NE46 4LG

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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE46 4LQ 28 m
NE46 4LH 69 m
NE46 4LE 147 m
NE46 4LF 156 m
NE46 4LL 206 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE46 4LG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE46
Postcode sector
NE46 4
Latitude
54.986120
Longitude
-2.077800
British National Grid easting
395,120
British National Grid northing
565,727

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Parish or community
E04010858
Westminster constituency
Hexham · E14001285
Output area
E00139984
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 043C · E01027504
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 043 · E02007107

Postcode source versions

Explore NE46

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, East Oakwood, Oakwood, Hexham, NE46 4LG 10 March 2025 £320,000
1, East Oakwood, Oakwood, Hexham, NE46 4LG 1 May 2014 £270,000
1, East Oakwood, Oakwood, Hexham, NE46 4LG 14 February 2000 £110,140

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
6
Secondary
4
  1. Beaufront First School

    Community school

    933 m
  2. Acomb First School

    Community school

    1.8 km
  3. Hexham Priory School

    Academy special converter

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
198
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 153
  • Public order 16
  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Other theft 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

4 female, 4 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.0
NE46 4 residents
3,163

Age bands in NE46 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

477 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.4%

248 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.3%

583 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.1%

1,048 residents

Age 65 and over
30.1%

1,014 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE46 4 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • BURN BRAE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A84024

    2.1 km

  • THE SELE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A84033

    2.1 km

  • CORBRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE

    NEWCASTLE ROAD, CORBRIDGE, NE45 5LG

    ODS code A84018

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • The Nook

    BCT · Oakwood

    0.1 miles
  • The Nook

    BCT · Oakwood

    0.1 miles
  • Merrifair

    BCT · Oakwood

    0.2 miles
  • Merrifair

    BCT · Oakwood

    0.2 miles
  • Fairfield

    BCT · Oakwood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 043C, 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

24,529 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
4 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 £320,000 from 1 recorded sale in NE46 4LG. 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

12 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 4 secondary schools. Beaufront First School is the nearest published school at 933 m.

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

Recorded crime

198 published events cover 12 months, averaging 16.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 153 events.

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