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Rowlands Gill

Rowlands Gill is a town in Tyne & Wear, England, with a population of around 6,096. It has around 1 pharmacy and 7 restaurants or cafés, 26 bus stops, and East Tanfield railway station is 5 km away. The average sold house price is around £195,712, and there were around 39 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly shoplifting. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Rowlands Gill area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Gateshead area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 196,151 residents at roughly 1,378 people per km².

Council
Gateshead
County
Tyne & Wear
Constituency
Blaydon
Police force
Northumbria
44/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 191st of 294 English council areas — better than 35% of them.

Low crime31
Home affordability95
Affordable rents78
Good schools89
Life expectancy9
Low deprivation19
Employment29
Low council tax2

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°CCloudy

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 54% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:24

9h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stockton-on-Tees Eaglescliffe, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

41 reported · August 2026▲ 5% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences10
  • Criminal damage & arson7
  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Vehicle crime5

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

Local policing priorities

  • Motorcycle disorder in Winlaton, Chopwell, Ryton
  • Acquisitive crime including shoplifting

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

51 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 42 rated 4–5 ★ (35 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Causey Arch (4.4 km)
  • 28 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Blaydon (5.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£156,036 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Gateshead · to 2026-08

Detached£287,336
Semi-detached£181,868
Terraced£152,031
Flat£97,856

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · BP (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (11.9 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

50 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Gibside Hall (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches10
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,716 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,811
B £2,112
C £2,414
D £2,716
E £3,319
F £3,923
G £4,526
H £5,432

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Cardinal Hume Catholic School, GatesheadOutstanding
  • Kingsmeadow Community SchoolGood
  • Lord Lawson of Beamish AcademyGood
  • St Thomas More Catholic School, BlaydonGood
  • Grace CollegeRequires improvement
  • Heworth Grange School
  • Thorp Academy
  • Whickham School
  • XP Gateshead

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gateshead

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Rowlands Gill CA)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 23 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

140 applications decided

87.1% granted · 122 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Liz Twist

Labour

Blaydon and Consett

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • Pharmacies2
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,160 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised · £31,140 avg

e.g. Catering Assistant, Children Crisis Support Worker, Mobile Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

56% low-carbon electricity

Imports 44% · Nuclear 35% · Wind 21% · Solar 0%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in NE39

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Blaydon and Consett:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Rowlands Gill · 0.2 km

    Rowlands Gill is a village on the north bank of the River Derwent, in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The Gibside Estate is near the village.

  • Rowlands Gill railway station · 0.3 km

    Rowlands Gill railway station served the village of Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear, England from 1867 to 1963 on the Derwent Valley Railway.

  • Whinfield coke works · 1.0 km

    Whinfield coke works was a large industrial complex located near Rowlands Gill in Tyne and Wear, North East England. The complex comprised a coking plant, alloy factory and power station. Waste heat from the plant pro…

  • Gibside · 1.3 km

    Gibside is an estate in Tyne and Wear, England. It is located in the valley of the River Derwent on the border with County Durham, between Rowlands Gill and Burnopfield. The estate is the surviving part of a Georgian…

  • Burnopfield · 1.5 km

    Burnopfield is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated north of Stanley and Annfield Plain, close to the River Derwent and is 564 feet above sea level. There are around 4,553 inhabitants in Burnopfield.…

  • Derwent Park (Rowlands Gill) · 1.5 km

    Derwent Park is situated in Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear, England. The park is often incorrectly called Rowlands Gill Park as a result. The park has a caravan site and has many play areas for children. Fishing on the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Rowlands Gill?
Rowlands Gill is a town in Tyne & Wear, England, in the Gateshead local authority.
What is the population of Rowlands Gill?
Rowlands Gill has an approximate settlement population of 6,096.
How deprived is Rowlands Gill?
The Gateshead local authority, which includes Rowlands Gill, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.