Haydon Bridge

13°COvercast

• Today: 15° / 10° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:33

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026▼ 67% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Public order1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: West Tynedale · 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)

20 food businesses within 2 miles

• 15 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Haydon Bridge (0.1 km)
• 6 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: 167.9p · Asda (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (9.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Haydon Community Centre (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• 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

• In a conservation area (Haydon Bridge)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 24 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

Joe Morris

Labour

Hexham

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)

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,580 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

38% low-carbon electricity

Imports 62% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 13% · Wind 4%

17 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 Hexham:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership376 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office368 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership302 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases256 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills248 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Haydon Bridge railway station · 0.1 km

  Haydon Bridge is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 29 miles 68 chains west of Newcastle, serves the village of Haydon Bridge in Nort…

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  Haydon Bridge · 0.2 km

  Haydon Bridge is a village in Northumberland, England, which had a population of 2,184 in the 2011 census. Its most distinctive features are the two bridges crossing the River South Tyne: the picturesque original brid…

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  Haydon Bridge High School · 0.4 km

  Haydon Bridge High School is a mixed secondary day school located in Haydon Bridge in the English county of Northumberland. The current headteacher is David Nisbet, who took over in September 2023.

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  Chesterwood · 1.4 km

  Chesterwood is a hamlet in Northumberland, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north-west of Haydon Bridge on the South Tyne, west of Hexham. It includes a number of "Bastle Houses" from the 17th Centur…

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  Langley Castle · 2.2 km

  Langley Castle is a restored medieval tower house, in the village of Langley in the valley of the River South Tyne. The castle is 3 miles (5 km) south of Haydon Bridge, in Northumberland, England. Langley Castle is a…

• Elrington Halt railway station · 2.3 km

  Elrington Halt station is a closed stone-built railway station situated on a single-track branch railway line in Northumberland, England, that ran from Allendale through the Border Counties Junction to Hexham.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)