Birtley

19°CCloudy

• Today: 19° / 13° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:30

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

55US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

71 reported · July 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences26
• Anti-social behaviour18
• Other theft6
• Criminal damage & arson4

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Low Fell and Allerdene · Northumbria

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

452 reported road collisions (2024)

180 killed or seriously injured · 584 casualties · 8.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

277 food businesses within 2 miles

• 231 rated 4–5 ★ (195 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chester-le-Street (3.3 km)
• 58 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£138,148 average▲ 7% YoY

Across County Durham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£645 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £453
• 2 bed £574
• 3 bed £688

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

4.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.3 times median annual pay (3.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · BP (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (9.8 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

80 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Holiday Inn Washington (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Sports pitches30
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

522,068 residents in County Durham · 234/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 65 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,622 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (56% of 255,650)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

280 schools · 73,802 pupils

208 primary · 30 secondary · 42 other

Ofsted: 99 of 116 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

259inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · County Durham

415 CQC-registered services

• Care homes146
• GP practices73
• Dentists87
• Homecare agencies65
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · County Durham

• Not in the Green Belt
• 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

393 applications decided

93.1% granted · 366 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

Labour

Washington and Gateshead South

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 5
• Con 1
• LD 15
• Grn 2
• Ref 55
• Oth 20

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

33 jobs advertised · £38,967 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Become a Primary school Tutor in Birtley – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£661 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,261 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 307,169 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

44% low-carbon electricity

Imports 56% · Solar 16% · Nuclear 15% · Biomass 13%

17 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.4 women · 55.9 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Washington and Gateshead South:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England864 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office428 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s373 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth321 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test263 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Vigo railway station (England) · 0.4 km

  Vigo railway station served the Barley Mow and Vigo areas of the town of Birtley in Tyne and Wear in England. The station, on the Stanhope and Tyne Railway, was opened in 1835 and closed in 1853. It reopened in 1862 a…

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  Durham Turnpike railway station · 1.0 km

  Durham Turnpike railway station served the towns of Birtley and Chester-le-Street as well as the village of South Pelaw in County Durham, England. The station was on the Stanhope and Tyne Railway and opened in 1835, o…

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  Birtley Town F.C. · 1.0 km

  Birtley Town Football Club is a football club based in Birtley, Tyne and Wear, England. They are currently members of the Northern League Division One and play at the Birtley Sports Complex.

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  North Lodge · 1.0 km

  North Lodge is a civil parish in County Durham, England. The parish covers an area lying to the north of the town of Chester-le-Street, and includes Lambton Castle.

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  Pelaw Grange · 1.0 km

  Pelaw Grange Stadium is a Greyhound Board of Great Britain regulated greyhound racing track located at North Lodge in the English county of Durham, between Chester-le-Street and Gateshead. The stadium has a restaurant…

• Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy · 1.1 km

  Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the town of Birtley in the Gateshead area of Tyne and Wear, England. It was first opened to pupils in the early 1970s and wa…

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