Schools
66 open schools are in scope, including 42 primary and 7 secondary schools. Grace College is the nearest published school at 849 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE8 1SZ
Birtley North & Lamesley · Gateshead · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South
- Postcode district
- NE8
- Postcode sector
- NE8 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE8 1SZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE8
- Postcode sector
- NE8 1
- Latitude
- 54.922385
- Longitude
- -1.613048
- British National Grid easting
- 424,900
- British National Grid northing
- 558,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Gateshead · E08000037
- Electoral ward
- Birtley North & Lamesley · E05016545
- Parish or community
- E04000132
- Westminster constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South · E14001567
- Output area
- E00041708
- Lower layer super output area
- Gateshead 025D · E01008226
- Middle layer super output area
- Gateshead 025 · E02001706
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 NE8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 66
- Primary
- 42
- Secondary
- 7
- 849 m
Grace College
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- 916 m
Oakfield Infant School
Academy converter
- 998 m
Oakfield Junior School
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Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,159
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Shoplifting 463
- Violence and sexual offences 206
- Anti social behaviour 91
- Burglary 88
- Criminal damage and arson 71
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE8 1 residents
- 6,266
Age bands in NE8 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20%
- Age 15 to 24
- 24.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 18.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.3%
1,297 residents
1,568 residents
1,604 residents
1,220 residents
800 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
18
within 5 km straight-line
FELL TOWER MEDICAL CENTRE
575-583 DURHAM ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE9 5EY
ODS code A85001
1.7 km
FELL COTTAGE SURGERY
123 KELLS LANE, LOW FELL, GATESHEAD, NE9 5XY
ODS code A85007
2.2 km
BEACON VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BEACON LOUGH ROAD, BEACON LOUGH, GATESHEAD, NE9 6YS
ODS code A85026
2.2 km
WREKENTON MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, WREKENTON, GATESHEAD, NE9 7AD
ODS code A85016
2.8 km
BENSHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
SIDNEY GROVE, GATESHEAD, NE8 2XB
ODS code A85002
3.4 km
OXFORD TCE & RAWLING RD MEDICAL GROUP
1 OXFORD TERRACE, BENSHAM, GATESHEAD, NE8 1RQ
ODS code A85005
3.6 km
SECOND STREET SURGERY
SECOND STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UR
ODS code A85021
3.6 km
GLENPARK & TEAMS MEDICAL SERVICES
RAVENSWORTH ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE11 9FJ
ODS code A85006
3.8 km
CENTRAL GATESHEAD MEDICAL GROUP
PRINCE CONSORT ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 1NB
ODS code A85019
3.8 km
BEWICK ROAD SURGERY
10 BEWICK ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 4DP
ODS code A85017
3.9 km
SUNNISIDE SURGERY
8 DEWHURST TERRACE, SUNNISIDE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 5LP
ODS code A85617
4.0 km
CROWHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85009
4.1 km
ST. ALBANS MEDICAL GROUP
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85011
4.1 km
BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP
DURHAM ROAD, BIRTLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2QT
ODS code A85008
4.1 km
MILLENNIUM FAMILY PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85013
4.6 km
THE BRIDGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85614
4.6 km
WHICKHAM COTTAGE MEDICAL CENTRE
RECTORY LANE, WHICKHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 4PD
ODS code A85020
4.8 km
LONGRIGG MEDICAL CENTRE
2 LONGRIGG, LEAM LANE ESTATE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 8PH
ODS code A85004
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Kingsway South - Eleventh Avenue
BCT · Team Valley
- 0.1 miles
Kingsway South
BCT · Team Valley
- 0.1 miles
Marquisway - Kingsway South
BCS · Team Valley
- 0.1 miles
Chowdene Bank - Sainsbury
BCT · Team Valley
- 0.2 miles
Chowdene Bank - Sainsbury
BCT · Team Valley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 025D, 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
11,685 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 6 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,159 published events cover 12 months, averaging 96.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 463 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.