NE48 4BA

Humshaugh · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Humshaugh
Local authority: Northumberland
Constituency: Hexham
Postcode district: NE48
Postcode sector: NE48 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
NE48 4BE	112 m
NE48 4BB	314 m
NE48 4AZ	841 m
NE48 4AY	1.2 km
NE48 4EF	1.4 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: NE48 4BA
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: NE
Postcode district: NE48
Postcode sector: NE48 4
Latitude: 55.086481
Longitude: -2.124602
British National Grid easting: 392,145
British National Grid northing: 576,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: North East · E12000001
Local authority district: Northumberland · E06000057
Electoral ward: Humshaugh · E05016120
Parish or community: E04010761
Westminster constituency: Hexham · E14001285
Output area: E00139856
Lower layer super output area: Northumberland 019B · E01027480
Middle layer super output area: Northumberland 019 · E02005727

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore NE48

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Chollerton Church of England Aided First School

Voluntary aided school
3.6 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 9
Postcode households: 6
Residents per household: 1.5
NE48 4 residents: 541

Age bands in NE48 4

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 13.8%
Age 15 to 24: 6.8%
Age 25 to 44: 17.3%
Age 45 to 64: 35.8%
Age 65 and over: 26.2%

This postcode contained 1.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE48 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.

Nearby transport

Front Drive

BCT · Barrasford Park
0.1 miles
Front Drive

BCT · Barrasford Park
0.1 miles
Cowden

BCT · Birtley
1.5 miles
Cowden

BCT · Birtley
1.5 miles
The Nook

BCT · Gunnerton
1.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 019B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,169 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 9 of 10
Education and skills: 9 of 10
Health and disability: 8 of 10
Crime: 10 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 1 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

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Chollerton Church of England Aided First School is the nearest published school at 2.2 miles.

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