Schools
73 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 8 secondary schools. Grace College is the nearest published school at 857 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE11 0GU
Birtley North & Lamesley · Gateshead · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South
- Postcode district
- NE11
- Postcode sector
- NE11 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE11 0GU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 September 2007
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE11
- Postcode sector
- NE11 0
- Latitude
- 54.924861
- Longitude
- -1.617487
- British National Grid easting
- 424,614
- British National Grid northing
- 558,974
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Gateshead · E08000037
- Electoral ward
- Birtley North & Lamesley · E05016545
- Parish or community
- E04000132
- Westminster constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South · E14001567
- Output area
- E00041708
- Lower layer super output area
- Gateshead 025D · E01008226
- Middle layer super output area
- Gateshead 025 · E02001706
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 NE11
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 73
- Primary
- 47
- Secondary
- 8
- 857 m
Grace College
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- 1.0 km
Oakfield Infant School
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- 1.1 km
Oakfield Junior School
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Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 666
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Shoplifting 199
- Violence and sexual offences 128
- Anti social behaviour 73
- Burglary 68
- Vehicle crime 48
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE11 0 residents
- 4,161
Age bands in NE11 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.5%
740 residents
360 residents
1,019 residents
1,238 residents
975 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+
- 12.5%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 12.5%
- 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
18
within 5 km
FELL TOWER MEDICAL CENTRE
575-583 DURHAM ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE9 5EY
ODS code A85001
1.6 km
FELL COTTAGE SURGERY
123 KELLS LANE, LOW FELL, GATESHEAD, NE9 5XY
ODS code A85007
2.1 km
BEACON VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BEACON LOUGH ROAD, BEACON LOUGH, GATESHEAD, NE9 6YS
ODS code A85026
2.3 km
WREKENTON MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, WREKENTON, GATESHEAD, NE9 7AD
ODS code A85016
3.0 km
BENSHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
SIDNEY GROVE, GATESHEAD, NE8 2XB
ODS code A85002
3.1 km
SECOND STREET SURGERY
SECOND STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UR
ODS code A85021
3.3 km
OXFORD TCE & RAWLING RD MEDICAL GROUP
1 OXFORD TERRACE, BENSHAM, GATESHEAD, NE8 1RQ
ODS code A85005
3.4 km
GLENPARK & TEAMS MEDICAL SERVICES
RAVENSWORTH ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE11 9FJ
ODS code A85006
3.4 km
CENTRAL GATESHEAD MEDICAL GROUP
PRINCE CONSORT ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 1NB
ODS code A85019
3.6 km
BEWICK ROAD SURGERY
10 BEWICK ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 4DP
ODS code A85017
3.7 km
SUNNISIDE SURGERY
8 DEWHURST TERRACE, SUNNISIDE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 5LP
ODS code A85617
3.7 km
CROWHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85009
4.1 km
ST. ALBANS MEDICAL GROUP
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85011
4.1 km
MILLENNIUM FAMILY PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85013
4.3 km
THE BRIDGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85614
4.3 km
WHICKHAM COTTAGE MEDICAL CENTRE
RECTORY LANE, WHICKHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 4PD
ODS code A85020
4.5 km
BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP
DURHAM ROAD, BIRTLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2QT
ODS code A85008
4.5 km
CRUDDAS PARK SURGERY
178 WESTMORLAND ROAD, CRUDDAS PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 7JT
ODS code A86017
4.9 km
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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Retail World Marquis Way
BCT · Team Valley
- 0.1 miles
Retail World Marquis Way
BCT · Team Valley
- 0.1 miles
Marquisway - Kingsway South
BCS · Team Valley
- 0.2 miles
Kingsway South - Ninth Avenue
BCT · Team Valley
- 0.2 miles
Kingsway South
BCT · Team Valley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 025D, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,685 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
666 published events cover 12 months, averaging 55.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 199 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.