NE44 postcode district: Riding Mill and around, Northumberland

What broadband can you get in NE44?

Ofcom reports on 87 of the 87 postcodes in NE44. At 31 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 8 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is NE44 at risk of flooding?

7 of the 87 postcodes in NE44 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 15 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in NE44?

Homes in NE44 sold for a typical £535,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 9 sales, down 7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

• Detached £850,000 5 sales
• Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
• Terraced 1 sale, too few to price
• Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Places in NE44

Towns and villages with postcodes in NE44, and how many each has here.

Who covers NE44

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.