Throckley

12°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 11° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:31

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

71 reported · July 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour22
• Violence & sexual offences21
• Burglary7
• Criminal damage & arson7

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Westerhope and Newburn · 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)

117 food businesses within 2 miles

• 104 rated 4–5 ★ (91 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tyne estuary

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Blaydon (4.2 km)
• 34 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: 152.9p · BP (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (10.9 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

50 charging locations within ~8 km

• 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Chapel House Service Station (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches30
• 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)

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 18 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)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,580 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised · £20,349 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Become a Chemistry Tutor in Throckley – Flexible & Remote, Bike Delivery Rider

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

59% low-carbon electricity

Imports 41% · Wind 35% · Nuclear 15% · Biomass 9%

12 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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  Throckley · 0.2 km

  Throckley is a village in the Newcastle upon Tyne district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Newcastle city centre. Hadrian's Wall passed through the village, its course t…

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  Milecastle 10 · 0.7 km

  Milecastle 10 (Walbottle Dene) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. It is located near to the modern village of Throckley in Tyne and Wear, northern England. Much of the milecastle lies beneath a road but par…

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  Bank Top, Tyne and Wear · 0.8 km

  Bank Top is a neighbourhood on the west side of Throckley, in Tyne and Wear, England.

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  Throckley Hall · 0.8 km

  Throckley Hall is a privately owned 19th century manor house and gardens located about 6 miles (9 km) west of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, within the village of Throckley. It has been privately owned throughout it…

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  Milecastle 11 · 0.8 km

  Milecastle 11 (Throckley Bank Top) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. No remains exist, but the measured position is the middle of the old village of Throckley Bank Top, under the Working Men's Club.

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  Walbottle Academy · 0.9 km

  Walbottle Academy, previously Walbottle Campus and Walbottle Campus Technology College, is a large secondary Academy in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is one of the largest secondary academies in Newcastle.

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