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Thinking of living at NE48 2DW? 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 station is further.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellingham Primary School | Primary | 850 m | – |
| Greenhaugh Primary School | Primary | 5.8 km | – |
| Bellingham Middle School and Sports College | Secondary | 800 m | – |
Every primary near NE48 2DW, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming | Riverdale Hall Hotel | 400 m | 1 |
| Golf | Bellingham Golf Club | 750 m | 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.
The nearest station is Haydon Bridge, a drive away (19 km), with 47k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is The Practice, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 680); 3 departures an hour from the 6 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 Bellingham Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bellingham Middle School and Sports College, 800 m away.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Group Food, 300 m away; Parkside Pharmacy (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bellingham Practice (150 m), with Parkside Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
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.
Fountain Cottage Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Black Bull Hotel the nearest pub (200 m).
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 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.
23 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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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.