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Lynemouth

Lynemouth is a village in Northumberland, England, with a population of around 1,873. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Lakeside Halt, 1.9 km away. In June 2026, there were around 25 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Lynemouth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Northumberland area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 320,569 residents at roughly 64 people per km².

Council
Northumberland
County
Northumberland
Constituency
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Police force
Northumbria
54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 125th of 294 English council areas — better than 57% of them.

Low crime49
Home affordability87
Affordable rents96
Good schools59
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation43
Employment60
Low council tax13

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

11°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:22

9h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

43 reported · August 2026▲ 87% YoY

  • Shoplifting12
  • Anti-social behaviour11
  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Burglary3

Neighbourhood team: Ashington · Northumbria

Local policing priorities

  • Targeting Drug Related Crime & Serious Violence
  • Tackling Retail Crime and Theft

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

48 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 45 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Lakeside Halt (2.0 km)
  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ashington (4.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£213,113 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Northumberland · to 2026-08

Detached£371,788
Semi-detached£206,101
Terraced£172,838
Flat£106,485

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Asda (9.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 195.9p · Asda (9.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

22 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Lynemouth (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches10
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

320,569 residents in Northumberland · 64/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,597 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,731
B £2,020
C £2,308
D £2,597
E £3,174
F £3,751
G £4,328
H £5,194

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Ashington AcademyGood
  • Bedlington AcademyGood
  • Coquet Community SchoolGood
  • Ponteland High SchoolGood
  • Queen Elizabeth High SchoolGood
  • St Benet Biscop Catholic AcademyGood
  • The Blyth AcademyGood
  • Berwick AcademyRequires improvement
  • Haydon Bridge High SchoolRequires improvement
  • NCEA Duke's Secondary SchoolRequires improvement
  • The Duchess's Community High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Cramlington Learning Village
  • Prudhoe Community High School
  • Seaton Valley High School
  • The King Edward VI School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Northumberland

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

482 applications decided

89.2% granted · 430 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

David Smith

Labour

North Northumberland

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,790 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

57% low-carbon electricity

Imports 43% · Nuclear 36% · Wind 19% · Solar 2%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in NE61

  • Npc Felton & Widdrington
  • Greystoke Surgery
  • Npc Central Northumberland

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Northumberland:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Lynemouth · 0.6 km

    Lynemouth is a village in Northumberland, England, 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Ashington, close to the village of Ellington to the north west. It was built close to coal mines, including Lynemouth Colliery.

  • Ellington Colliery · 0.9 km

    Ellington Colliery, was a coal mine situated to the south of the village of Ellington in Northumberland, England. The colliery was the last deep coal mine in the north east of England. At one time, the deepest part of…

  • Lynemouth Colliery · 1.2 km

    Lynemouth Colliery was a coal mine in Lynemouth, Northumberland, England. It was in operation between 1927 and 1994. According to Historic England, "it was one of Britain's largest collieries until it was closed due t…

  • Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter · 1.3 km

    The Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter was an industrial facility near Ashington, Northumberland, on the coast of North East England, 0.65 mi (1.05 km) south of the village of Lynemouth. The smelter was owned by the Ca…

  • Ellington, Northumberland · 1.5 km

    Ellington is a small village in the civil parish of Ellington and Linton, on the coast of Northumberland, England. Ellington is 4 miles (6 km) from Ashington, 6 miles (10 km) from Morpeth and 20 miles (32 km) north of…

  • Lynemouth power station · 1.7 km

    Lynemouth Power Station is a biomass power plant which provides electricity for the UK National Grid. Until March 2012, it was the main source of electricity for the nearby Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter. It is loc…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Lynemouth?
Lynemouth is a town in Northumberland, England, in the Northumberland local authority.
What is the population of Lynemouth?
Lynemouth has an approximate settlement population of 1,873.
How deprived is Lynemouth?
The Northumberland local authority, which includes Lynemouth, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.