Kibblesworth

13°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 13° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:31

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Low Fell and Allerdene · Northumbria

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

253 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 320 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

163 food businesses within 2 miles

• 150 rated 4–5 ★ (131 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tyne estuary

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Dipwood Halt (3.5 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£158,254 average▲ 7.8% YoY

Across Gateshead · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£798 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £587
• 2 bed £718
• 3 bed £838

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · BP (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (10.3 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

128 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Team Valley Retail Park (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds3

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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 54 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gateshead

190 CQC-registered services

• Care homes50
• GP practices37
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies43
• Hospitals & hospices2

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Gateshead

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

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

109 applications decided

84.4% granted · 92 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

Labour

Washington and Gateshead South

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 12
• LD 13
• Grn 3
• Ref 38

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised

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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

34% low-carbon electricity

Imports 66% · Nuclear 15% · Biomass 14% · Wind 5%

19 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Washington and Gateshead South:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England864 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office428 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s373 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth321 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test263 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Kibblesworth · 0.1 km

  Kibblesworth is a village 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Birtley, Tyne and Wear, England. Kibblesworth was a mainly rural community until the development of the pit and brickworks and the resulting increase in population. F…

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  Lamesley · 1.5 km

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  Tyne Yard · 1.6 km

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  Lamesley railway station · 1.7 km

  Lamesley railway station served the village of Lamesley, Tyne and Wear, England from 1868 to 1959 on the East Coast Main Line.

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  Angel of the North · 2.2 km

  The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Completed in 1998, it is seen by an estimated 33 million people every year due to its proximity to th…

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  Team Colliery · 2.3 km

  Team Colliery is a hamlet and estate in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The estate is made up of 23 private and rented houses which form the street Cowen Gardens. Team Colliery is part o…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)