Schools
126 open schools are in scope, including 77 primary and 12 secondary schools. Gateshead College is the nearest published school at 483 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE8 3BJ
Bridges · Gateshead · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE8 3BJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 February 2005
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE8
- Postcode sector
- NE8 3
- Latitude
- 54.967818
- Longitude
- -1.590885
- British National Grid easting
- 426,291
- British National Grid northing
- 563,764
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Gateshead · E08000037
- Electoral ward
- Bridges · E05016548
- Parish or community
- E43000229
- Westminster constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham · E14001244
- Output area
- E00189918
- Lower layer super output area
- Gateshead 027C · E01008166
- Middle layer super output area
- Gateshead 027 · E02006841
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
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Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 21, Saltmeadows Road, Gateshead, NE8 3BJ | 2 February 2017 | £300,000 |
| 21, Saltmeadows Road, Gateshead, NE8 3BJ | 3 June 2005 | £373,500 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 126
- Primary
- 77
- Secondary
- 12
- 483 m
Gateshead College
Further education
- 914 m
Byker Primary School
Community school
- 1.1 km
The Gateshead Cheder Primary School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 9,543
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,833
- Shoplifting 1,361
- Anti social behaviour 1,263
- Public order 770
- Other theft 729
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE8 3 residents
- 7,707
Age bands in NE8 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 36%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.4%
1,272 residents
963 residents
2,773 residents
1,750 residents
953 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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
41
within 5 km straight-line
MILLENNIUM FAMILY PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85013
978 m
THE BRIDGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85614
978 m
THORNFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
MOLINEUX STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SG
ODS code A86029
1.2 km
HEATON ROAD SURGERY
17-19 HEATON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SA
ODS code A86024
1.4 km
BEWICK ROAD SURGERY
10 BEWICK ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 4DP
ODS code A85017
1.4 km
SAVILLE MEDICAL GROUP
7 SAVILLE PLACE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 8DQ
ODS code A86003
1.5 km
CENTRAL GATESHEAD MEDICAL GROUP
PRINCE CONSORT ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 1NB
ODS code A85019
1.5 km
NEWCASTLE MEDICAL CENTRE
HOTSPUR WAY, INTU ELDON SQUARE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 7XR
ODS code A86027
1.7 km
OXFORD TCE & RAWLING RD MEDICAL GROUP
1 OXFORD TERRACE, BENSHAM, GATESHEAD, NE8 1RQ
ODS code A85005
1.8 km
SECOND STREET SURGERY
SECOND STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UR
ODS code A85021
2.1 km
ST. ANTHONY'S HEALTH CENTRE
ST. ANTHONY'S MED GROUP, ST. ANTHONY'S ROAD, WALKER, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 2NN
ODS code A86040
2.2 km
BENSHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
SIDNEY GROVE, GATESHEAD, NE8 2XB
ODS code A85002
2.4 km
BIDDLESTONE HEALTH GROUP
BIDDLESTONE ROAD, HEATON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 5SL
ODS code A86010
2.5 km
CRUDDAS PARK SURGERY
178 WESTMORLAND ROAD, CRUDDAS PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 7JT
ODS code A86017
2.6 km
CROWHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85009
2.6 km
ST. ALBANS MEDICAL GROUP
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85011
2.6 km
WALKER MEDICAL GROUP
CHURCH WALK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 3BS
ODS code A86011
3.0 km
BENFIELD PARK MEDICAL GROUP
BENFIELD ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 4QD
ODS code A86023
3.0 km
ELSWICK FAMILY PRACTICE
MELDON STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 6SH
ODS code A86037
3.2 km
FELL COTTAGE SURGERY
123 KELLS LANE, LOW FELL, GATESHEAD, NE9 5XY
ODS code A85007
3.3 km
Showing 20 of 41 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Hawks Road-Norfolk Road
BCT · Salt Meadows
- 0.1 miles
Saltmeadows Road-Deptford Road
BCT · Salt Meadows
- 0.1 miles
Hawks Road-Norfolk Road
BCT · Salt Meadows
- 0.1 miles
Saltmeadows Road-Deptford Road
BCT · Salt Meadows
- 0.2 miles
Albany Road
BCT · Salt Meadows
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 027C, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,688 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
9,543 published events cover 12 months, averaging 795.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,833 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.