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Longhoughton & Alnmouth
What it's like at NE66 2NU: 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 Alnmouth, a drive away (4.1 km), with 379k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
The nearest bus stop is StPaul's RC School, 100 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes X18, X20); 24 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 77 minutes away by public transport (54 by car).
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Alnwick, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 68% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Duchess's Community High School, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 43.2 · 10.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 200 m away; Well Pharmacy (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Alnwick Medical Group (150 m), with K-Chem (Alnwick) the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Hotspur Barbers is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 41 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 25 restaurants and cafés and 15 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Barter Books is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Plough the nearest pub (500 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 283 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 47% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 24% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 326 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is St Paul's Memorial Garden, 800 m away; for exercise, Willowburn (150 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Low Newton, 8.5 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 1.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
36 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| SOUTH ROAD (See details for further address information) | II | 140 m |
| Alnbank House | II | 190 m |
| Freelands | II | 200 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
North Northumberland constituency: David Smith MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,067 (10.4%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 16%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
13 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 NE66 2NU →
For holidays, Newcastle is 45 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 235 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 31% 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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 4.6% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 66.0% | 81.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 20.1% | 10.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.7% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.2% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 72 min
Nearest: Shielfield Park · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.