Norham

17°CSunny

• Today: 20° / 12° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:31

12h 54m 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

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)

9 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 5 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: 165.7p · Asda (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Asda (10.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Castle Street (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches2
• 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 (Norham)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 37 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

David Smith

Labour

North Northumberland

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)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,580 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Biology Tutor - Part Time

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Imports 44% · Wind 29% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 11%

14 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 North Northumberland:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office367 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership342 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership302 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s271 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases261 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

• 
  Norham · 0.3 km

  Norham is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Berwick on the south side of the River Tweed where it is the border with Scotland.

• Upsettlington Castle · 0.7 km

  Upsettington Castle was a castle that was located near Upsettington, Scottish Borders, Scotland. The castle was the caput baronium of the Lordship of Upsettlington. The lands and barony were granted to the Bisset fa…

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  Norham Castle · 0.8 km

  Norham Castle is a castle in Norham, Northumberland, England, overlooking the River Tweed, on the border between England and Scotland. It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The castle saw m…

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  Ladykirk and Norham Bridge · 0.9 km

  The Ladykirk and Norham Bridge connects Ladykirk in the Borders, Scotland, with Norham in Northumberland, England, across the River Tweed. It is one of three bridges that cross the Tweed along the Anglo-Scottish Borde…

• Norham railway station · 0.9 km

  Norham railway station served the village of Norham, Northumberland, England, from 1849 to 1965 on the Kelso Branch.

• Ladykirk, Scottish Borders · 1.4 km

  Ladykirk is a village on the B6470 in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and the former Berwickshire, just north of the River Tweed and the Anglo-Scottish border. The town was formerly known as Upsettlington, bu…

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