Choppington

15°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 19° / 11° · 56% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:33

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

40 reported · July 2026▼ 46% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Shoplifting5

Neighbourhood team: Bedlington · Northumbria

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

409 reported road collisions (2024)

118 killed or seriously injured · 550 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

177 food businesses within 2 miles

• 158 rated 4–5 ★ (143 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bedlington (2.3 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£213,452 average▲ 12.6% YoY

Across Northumberland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£691 average monthly rent▲ 6.7% YoY

• 1 bed £492
• 2 bed £626
• 3 bed £762

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

5.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.7 times median annual pay (5.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (4 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

60 charging locations within ~8 km

• 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Scotland Gate (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

320,569 residents in Northumberland · 64/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 131 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,597 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 162,470)

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

175 schools · 43,186 pupils

127 primary · 15 secondary · 33 other

Ofsted: 75 of 83 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

165inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Northumberland

271 CQC-registered services

• Care homes95
• GP practices43
• Dentists55
• Homecare agencies44
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Northumberland

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

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

489 applications decided

88.1% granted · 431 granted, 58 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Ian Lavery

Labour

Blyth and Ashington

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 8
• Con 28
• LD 3
• Grn 2
• Ref 18
• Oth 8

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,580 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

42 jobs advertised · £32,812 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Become a Philosophy Tutor in Scotland Gate – Flexible & Remote, Become a Chemistry Tutor in Scotland Gate – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,195 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 165,775 certificates

10.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Imports 44% · Wind 32% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 11%

15 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.9 women · 59.8 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Blyth and Ashington:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office456 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s359 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership339 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth302 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases272 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Choppington railway station · 0.8 km

  Choppington railway station served the village of Choppington, Northumberland, England from 1858 to 1964 on the Blyth and Tyne Railway.

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  Choppington · 0.8 km

  Choppington is a large village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated 5 miles to the south-east of Morpeth, and north of Bedlington. It was at one time part of the three big mid-Northumberland col…

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  Northumberland Coalfield · 0.8 km

  The Northumberland Coalfield is a coalfield in north-east England. It is continuous with the Durham Coalfield to its south. It extends from Shilbottle in the north to the boundary with County Durham along the River Ty…

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  Guide Post · 0.8 km

  Guide Post is a village in South East Northumberland, England, about 17 miles (27 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne. It lies south of the River Wansbeck along with Stakeford. It is part of the civil parish of Choppington.

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  Sheepwash, Northumberland · 1.2 km

  Sheepwash is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ashington, in the county of Northumberland, England. It is adjacent to Stakeford and Guide Post and across the River Wansbeck from Ashington. In 193…

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  Stakeford · 1.5 km

  Stakeford is a large village in south east Northumberland, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)