Birtley

Birtley is covered by postcode districts DH2 and DH3. It is mostly in the Gateshead council area: 352 of its 355 postcodes. The others are in County Durham.

Typical price £174,225 Homes sold in Birtley, last 12 months. ▼ 8.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 271 of 355 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 6 of 355 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 7 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Birtley, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Birtley, by flood risk Of the 355 postcodes in Birtley that ONS places, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 349 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Birtley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 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the flood risk listDH3 2SF: not on the flood risk listDH3 2SJ: not on the flood risk listDH3 2SN: not on the flood risk listDH3 2SP: not on the flood risk listDH3 2SS: not on the flood risk listDH3 2SW: not on the flood risk listDH2 1AW: low flood risk at worstDH3 1QZ: low flood risk at worstDH3 2BQ: low flood risk at worstDH3 2LE: low flood risk at worstDH3 2QW: medium flood risk at worstDH3 2TB: medium flood risk at worst Birtley Map of every postcode in Birtley, by flood risk Of the 355 postcodes in Birtley that ONS places, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 349 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Birtley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A194(M)A1(M) Birtley
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 349

Of the 355 postcodes in Birtley that ONS places, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 349 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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 54.8950, longitude -1.5736. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at medium risk at worst

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

DH3 2TB4 at medium riskDH3 2QW1 at medium risk

What is it like to live in Birtley?

Homes sold for a typical £174,225 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.3% on the 12 months before. At 271 of the 355 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 355 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, 4.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Birtley?

Homes in Birtley sold for a typical £174,225 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 144 sales, down 8.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£174,225 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£190,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 8.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £290,000 33 sales
  • Semi-detached £198,175 52 sales
  • Terraced £135,000 52 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £57,000 7 sales

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

Across the whole DH3 district, Birtley's main postcode district: a typical £187,250.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Birtley: 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

Are new homes being built in Birtley?

5 of the 355 postcodes now in use in Birtley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 33 of the 202 homes sold in Birtley were newly built (16%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH3 district, 15%.

The newest postcodes

DH3 2EUsince September 2025DH3 1FJsince June 2025DH3 1BFsince May 2023DH3 1QZsince December 2021DH3 1FDsince August 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BirtleyAcross the DH3 district
The 12 months to August 2026 10 of 144 (7%) 12 of 326 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 33 of 202 (16%) 70 of 480 (15%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Birtley?

Ofcom reports on 355 of the 355 postcodes in Birtley. At 271 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit271 of 355
Postcodes where every home can get superfast342 of 355

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 Birtley at risk of flooding?

6 of the 355 postcodes in Birtley 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 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 6 of 355 postcodes Medium: 5Low: 8

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

Which schools are in Birtley?

The open schools at the postcodes in Birtley. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Birtley?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Birtley is Chester-le-Street Rail Station, 4.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Chester-le-Street Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
  • Heworth Rail Station Railway station 6.4 kmDrive
  • Dunston Rail Station Railway station 7.5 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Birtley?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Birtley. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Birtley safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,134 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Birtley over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 107 September 2025
  2. 112 October 2025
  3. 124 November 2025
  4. 122 December 2025
  5. 48 January 2026
  6. 58 February 2026
  7. 95 March 2026
  8. 88 April 2026
  9. 123 May 2026
  10. 90 June 2026
  11. 70 July 2026
  12. 97 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences337 reports
Anti-social behaviour242 reports
Criminal damage and arson111 reports
Vehicle crime90 reports
Burglary73 reports
Public order71 reports
Other theft60 reports
Other crime58 reports

Also: shoplifting 50, robbery 13, drugs 12, possession of weapons 8, theft from the person 7, bicycle theft 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Birtley?

Councils
Gateshead (352) and County Durham (3)
Parliamentary constituencies
Washington and Gateshead South (352) and North Durham (3)
Police force areas
Northumbria (352) and Durham (3)
Region
North East
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Birtley

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Birtley is in Gateshead; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Birtley postcodes

355 postcodes in use in Birtley, by district:

DH3 postcode district,350 postcodesDH2 postcode district,5 postcodes

Those districts are all in the DH postcode area.

Check a Birtley postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Birtley

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Birtley's £174,225. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Ouston2.1 km, £170,000Springwell3.0 km, £157,000Washington3.2 km, £155,000Pelton3.6 km, £185,000Chester-le-Street4.3 km, £172,000Gateshead5.6 km, £157,000Bournmoor5.7 km, £205,000Shiney Row and Penshaw6.0 km, £160,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Birtley

What is it like to live in Birtley?
Homes sold for a typical £174,225 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.3% on the 12 months before. At 271 of the 355 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 355 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, 4.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Birtley?
Birtley is covered by postcode districts DH2 and DH3, across 355 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Birtley?
Homes in Birtley sold for a typical £174,225 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 144 sales, down 8.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Birtley?
In Birtley, primary schools at its postcodes include St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley, Ravensworth Terrace Primary School and St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley; secondary schools at its postcodes include Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Birtley have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Birtley is Chester-le-Street, 4.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Birtley?
Ofcom reports on 355 of the 355 postcodes in Birtley. At 271 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Birtley at risk of flooding?
6 of the 355 postcodes in Birtley 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 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Birtley?
5 of the 355 postcodes now in use in Birtley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 33 of the 202 homes sold in Birtley were newly built (16%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH3 district, 15%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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