Blaydon

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 9° · 74% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:24

9h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

89 reported · August 2026▼ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences26
• Anti-social behaviour19
• Shoplifting15
• Criminal damage & arson9

Neighbourhood team: Blaydon, Winlaton, Ryton, Rowlands Gill and Chopwell (Gateshead Outer West) · Northumbria

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

251 reported road collisions (2025)

53 killed or seriously injured · 325 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

405 food businesses within 2 miles

• 349 rated 4–5 ★ (300 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Blaydon (0.7 km)
• 57 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£156,036 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Gateshead · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£804 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £590
• 2 bed £723
• 3 bed £844

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

4.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.9 times median annual pay (4.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,429 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: 152.9p · BP (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (8.2 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

121 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Blaydon-on-Tyne (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres8
• Sports pitches48
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

196,151 residents in Gateshead · 1,378/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,488
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,712
• Net moves+776

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 58 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

19% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,716 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (59% of 95,470)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

93 schools · 30,087 pupils

66 primary · 9 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 31 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

84 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gateshead

191 CQC-registered services

• Care homes50
• GP practices36
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies44
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Gateshead

• Not in the Green Belt
• 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

140 applications decided

87.1% granted · 122 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liz Twist

Labour

Blaydon and Consett

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 12
• LD 12
• Grn 3
• Ref 38
• Oth 1

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens31
• Restaurants & cafés29

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,160 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

7 jobs advertised · £41,112 avg

e.g. Postal Delivery Driver (Postie), HGV Technician, Mobile Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£675 median full-time weekly pay

4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,745 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 97,223 certificates

10% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

61% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Nuclear 34% · Wind 27%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.5 yrs women · 77.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.4 women · 58 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in NE21

• Chainbridge Medical Partnership
• Oldwell Surgery
• Hollyhurst Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Blaydon and Consett:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth281 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases204 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND176 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England176 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK165 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Ottovale coke works · 0.5 km

  Ottovale coke works was a large industrial complex situated at Blaydon Burn, near Blaydon-on-Tyne, Gateshead, North East England. The complex comprised a coke works, tar works and a power station. Built on the site of…

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  Blaydon · 0.6 km

  Blaydon is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, and historically in County Durham. Blaydon, and neighbouring Winlaton, which Blaydon is now contiguous with, form the town of Blaydon…

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  St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon · 0.6 km

  St Thomas More Catholic School is a Roman Catholic secondary school with academy status in Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, England, providing teaching to 11- to 19-year-olds.

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  Blaydon railway station · 0.7 km

  Blaydon is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 5 miles 39 chains west of Newcastle, serves the town of Blaydon, Gateshead in Tyne and…

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  Shibdon Pond · 0.9 km

  Shibdon Pond is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Tyne and Wear, England. It is located in Gateshead between Blaydon on Tyne and Dunston. It is protected for its bird life and aquatic plants.

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  Axwell House · 1.0 km

  Axwell House is a mansion house and Grade II* listed building, at Axwell Park, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)