NE66 1DF

Alnwick Castle · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Alnwick
Local authority
Northumberland
Postcode district
NE66
Postcode sector
NE66 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE66 1FL 60 m
NE66 1DE 67 m
NE66 1EY 122 m
NE66 1EU 138 m
NE66 1DD 234 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE66 1DF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2019
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE66
Postcode sector
NE66 1
Latitude
55.398745
Longitude
-1.710902
British National Grid easting
418,409
British National Grid northing
611,682

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Parish or community
E04012705
Westminster constituency
North Northumberland · E14001397
Output area
E00190042
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 004A · E01027356
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 004 · E02005702

Postcode source versions

Explore NE66

22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Draper Close, Swordy Park, Alnwick, NE66 1DF 24 October 2025 £336,000
1, Draper Close, Swordy Park, Alnwick, NE66 1DF 28 November 2024 £380,000
4, Draper Close, Swordy Park, Alnwick, NE66 1DF 28 June 2024 £410,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. The Duchess's Community High School

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    828 m
  2. Swansfield Park Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  3. St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Alnwick

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
572
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 216
  • Anti social behaviour 88
  • Shoplifting 66
  • Criminal damage and arson 48
  • Public order 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NE66 1 residents
7,057

Age bands in NE66 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.9%

875 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

700 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.6%

1,391 residents

Age 45 to 64
28%

1,895 residents

Age 65 and over
28.1%

1,896 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.

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

1

within 5 km

  • ALNWICK MEDICAL GROUP

    LOWER BUILDING, INFIRMARY CLOSE, ALNWICK, NE66 2NL

    ODS code A84006

    1.6 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

  • Taylor Drive-Weavers Court

    BCT · Greensfield

    0.2 miles
  • Taylor Drive

    BCT · Greensfield

    0.2 miles
  • Weavers Way

    BCT · St James Estate

    0.3 miles
  • Weavers Way-Fullers Walk

    BCT · St James Estate

    0.4 miles
  • Arkle Court

    BCT · St James Estate

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 004A, 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

23,665 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £337,998 from 22 recorded sales in NE66 1DF. 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Duchess's Community High School is the nearest published school at 828 m.

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

Recorded crime

572 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 216 events.

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