NE43 7BY

Prudhoe West & Mickley · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham
Postcode district
NE43
Postcode sector
NE43 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE43 7DL 63 m
NE43 7BT 92 m
NE43 7DN 110 m
NE43 7BP 118 m
NE43 7BW 146 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE43 7BY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE43
Postcode sector
NE43 7
Latitude
54.955533
Longitude
-1.879916
British National Grid easting
407,789
British National Grid northing
562,327

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
E00140005
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 036C · E01027508
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 036 · E02005729

Postcode source versions

Explore NE43

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
3
  1. Mickley First School

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    556 m
  2. Prudhoe Castle First School

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    1.1 km
  3. Ovingham Middle School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
182
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 64
  • Anti social behaviour 33
  • Criminal damage and arson 21
  • Other crime 19
  • Public order 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
NE43 7 residents
4,445

Age bands in NE43 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

646 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

385 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.7%

745 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.4%

1,395 residents

Age 65 and over
28.7%

1,278 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE43 7 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

4

within 5 km

  • BRANCH END SURGERY

    MAIN ROAD, STOCKSFIELD, NE43 7LL

    ODS code A84047

    1.5 km

  • PRUDHOE MEDICAL GROUP

    KEPWELL BANK TOP, PRUDHOE, NE42 5PW

    ODS code A84016

    1.8 km

  • RIVERSDALE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A84035

    2.3 km

  • THE ADDERLANE SURGERY

    ADDERLANE ROAD, WEST WYLAM, PRUDHOE, NE42 5HR

    ODS code A84614

    2.3 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

  • Masonic Hall

    BCT · Mickley Square

    0.1 miles
  • Masonic Hall

    BCT · Mickley Square

    0.1 miles
  • Crossroads

    BCT · Mickley Square

    0.2 miles
  • Crossroads

    BCT · Mickley Square

    0.2 miles
  • Eltringham Road

    BCT · Eltringham

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 036C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,271 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
3 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

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 3 secondary schools. Mickley First School is the nearest published school at 556 m.

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

Recorded crime

182 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 64 events.

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