NE61 postcode district: Morpeth and around, Northumberland

NE61 is a postcode district in England, with 1,550 postcodes in use in 7 sectors. It has postcodes in Morpeth, Pegswood, Ellington and 3 more places. Its council is Northumberland.

Postcodes in use: 1,550
Sectors: 7
Council: Northumberland
Places: 6 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in NE61, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 106
In use before 2020: 1,444
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,550 postcodes in NE61 that ONS places, 106 are new since 2020 and 1,444 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 170 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 55.1785, longitude -1.6858. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

NE61 2GSJuly 2026 NE61 2LBJune 2026 NE61 2LNJune 2026 NE61 2LRJune 2026 NE61 2NJJune 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NE61 9JL, is the newest of them.
12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NE61 5BY, is the newest of them.
8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NE61 2ZH, is the newest of them.
8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NE61 2GS, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NE61 2LB, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NE61 5FJ, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in NE61?

Ofcom reports on 1,412 of the 1,550 postcodes in NE61. At 1,027 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 37 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit1,027 of 1,412

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,221 of 1,412

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband37 of 1,412

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.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

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

Is NE61 at risk of flooding?

162 of the 1,550 postcodes in NE61 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 102 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 162 of 1,550 postcodes High: 40Medium: 62Low: 1,269Very low: 54

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 NE61?

Homes in NE61 sold for a typical £247,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 557 sales, down 1.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£247,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£250,000 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 1.2% on the 12 months before

Detached £375,000 196 sales
Semi-detached £213,500 177 sales
Terraced £177,250 132 sales
Flat or maisonette £152,000 52 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

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