Woodhorn

18°CSunny

• Today: 20° / 13° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US 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)

265 food businesses within 2 miles

• 217 rated 4–5 ★ (182 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Museum Halt (1.1 km)
• 3 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: 165.9p · Asda (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (7.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Woodhorn Museum (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches12
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

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
• 22 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

Ian Lavery

Labour

Blyth and Ashington

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 & clinics2
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,580 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

27 jobs advertised · £33,212 avg

e.g. Maths Teacher, Care Assistant - Care Home, Car Delivery Driver

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Imports 42% · Wind 27% · Nuclear 12% · Biomass 10%

13 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 Blyth and Ashington:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office456 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s359 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership339 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth302 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases272 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Woodhorn · 0.6 km

  Woodhorn is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newbiggin by the Sea, in Northumberland, England, about 2 miles (3 km) east of Ashington. In 1931 the parish had a population of 219. The village is…

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  Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter · 1.0 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…

• Lynemouth Colliery · 1.0 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…

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  Woodhorn Railway · 1.1 km

  Woodhorn Railway is a 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) long railway on 2 ft narrow-gauge track. The line runs from Woodhorn, Northumberland, England, to a restaurant in the car park of the QE2 lake.

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  Woodhorn (museum) · 1.2 km

  Woodhorn Museum, part of North East Museums and formerly known as Woodhorn Colliery Museum and Woodhorn Charitable Trust, is located in Ashington, Northumberland, England. The museum depicts the lives of coal mine wor…

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  Wansbeck General Hospital · 1.3 km

  Wansbeck General Hospital is a district general hospital based in Ashington, Northumberland, England. It is managed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)