NE42 5QH

Prudhoe North & Wylam · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE42 5QJ 67 m
NE42 5QG 93 m
NE42 5QN 117 m
NE42 5QF 161 m
NE42 5QL 200 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE42 5QH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE42
Postcode sector
NE42 5
Latitude
54.964071
Longitude
-1.855433
British National Grid easting
409,355
British National Grid northing
563,280

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Parish or community
E04010852
Westminster constituency
Hexham · E14001285
Output area
E00139946
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 038A · E01027497
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 038 · E02005731

Postcode source versions

Explore NE42

32 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, The Ford, Prudhoe, NE42 5QH 2 August 2024 £185,000
3, The Ford, Prudhoe, NE42 5QH 3 July 2023 £215,000
10, The Ford, Prudhoe, NE42 5QH 19 December 2022 £240,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
11
Secondary
3
  1. Prudhoe West Academy

    Academy converter

    457 m
  2. St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Prudhoe

    Academy converter

    613 m
  3. Prudhoe Castle First School

    Academy converter

    715 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
700
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 219
  • Anti social behaviour 146
  • Criminal damage and arson 81
  • Burglary 49
  • Public order 48

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

13 female, 12 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.4% 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

5

within 5 km

  • PRUDHOE MEDICAL GROUP

    KEPWELL BANK TOP, PRUDHOE, NE42 5PW

    ODS code A84016

    271 m

  • THE ADDERLANE SURGERY

    ADDERLANE ROAD, WEST WYLAM, PRUDHOE, NE42 5HR

    ODS code A84614

    641 m

  • RIVERSDALE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A84035

    697 m

  • BRANCH END SURGERY

    MAIN ROAD, STOCKSFIELD, NE43 7LL

    ODS code A84047

    3.3 km

  • CRAWCROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PATTINSON DRIVE, CRAWCROOK, RYTON, NE40 4US

    ODS code A85014

    4.4 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

  • Western Avenue

    BCT · Low Prudhoe

    0.1 miles
  • Western Avenue

    BCT · Low Prudhoe

    0.1 miles
  • Prudhoe Castle

    BCT · Low Prudhoe

    0.1 miles
  • Prudhoe Castle

    BCT · Low Prudhoe

    0.1 miles
  • S C A Hygiene

    BCT · Low Prudhoe

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 038A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,033 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
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 £225,000 from 4 recorded sales in NE42 5QH. 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

14 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools. Prudhoe West Academy is the nearest published school at 457 m.

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

Recorded crime

700 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 219 events.

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