Schools
20 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Bothal Academy is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE61 6QY
Bothal · Northumberland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Morpeth
- Ward
- Bothal
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington
- Postcode district
- NE61
- Postcode sector
- NE61 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE61 6QY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 May 2010
- Terminated
- 1 September 2018
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE61
- Postcode sector
- NE61 6
- Latitude
- 55.185770
- Longitude
- -1.611728
- British National Grid easting
- 424,822
- British National Grid northing
- 588,011
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Northumberland · E06000057
- Electoral ward
- Bothal · E05016097
- Parish or community
- E04012233
- Westminster constituency
- Blyth and Ashington · E14001107
- Output area
- E00176362
- Lower layer super output area
- Northumberland 041A · E01027525
- Middle layer super output area
- Northumberland 041 · E02007105
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 NE61
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Potland Burn Surface Mine, Longhirst, Morpeth, NE61 6QY | 10 April 2017 | £4,400,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 20
- Primary
- 13
- Secondary
- 2
- 1.7 km
Bothal Academy
Academy converter
- 2.1 km
Pegswood Primary School
Community school
- 2.2 km
Ashington Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 165
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 64
- Shoplifting 20
- Anti social behaviour 19
- Public order 13
- Criminal damage and arson 11
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE61 6 residents
- 6,365
Age bands in NE61 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 31.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.4%
965 residents
566 residents
1,350 residents
1,927 residents
1,390 residents
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.
GP practices
4
within 5 km straight-line
GUIDEPOST MEDICAL GROUP
NORTH PARADE, CHOPPINGTON, CHOPPINGTON, NE62 5RA
ODS code A84020
3.2 km
SEATON PARK MEDICAL GROUP
NORHAM ROAD, ASHINGTON, NE63 0NG
ODS code A84028
3.6 km
GAS HOUSE LANE SURGERY
MORPETH NHS CENTRE, THE MOUNT, MORPETH, NE61 1JX
ODS code A84039
4.8 km
GREYSTOKE SURGERY
MORPETH NHS CENTRE, KINGS AVENUE, MORPETH, NE61 1JX
ODS code A84031
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.5 miles
High Farm Close
BCT · High Market
- 0.5 miles
High Farm Close
BCT · High Market
- 0.6 miles
Bothal Middle School
BCT · High Market
- 0.6 miles
Portland Terrace
BCT · High Market
- 0.6 miles
Portland Terrace
BCT · High Market
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 041A, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,838 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
165 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.75 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.