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Bellingham, Otterburn & Redesdale
What it's like at NE48 2EL: every home that has sold on the street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
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 Heritage Centre, 350 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 680).
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, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bellingham Middle School and Sports College, 50 m away.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Group Food, 550 m away, with Heritage Centre Bellingham closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bellingham Practice (800 m), with Parkside Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 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.
Tea on the Train is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Rose & Crown the nearest pub (600 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.
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.
19 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.
Hexham constituency: Joe Morris MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,713 (7.2%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 39%, Green Party 5%, Liberal Democrat 5%.
4 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near NE48 2EL →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Nearest: Druridge Bay South · about 57 min
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 42 min
Nearest: Bywell Hall · about 37 min
Nearest: South Tynedale Railway · about 42 min
Nearest: Northumberland Zoo · about 38 min
Nearest: Hexham Racecourse · about 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 3.7% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 5.9% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 0.5% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 73.6% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.5% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 0.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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