NE66 2HU

Shilbottle · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Northumberland
Postcode district
NE66
Postcode sector
NE66 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE66 2HQ 25 m
NE66 2HG 754 m
NE66 2DQ 914 m
NE66 2HY 1.4 km
NE66 2UH 1.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE66 2HU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 2005
Terminated
1 July 2005
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE66
Postcode sector
NE66 2
Latitude
55.383220
Longitude
-1.675898
British National Grid easting
420,634
British National Grid northing
609,964

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Parish or community
E04010859
Westminster constituency
North Northumberland · E14001397
Output area
E00139279
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 006F · E01027371
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 006 · E02005704

Postcode source versions

Explore NE66

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Shilbottle Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  2. The Duchess's Community High School

    Academy converter

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

    Academy converter

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
58
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 19
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Other theft 6
  • Burglary 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NE66 2 residents
4,370

Age bands in NE66 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

711 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

415 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.1%

874 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.9%

1,494 residents

Age 65 and over
27.8%

1,345 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • ALNWICK MEDICAL GROUP

    LOWER BUILDING, INFIRMARY CLOSE, ALNWICK, NE66 2NL

    ODS code A84006

    3.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Percy Road

    BCT · Shilbottle

    0.9 miles
  • Percy Road

    BCT · Shilbottle

    0.9 miles
  • Club

    BCT · Shilbottle

    1.0 miles
  • Club

    BCT · Shilbottle

    1.0 miles
  • School

    BCT · Shilbottle Grange

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 006F, 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

15,497 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Shilbottle Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

58 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 19 events.

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