Schools
89 open schools are in scope, including 61 primary and 9 secondary schools. Hill Top School is the nearest published school at 74 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE10 8LT
Windy Nook & Whitehills · Gateshead · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East
- Postcode district
- NE10
- Postcode sector
- NE10 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE10 8LT
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 December 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE10
- Postcode sector
- NE10 8
- Latitude
- 54.931065
- Longitude
- -1.557628
- British National Grid easting
- 428,446
- British National Grid northing
- 559,687
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Gateshead · E08000037
- Electoral ward
- Windy Nook & Whitehills · E05016565
- Parish or community
- E43000229
- Westminster constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East · E14001307
- Output area
- E00041743
- Lower layer super output area
- Gateshead 021E · E01008227
- Middle layer super output area
- Gateshead 021 · E02001702
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore NE10
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 89
- Primary
- 61
- Secondary
- 9
- 74 m
Hill Top School
Community special school
- 739 m
Fell Dyke Community Primary School
Community school
- 797 m
Roman Road Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,920
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 714
- Anti social behaviour 288
- Criminal damage and arson 221
- Shoplifting 143
- Public order 142
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE10 8 residents
- 17,035
Age bands in NE10 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.5%
2,709 residents
1,717 residents
3,886 residents
4,658 residents
3,544 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
23
within 5 km
WREKENTON MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, WREKENTON, GATESHEAD, NE9 7AD
ODS code A85016
972 m
LONGRIGG MEDICAL CENTRE
2 LONGRIGG, LEAM LANE ESTATE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 8PH
ODS code A85004
1.6 km
BEACON VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BEACON LOUGH ROAD, BEACON LOUGH, GATESHEAD, NE9 6YS
ODS code A85026
1.7 km
CROWHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85009
2.0 km
ST. ALBANS MEDICAL GROUP
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85011
2.0 km
FELL COTTAGE SURGERY
123 KELLS LANE, LOW FELL, GATESHEAD, NE9 5XY
ODS code A85007
2.5 km
FELL TOWER MEDICAL CENTRE
575-583 DURHAM ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE9 5EY
ODS code A85001
2.7 km
PELAW MEDICAL PRACTICE
7-8 CROXDALE TERRACE, PELAW, GATESHEAD, NE10 0RR
ODS code A85611
2.9 km
CONCORD MEDICAL PRACTICE
VICTORIA ROAD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89022
2.9 km
NEW WASHINGTON MEDICAL GROUP
VICTORIA ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, CONCORD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89026
2.9 km
THE STEPHENSON MEDICAL PRACTICE
VICTORIA ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, CONCORD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89010
2.9 km
ST. ANTHONY'S HEALTH CENTRE
ST. ANTHONY'S MED GROUP, ST. ANTHONY'S ROAD, WALKER, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 2NN
ODS code A86040
3.9 km
GALLERIES MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE GALLERIES HEALTH CENTRE, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89012
4.0 km
SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, THE GALLERIES, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89025
4.0 km
BEWICK ROAD SURGERY
10 BEWICK ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 4DP
ODS code A85017
4.0 km
OXFORD TCE & RAWLING RD MEDICAL GROUP
1 OXFORD TERRACE, BENSHAM, GATESHEAD, NE8 1RQ
ODS code A85005
4.1 km
CENTRAL GATESHEAD MEDICAL GROUP
PRINCE CONSORT ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 1NB
ODS code A85019
4.1 km
BENSHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
SIDNEY GROVE, GATESHEAD, NE8 2XB
ODS code A85002
4.5 km
SECOND STREET SURGERY
SECOND STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UR
ODS code A85021
4.5 km
BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP
DURHAM ROAD, BIRTLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2QT
ODS code A85008
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Aycliffe Ave-Wallace Gdns
BCT · Springwell Estate
- 0.1 miles
Aycliffe Avenue
BCT · Springwell Estate
- 0.1 miles
Aycliffe Avenue
BCT · Springwell Estate
- 0.1 miles
Staneway-Wealcroft
BCT · Leam Lane
- 0.1 miles
Wealcroft
BCT · Leam Lane
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 021E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
1 of 10
Overall England rank
353 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,920 published events cover 12 months, averaging 160 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 714 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.