NE71 6SZ

Wooler · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wooler
Ward
Wooler
Local authority
Northumberland
Postcode district
NE71
Postcode sector
NE71 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE71 6SY 914 m
NE71 6HQ 933 m
NE71 6TA 952 m
NE71 6TD 1.0 km
NE71 6SX 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE71 6SZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE71
Postcode sector
NE71 6
Latitude
55.560638
Longitude
-2.055502
British National Grid easting
396,598
British National Grid northing
629,663

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Electoral ward
Wooler · E05016151
Parish or community
E04010728
Westminster constituency
North Northumberland · E14001397
Output area
E00139328
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 003B · E01027375
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 003 · E02005708

Postcode source versions

Explore NE71

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Bendor House, Wooler, NE71 6SZ 19 October 2007 £310,000
Bendor Cottage, Wooler, NE71 6SZ 19 October 2007 £120,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
1
Secondary
1
  1. Glendale Middle School

    Community school

    3.6 km
  2. Wooler First School

    Community school

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

4 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.5
NE71 6 residents
2,944

Age bands in NE71 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11%

300 residents

Age 15 to 24
6%

164 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.1%

414 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.5%

834 residents

Age 65 and over
37.4%

1,022 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE71 6 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • WOOLER HEALTH

    CHEVIOT PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, PADGEPOOL PLACE, WOOLER, NE71 6BL

    ODS code A84604

    2.8 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

  • Akeld Cottages

    BCT · Akeld

    0.5 miles
  • Akeld Cottages

    BCT · Akeld

    0.5 miles
  • Humbleton Buildings

    BCT · Humbleton

    0.8 miles
  • Humbleton Buildings

    BCT · Humbleton

    0.8 miles
  • Coupland road end

    BCT · Coupland

    1.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 003B, 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

14,259 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 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
0
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

2 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 1 secondary schools. Glendale Middle School is the nearest published school at 2.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 1 events.

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