NE46 3SB

Hexham North · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hexham
Local authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham
Postcode district
NE46
Postcode sector
NE46 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE46 4SJ 131 m
NE46 4SH 228 m
NE46 2PT 270 m
NE46 4SQ 280 m
NE46 3RT 474 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE46 3SB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE46
Postcode sector
NE46 3
Latitude
54.987422
Longitude
-2.138859
British National Grid easting
391,213
British National Grid northing
565,878

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Parish or community
E04010804
Westminster constituency
Hexham · E14001285
Output area
E00139919
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 035D · E01027491
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 035 · E02005730

Postcode source versions

Explore NE46

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Yew Tree Cottage, West Boat, Hexham, NE46 3SB 17 March 2025 £720,000
Yew Tree Cottage, West Boat, Hexham, NE46 3SB 13 December 2021 £585,000
Ferryman's Cottage, West Boat, Hexham, NE46 3SB 30 November 2012 £500,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
6
Secondary
3
  1. Queen Elizabeth High School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km
  2. Acomb First School

    Community school

    2.4 km
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Middle School, Hexham

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 4
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

4 female, 3 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.8
NE46 3 residents
3,122

Age bands in NE46 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.5%

337 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

275 residents

Age 25 to 44
18%

527 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.6%

927 residents

Age 65 and over
29.5%

866 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE46 3 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

2

within 5 km

  • BURN BRAE MEDICAL GROUP

    BURN BRAE MEDICAL GROUP, HEXHAM PRI, CORBRIDGE ROAD, HEXHAM, NE46 1QJ

    ODS code A84024

    3.4 km

  • THE SELE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HEXHAM PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, CORBRIDGE ROAD, HEXHAM, NE46 1QJ

    ODS code A84033

    3.4 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

  • Boatside Inn

    BCT · Warden

    0.2 miles
  • Boatside Inn

    BCT · Warden

    0.2 miles
  • Two Mile Cottage

    BCT · West Boat

    0.3 miles
  • Two Mile Cottage

    BCT · West Boat

    0.3 miles
  • Hardhaugh

    BCT · Warden

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 035D, 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

32,691 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
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
3
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 £652,500 from 2 recorded sales in NE46 3SB. 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 3 secondary schools. Queen Elizabeth High School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 4 events.

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