Penshaw

16°CCloudy

• Today: 21° / 12° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:33

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

69 reported · July 2026▼ 13% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour22
• Shoplifting15
• Criminal damage & arson10
• Violence & sexual offences9

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Washington · Northumbria

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

335 reported road collisions (2024)

68 killed or seriously injured · 424 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

206 food businesses within 2 miles

• 178 rated 4–5 ★ (167 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tyne estuary

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Chester-le-Street (5.0 km)
• 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£143,216 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Sunderland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£704 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £521
• 2 bed £645
• 3 bed £769

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

4.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.8 times median annual pay (4.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (11.6 km)

32 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

88 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Washington (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches29
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

274,175 residents in Sunderland · 1,995/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 33 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

23% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,197 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 134,620)

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

125 schools · 41,439 pupils

81 primary · 16 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 45 of 47 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

116inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sunderland

234 CQC-registered services

• Care homes87
• GP practices46
• Dentists36
• Homecare agencies43
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sunderland

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

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

151 applications decided

89.4% granted · 135 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

Labour

Washington and Gateshead South

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 5
• LD 12
• Ref 57
• Oth 1

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£655 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,252 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 · 173,812 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 70% · Nuclear 19% · Solar 7% · Biomass 4%

5 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 77.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56.3 women · 56.4 men

77% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• 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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  Penshaw Bridge · 0.3 km

  Penshaw Bridge, also known as Fatfield Bridge, is a road traffic bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Penshaw with Fatfield. The bridge was opened on 29 January 1890.

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  Chartershaugh Bridge · 0.5 km

  Chartershaugh Bridge is a road traffic bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Penshaw with Fatfield as part of the A182 road. The bridge was opened in 1975 and is named after the former settleme…

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  Penshaw railway station · 0.6 km

  Penshaw railway station served the village of Penshaw, Tyne and Wear, England from 1840 to 1964 on the Leamside line.

• Fatfield Woods · 1.0 km

  Fatfield Woods is a woodland in Tyne and Wear, England, near Washington. It covers a total area of 8.99 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.

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  Biddick Hall (house) · 1.0 km

  Biddick Hall is a small privately owned 18th-century country mansion at Bournmoor, County Durham, near the City of Sunderland and Chester-le-Street. It is a Grade I listed building and the home of the Lambton family.

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  Biddick Lane railway station · 1.1 km

  Biddick Lane railway station served the Fatfield area of Washington, in Tyne and Wear, England. It was on the former Stanhope and Tyne Railway between Washington and Chester-le-Street. The station opened in 1864 and c…

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