 m | – |
| Mickley First School | Primary | 1.4 km | – |
| Prudhoe Castle First School | Primary | 2.9 km | – |
| Ovingham Church of England First School | Primary | 2.9 km | – |
| St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Prudhoe | Primary | 3.3 km | 94% met the expected standard |
| Ovingham Middle School | Secondary | 2.9 km | – |
| Highfield Middle School | Secondary | 3.3 km | – |
| Prudhoe Community High School | Secondary | 3.4 km | Attainment 8: 46.6 · 8.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Mowden Hall School | Independent | 4.6 km | – |
Every primary near NE43 7JR, 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.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Stocksfield Tennis Club | 840 m | 4 |
| Golf | Stocksfield Golf Club Ltd | 1.8 km | 3 |
| Cricket | Stocksfield Cricket Club | 690 m | 2 |
| Rugby union | Stocksfield Sports Ground | 780 m | 1 |
| Football | Stocksfield Sports Ground | 780 m | 1 |
| Skateboard | Highfield Skatepark | 3.1 km | 1 |
| Swimming | Prudhoe Waterworld | 4.1 km | 1 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Stocksfield, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 52k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is Cottages, 150 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (route 10); 8 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 68 minutes away by public transport (30 by car).
The nearest primary school is Broomley First School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ovingham Middle School, 2.9 km away.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Group Food, 3.6 km away, with Rosies Farm Shop closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Branch End Surgery (350 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, C K Hair Design is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Victoria Infirmary, 23 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 56% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 29 restaurants and cafés and 19 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Community Buddies is the closest café or restaurant (1.4 km), and Stocksfield Cricket Club the nearest pub (750 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 385 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 149 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Highfield Park, 3.0 km away; for exercise, Broomley Grange Outdoor Centre (2.2 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 2.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 21 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 178 km.
14 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
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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Neighbours tend to stay put: 50% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 33% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
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.