Newton Hall

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 4° · 63% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:26

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

1 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: East 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)

17 food businesses within 2 miles

• 16 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stocksfield (4.0 km)
• 0 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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (9.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Newton (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 10 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

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,790 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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 NE43

• Branch End Surgery

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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  Milecastle 19 · 3.5 km

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