Haltwhistle

6°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 9° / 4° · 58% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:21Sunset 16:25

9h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

• 5.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

17 reported · August 2026▼ 35% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: West Tynedale · Northumbria

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

345 reported road collisions (2025)

132 killed or seriously injured · 459 casualties · 10.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

40 food businesses within 2 miles

• 40 rated 4–5 ★ (38 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Haltwhistle (0.5 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£213,113 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Northumberland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£695 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £495
• 2 bed £630
• 3 bed £766

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

4,778 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Ashcroft Guest House (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds6

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,999
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,562
• Net moves+4,437

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 128 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Northumberland

269 CQC-registered services

• Care homes94
• GP practices43
• Dentists54
• Homecare agencies43
• Hospitals & hospices13

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Northumberland

• In a conservation area (Haltwhistle)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 35 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

482 applications decided

89.2% granted · 430 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Joe Morris

Labour

Hexham

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 10
• Con 28
• LD 3
• Grn 2
• Ref 18
• Oth 8

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,790 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

6 jobs advertised · £25,100 avg

e.g. SEND Support, Class 2 Driver, Financial Controller

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% 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

62% low-carbon electricity

Imports 38% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 29%

1 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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in NE49

• Haltwhistle Medical Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hexham:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks345 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• The North Of England A1 Safety Guarantee: Action Immediate Protection.291 local signatures · 5,253 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases258 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills249 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth191 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Old Town Hall, Haltwhistle · 0.0 km

  The Old Town Hall, also known as The Old Courthouse, is a former municipal building in Main Street, Haltwhistle, a town in Northumberland, England. The building, which is currently in use in part as a hair salon, and…

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  Haltwhistle · 0.1 km

  Haltwhistle is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 23 miles east of Carlisle and 37 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It had a population of 3,811 at the 2011 Census.

• Haltwhistle Castle · 0.3 km

  Haltwhistle Castle Hill is a ruined Norman earth and timber ringwork fortress in Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England. There are no extant stone remains.

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  Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital · 0.4 km

  Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital is a health facility at Greencroft Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England. It is managed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The war memorial itself, which stands in f…

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  Haltwhistle railway station · 0.5 km

  Haltwhistle is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 22 miles 66 chains east of Carlisle, serves the market town of Haltwhistle in North…

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  Plenmeller · 0.9 km

  Plenmeller is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Plenmeller with Whitfield, in Northumberland, England about a mile (1½ km) southeast of Haltwhistle. In 1951 the parish had a population of 107.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)