Wooler

15°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 10° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:33

12h 59m 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

11 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Berwick · 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)

42 food businesses within 2 miles

• 37 rated 4–5 ★ (33 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£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

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Bus Station Car Park, Wooler (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• 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

• In a conservation area (Wooler)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 32 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
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,580 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

27 jobs advertised · £25,807 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Imports 62% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 13% · Solar 6%

17 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

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  Wooler · 0.2 km

  Wooler is a town in Northumberland, England on the edge of the Northumberland National Park, near the Cheviot Hills. It is a popular base for walkers and is referred to as the "Gateway to the Cheviots". As well as sho…

• Wooler railway station · 0.3 km

  Wooler railway station served the town of Wooler, in Northumberland, England. It was a stop on the Cornhill Branch, which ran between Alnwick and Cornhill Junction on the Kelso line near Coldstream.

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  St Ninian's Catholic Church, Wooler · 0.3 km

  St Ninian’s church is a Catholic place of worship situated on Burnhouse Road in the town of Wooler in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II listed building and is within the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.

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  Ad Gefrin Distillery · 0.3 km

  The Ad Gefrin Distillery is a distillery in Wooler, Northumberland, England.

• Cheviot Fringe · 0.5 km

  Cheviot Fringe is a geographical region and a Natural England designated National Character Area located in the county Northumberland in northern England. The region consists of the undulating lowlands between the Che…

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  Earle, Northumberland · 1.9 km

  Earle is a village and civil parish in county of Northumberland, England. It has around 20 inhabitants and is about 2 miles (3 km) from Wooler. It is a popular walking area with many walks passing through Earle on the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)