NE65 7HQ

Rothbury · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Rothbury
Local authority: Northumberland
Constituency: North Northumberland
Postcode district: NE65
Postcode sector: NE65 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
NE65 7HP	74 m
NE65 7ER	888 m
NE65 7LB	1.1 km
NE65 7EP	1.2 km
NE65 7ES	1.3 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: NE65 7HQ
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 March 2007
Postcode area: NE
Postcode district: NE65
Postcode sector: NE65 7
Latitude: 55.332834
Longitude: -1.986095
British National Grid easting: 400,981
British National Grid northing: 604,309

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: North East · E12000001
Local authority district: Northumberland · E06000057
Electoral ward: Rothbury · E05016141
Parish or community: E04010864
Westminster constituency: North Northumberland · E14001397
Output area: E00139265
Lower layer super output area: Northumberland 007B · E01027368
Middle layer super output area: Northumberland 007 · E02005705

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 NE65

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Thropton Village First School

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2.9 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
NE65 7 residents: 3,717

Age bands in NE65 7

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 10.7%
Age 15 to 24: 7%
Age 25 to 44: 12.9%
Age 45 to 64: 33.7%
Age 65 and over: 35.7%

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.

Nearby transport

Road junction

BCT · High Trewhitt
0.8 miles
Warton road end

BCT · Thropton
1.0 miles
Warton road end

BCT · Thropton
1.0 miles
The Cottage

BCT · Snitter
1.1 miles
Cottages

BCT · Flotterton
1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 007B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,484 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 6 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 7 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 2 of 10
Living environment: 2 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

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Thropton Village First School is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

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