Schools
82 open schools are in scope, including 54 primary and 8 secondary schools. The Cedars Academy is the nearest published school at 267 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE9 6WL
Chowdene · Gateshead · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Chowdene
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham
- Postcode district
- NE9
- Postcode sector
- NE9 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE9 6WL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 2000
- Terminated
- 1 January 2001
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE9
- Postcode sector
- NE9 6
- Latitude
- 54.930193
- Longitude
- -1.593342
- British National Grid easting
- 426,158
- British National Grid northing
- 559,576
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Gateshead · E08000037
- Electoral ward
- Chowdene · E05016550
- Parish or community
- E43000229
- Westminster constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham · E14001244
- Output area
- E00041506
- Lower layer super output area
- Gateshead 020A · E01008193
- Middle layer super output area
- Gateshead 020 · E02001701
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 NE9
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 82
- Primary
- 54
- Secondary
- 8
- 267 m
The Cedars Academy
Academy special converter
- 600 m
Oakfield Junior School
Academy converter
- 636 m
Oakfield Infant School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,158
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 889
- Shoplifting 749
- Anti social behaviour 336
- Criminal damage and arson 272
- Public order 200
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE9 6 residents
- 15,388
Age bands in NE9 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.8%
2,425 residents
1,545 residents
3,557 residents
4,405 residents
3,129 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
22
within 5 km straight-line
FELL TOWER MEDICAL CENTRE
575-583 DURHAM ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE9 5EY
ODS code A85001
653 m
BEACON VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BEACON LOUGH ROAD, BEACON LOUGH, GATESHEAD, NE9 6YS
ODS code A85026
667 m
FELL COTTAGE SURGERY
123 KELLS LANE, LOW FELL, GATESHEAD, NE9 5XY
ODS code A85007
917 m
WREKENTON MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, WREKENTON, GATESHEAD, NE9 7AD
ODS code A85016
1.5 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
OXFORD TCE & RAWLING RD MEDICAL GROUP
1 OXFORD TERRACE, BENSHAM, GATESHEAD, NE8 1RQ
ODS code A85005
2.8 km
BENSHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
SIDNEY GROVE, GATESHEAD, NE8 2XB
ODS code A85002
2.9 km
BEWICK ROAD SURGERY
10 BEWICK ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 4DP
ODS code A85017
3.0 km
CENTRAL GATESHEAD MEDICAL GROUP
PRINCE CONSORT ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 1NB
ODS code A85019
3.0 km
SECOND STREET SURGERY
SECOND STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UR
ODS code A85021
3.1 km
LONGRIGG MEDICAL CENTRE
2 LONGRIGG, LEAM LANE ESTATE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 8PH
ODS code A85004
3.4 km
MILLENNIUM FAMILY PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85013
3.7 km
THE BRIDGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85614
3.7 km
GLENPARK & TEAMS MEDICAL SERVICES
RAVENSWORTH ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE11 9FJ
ODS code A85006
3.9 km
PELAW MEDICAL PRACTICE
7-8 CROXDALE TERRACE, PELAW, GATESHEAD, NE10 0RR
ODS code A85611
4.4 km
BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP
DURHAM ROAD, BIRTLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2QT
ODS code A85008
4.4 km
ST. ANTHONY'S HEALTH CENTRE
ST. ANTHONY'S MED GROUP, ST. ANTHONY'S ROAD, WALKER, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 2NN
ODS code A86040
4.7 km
CONCORD MEDICAL PRACTICE
VICTORIA ROAD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89022
4.8 km
NEW WASHINGTON MEDICAL GROUP
VICTORIA ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, CONCORD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89026
4.8 km
Showing 20 of 22 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Beacon Lough Road - Grisdale Gdns
BCT · Beacon Lough
- 0.1 miles
Durham Road-Library
BCT · Low Fell
- 0.1 miles
Beacon Lough Road - Lorton Road
BCT · Beacon Lough
- 0.1 miles
Beacon Lough Road - Home Avenue
BCT · Low Fell
- 0.1 miles
Durham Road-Appledore Gardens
BCT · Low Fell
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 020A, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
28,285 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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
3,158 published events cover 12 months, averaging 263.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 889 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.