NE26 1HW

St Mary's · North Tyneside · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Whitley Bay
Local authority
North Tyneside
Constituency
Tynemouth
Postcode district
NE26
Postcode sector
NE26 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE26 1JD 53 m
NE26 1JG 76 m
NE26 1HS 89 m
NE26 1HP 99 m
NE26 1HR 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE26 1HW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE26
Postcode sector
NE26 1
Latitude
55.056466
Longitude
-1.457077
British National Grid easting
434,781
British National Grid northing
573,687

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
North Tyneside · E08000022
Electoral ward
St Mary's · E05015879
Parish or community
E43000176
Westminster constituency
Tynemouth · E14001557
Output area
E00043395
Lower layer super output area
North Tyneside 001C · E01008549
Middle layer super output area
North Tyneside 001 · E02001738

Postcode source versions

Explore NE26

77 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Beacon House, 15, Grenada Drive, Whitley Bay, NE26 1HW 1 August 2025 £172,500
Beacon House, 1, Grenada Drive, Whitley Bay, NE26 1HW 1 August 2025 £152,500
Beacon House, 22, Grenada Drive, Whitley Bay, NE26 1HW 31 July 2025 £220,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
20
Secondary
12
  1. Whitley Lodge First School

    Community school

    478 m
  2. Coquet Park First School

    Community school

    508 m
  3. Whitley Bay High School

    Foundation school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
693
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 189
  • Shoplifting 132
  • Anti social behaviour 121
  • Vehicle crime 50
  • Criminal damage and arson 48

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
56

29 female, 27 male

Postcode households
38
Residents per household
1.5
NE26 1 residents
5,223

Age bands in NE26 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.7%

1,022 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

501 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.2%

1,200 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

1,483 residents

Age 65 and over
18.8%

974 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE26 1 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+
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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • MARINE AVENUE MEDICAL CTR

    MARINE AVENUE HEALTH CENTRE, MARINE AVENUE, WHITLEY BAY, NE26 3LW

    ODS code A87008

    1.4 km

  • BEAUMONT PARK SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, 35 HEPSCOTT DRIVE, BEAUMONT PARK, WHITLEY BAY, NE25 9XJ

    ODS code A87011

    1.4 km

  • WHITLEY BAY HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITLEY ROAD, WHITLEY BAY, NE26 2ND

    ODS code A87005

    2.0 km

  • BRIDGE AND MONKSEATON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CAULDWELL AVENUE, MONKSEATON, WHITLEY BAY, NE25 9PH

    ODS code A87020

    2.4 km

  • NORTHUMBERLAND PARK MEDICAL GROUP

    SHIREMOOR CENTRE, EARSDON ROAD, SHIREMOOR, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE27 0HJ

    ODS code A87022

    3.8 km

  • NPC ELSDON AVENUE

    ELSDON AVENUE, SEATON DELAVAL, WHITLEY BAY, NE25 0BW

    ODS code A84619

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • The Links-Briar Dene

    BCT · Whitley Bay

    0.1 miles
  • The Links-Briar Dene

    BCT · Whitley Bay

    0.1 miles
  • The Links-Kingston Drive

    BCT · Whitley Bay

    0.2 miles
  • The Links-Kingston Drive

    BCT · Whitley Bay

    0.2 miles
  • Whitley Lodge

    BCT · Whitley Bay

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Tyneside 001C, 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

32,871 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
10 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

Property market

The five-year median is £188,750 from 6 recorded sales in NE26 1HW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Tyneside is £203,813 in June 2026, up 6.0% year on year.

Schools

37 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 12 secondary schools. Whitley Lodge First School is the nearest published school at 478 m.

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

Recorded crime

693 published events cover 12 months, averaging 57.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 189 events.

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