NE22 6AN

Bedlington West · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bedlington
Local authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Blyth and Ashington
Postcode district
NE22
Postcode sector
NE22 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE22 6AJ 135 m
NE22 6AH 143 m
NE22 6BF 153 m
NE22 6AL 191 m
NE22 6AQ 313 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE22 6AN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE22
Postcode sector
NE22 6
Latitude
55.116719
Longitude
-1.624596
British National Grid easting
424,044
British National Grid northing
580,322

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Parish or community
E04010880
Westminster constituency
Blyth and Ashington · E14001107
Output area
E00140069
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 021D · E01027521
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 021 · E02005741

Postcode source versions

Explore NE22

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
23, Shields Road, Hartford Bridge, Bedlington, NE22 6AN 9 May 2024 £200,000
Plessey Lodge, 17, Shields Road, Hartford Bridge, Bedlington, NE22 6AN 17 March 2021 £599,950
9, Shields Road, Hartford Bridge, Bedlington, NE22 6AN 25 July 2019 £285,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
16
Secondary
4
  1. St Bede's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.1 km
  2. St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy

    Academy converter

    2.2 km
  3. Howard House School

    Other independent special school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
24
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 7
  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Burglary 2
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
45

23 female, 22 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
2.4
NE22 6 residents
6,047

Age bands in NE22 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

944 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

572 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.7%

1,298 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.1%

1,783 residents

Age 65 and over
19.8%

1,132 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE22 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
89.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
89.5%
Gigabit-capable
89.5%
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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEDLINGTONSHIRE MED.GROUP

    GLEBE ROAD, BEDLINGTON, NE22 6JX

    ODS code A84005

    2.4 km

  • FORUM FAMILY PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, FORUM WAY, CRAMLINGTON, NE23 6QN

    ODS code A84038

    4.2 km

  • NPC CRAMLINGTON

    FORUM WAY, CRAMLINGTON, NE23 6QN

    ODS code A84025

    4.2 km

  • VILLAGE MEDICAL GROUP

    DUDLEY LANE, CRAMLINGTON, NE23 6US

    ODS code A84030

    4.3 km

  • THE GABLES MEDICAL GROUP

    THE GABLES HEALTH CENTRE, 26 ST. JOHNS ROAD, BEDLINGTON, NE22 7DU

    ODS code A84013

    4.7 km

  • GUIDEPOST MEDICAL GROUP

    NORTH PARADE, CHOPPINGTON, CHOPPINGTON, NE62 5RA

    ODS code A84020

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Shields Road

    BCT · Hartford Bridge

    0.0 miles
  • Shields Road

    BCT · Hartford Bridge

    0.0 miles
  • Hartford Hall

    BCT · Hartford Bridge

    0.2 miles
  • Hartford Hall

    BCT · Hartford Bridge

    0.2 miles
  • Riverside

    BCT · Hartford Bridge

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 021D, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,513 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
10 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £200,000 from 1 recorded sale in NE22 6AN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Northumberland is £213,452 in June 2026, up 12.6% year on year.

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Bede's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

24 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 7 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.