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NE42 5ES

Prudhoe South · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Prudhoe
Ward
Prudhoe South
Local authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham
Postcode district
NE42
Postcode sector
NE42 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE42 5HT 20 m
NE42 5AN 59 m
NE42 5EP 92 m
NE42 5DP 94 m
NE42 5FW 94 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE42 5ES
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE42
Postcode sector
NE42 5
Latitude
54.962126
Longitude
-1.838605
British National Grid easting
410,433
British National Grid northing
563,066

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Electoral ward
Prudhoe South · E05016139
Parish or community
E04010852
Westminster constituency
Hexham · E14001285
Output area
E00139959
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 038B · E01027498
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 038 · E02005731

Postcode source versions

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Property

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3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17 - 23, West Wylam Drive, Prudhoe, NE42 5ES 29 March 2018 £175,000
15a, West Wylam Drive, Prudhoe, NE42 5ES 13 March 2013 £34,000
13 - 15, West Wylam Drive, Prudhoe, NE42 5ES 23 April 2003 £30,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
14
Secondary
4

  1. Adderlane Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    304 m

  2. Prudhoe Community High School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

  3. St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Prudhoe

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
592
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 193
  • Anti social behaviour 117
  • Criminal damage and arson 72
  • Shoplifting 45
  • Burglary 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.4
NE42 5 residents
6,829

Age bands in NE42 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

1,142 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

720 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.8%

1,496 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

1,885 residents

Age 65 and over
20.1%

1,323 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE42 5 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

  • RIVERSDALE SURGERY

    OAKLANDS HEALTH CENTRE, FRONT STREET, PRUDHOE, NE42 5DQ

    ODS code A84035

    457 m

  • THE ADDERLANE SURGERY

    ADDERLANE ROAD, WEST WYLAM, PRUDHOE, NE42 5HR

    ODS code A84614

    461 m

  • PRUDHOE MEDICAL GROUP

    KEPWELL BANK TOP, PRUDHOE, NE42 5PW

    ODS code A84016

    945 m

  • CRAWCROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PATTINSON DRIVE, CRAWCROOK, RYTON, NE40 4US

    ODS code A85014

    3.3 km

  • BRANCH END SURGERY

    MAIN ROAD, STOCKSFIELD, NE43 7LL

    ODS code A84047

    4.1 km

  • CHOPWELL PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CENTRE

    SOUTH ROAD, CHOPWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7BU

    ODS code A85024

    5.0 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

  • West Wylam Drive

    BCT · West Wylam

    0.0 miles

  • West Wylam Drive

    BCT · West Wylam

    0.0 miles

  • Stonyflat Bank

    BCT · West Wylam

    0.1 miles

  • Stonyflat Bank

    BCT · West Wylam

    0.1 miles

  • Priestclose Cottages

    BCT · West Wylam

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 038B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,217 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
8 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

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 4 secondary schools. Adderlane Academy is the nearest published school at 304 m.

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

Recorded crime

592 published events cover 12 months, averaging 49.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 193 events.

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