Burnopfield

Burnopfield is covered by postcode district NE16. It is mostly in the County Durham council area: 109 of its 110 postcodes. The other is in Gateshead.

Typical price £140,500 Homes sold in Burnopfield, last 12 months. ▼ 6.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 25 of 110 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Burnopfield, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Burnopfield, by flood risk Of the 110 postcodes in Burnopfield that ONS places, 110 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Burnopfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A692 NE16 6AH: not on the flood risk listNE16 6AJ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6AN: not on the flood risk listNE16 6AP: not on the flood risk listNE16 6AQ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6AW: not on the flood risk listNE16 6AX: not on the flood risk listNE16 6BJ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6BL: not on the flood risk listNE16 6BN: not on the flood risk listNE16 6BP: not on the flood risk listNE16 6BQ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6BS: not on the flood risk listNE16 6BT: not on the flood risk listNE16 6BU: not on the flood risk listNE16 6BW: not on the flood risk listNE16 6BX: not on the flood risk listNE16 6BY: not on the flood risk listNE16 6DA: not on the flood risk listNE16 6DG: not on the flood risk listNE16 6DH: not on the flood risk listNE16 6DQ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HA: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HB: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HD: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HF: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HG: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HH: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HJ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HL: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HN: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HP: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HQ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HR: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HS: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HT: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HU: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HW: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HX: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HY: not on the flood risk listNE16 6HZ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JA: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JB: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JD: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JE: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JF: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JG: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JH: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JJ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JL: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JN: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JP: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JQ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JR: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JS: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JT: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JU: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JW: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JX: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JY: not on the flood risk listNE16 6JZ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LB: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LD: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LE: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LF: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LG: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LH: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LJ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LL: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LN: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LQ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LS: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LU: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LX: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LY: not on the flood risk listNE16 6LZ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NA: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NB: not on the flood risk listNE16 6ND: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NE: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NF: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NG: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NH: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NJ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NL: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NN: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NP: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NQ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NR: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NS: not on the flood risk listNE16 6NW: not on the flood risk listNE16 6PJ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6PQ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6PT: not on the flood risk listNE16 6PU: not on the flood risk listNE16 6PX: not on the flood risk listNE16 6PY: not on the flood risk listNE16 6PZ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6QA: not on the flood risk listNE16 6QB: not on the flood risk listNE16 6QD: not on the flood risk listNE16 6QE: not on the flood risk listNE16 6QF: not on the flood risk listNE16 6QG: not on the flood risk listNE16 6QH: not on the flood risk listNE16 6QJ: not on the flood risk listNE16 6QL: not on the flood risk listNE16 6QN: not on the flood risk listNE16 6QP: not on the flood risk listNE16 6QQ: not on the flood risk list Burnopfield Map of every postcode in Burnopfield, by flood risk Of the 110 postcodes in Burnopfield that ONS places, 110 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Burnopfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Burnopfield
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 110

Of the 110 postcodes in Burnopfield that ONS places, 110 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.9060, longitude -1.7338. 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

What is it like to live in Burnopfield?

Homes sold for a typical £140,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.3% on the 12 months before. At 25 of the 110 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 110 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Blaydon, 6.8 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 Burnopfield?

Homes in Burnopfield sold for a typical £140,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 54 sales, down 6.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£140,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£150,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 6.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £234,000 7 sales
  • Semi-detached £155,750 16 sales
  • Terraced £134,500 28 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole NE16 district, Burnopfield's main postcode district: a typical £182,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Burnopfield: 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 Burnopfield?

3 of the 110 postcodes now in use in Burnopfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 67 homes sold in Burnopfield were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE16 district, 6%.

The newest postcodes

NE16 6DHsince September 2023NE16 6DQsince September 2023NE16 6DGsince August 2021

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 BurnopfieldAcross the NE16 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 54 (0%) 7 of 308 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 4 of 67 (6%) 22 of 399 (6%)

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 Burnopfield?

Ofcom reports on 110 of the 110 postcodes in Burnopfield. At 25 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit25 of 110
Postcodes where every home can get superfast105 of 110

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 Burnopfield at risk of flooding?

None of the 110 postcodes in Burnopfield is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Burnopfield?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Burnopfield. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Burnopfield?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Burnopfield is Blaydon Rail Station, 6.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Blaydon Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive
  • Metrocentre Rail Station Railway station 7.3 kmDrive
  • Dunston Rail Station Railway station 7.6 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 Burnopfield?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Burnopfield. 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 Burnopfield safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 224 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Burnopfield 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. 19 September 2025
  2. 12 October 2025
  3. 10 November 2025
  4. 19 December 2025
  5. 10 January 2026
  6. 8 February 2026
  7. 29 March 2026
  8. 26 April 2026
  9. 16 May 2026
  10. 37 June 2026
  11. 22 July 2026
  12. 16 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences61 reports
Shoplifting44 reports
Anti-social behaviour42 reports
Criminal damage and arson27 reports
Vehicle crime12 reports
Other theft9 reports
Public order8 reports
Burglary7 reports

Also: drugs 6, other crime 5, robbery 3.

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 Burnopfield?

Councils
County Durham (109) and Gateshead (1)
Parliamentary constituencies
Blaydon and Consett (109) and Gateshead Central and Whickham (1)
Police force areas
Durham (109) and Northumbria (1)
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 Burnopfield

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

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

Burnopfield postcodes

110 postcodes in use in Burnopfield, by district:

NE16 postcode district,110 postcodes

That district is in the NE postcode area.

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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 Burnopfield

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Burnopfield's £140,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Rowlands Gill2.1 km, £190,000Tantobie2.3 km, £137,800Tanfield Lea3.2 km, £194,750Dipton3.3 km, £154,000High Spen4.1 km, £130,000Sunniside4.2 km, £170,000Annfield Plain5.0 km, £108,000Stanley5.0 km, £120,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Burnopfield

What is it like to live in Burnopfield?
Homes sold for a typical £140,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.3% on the 12 months before. At 25 of the 110 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 110 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Blaydon, 6.8 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 Burnopfield?
Burnopfield is covered by postcode district NE16, across 110 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Burnopfield?
Homes in Burnopfield sold for a typical £140,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 54 sales, down 6.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Burnopfield?
In Burnopfield, primary schools at its postcodes include Burnopfield Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Tanfield School, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Burnopfield have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Burnopfield is Blaydon, 6.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Burnopfield?
Ofcom reports on 110 of the 110 postcodes in Burnopfield. At 25 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Burnopfield at risk of flooding?
None of the 110 postcodes in Burnopfield is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Burnopfield?
3 of the 110 postcodes now in use in Burnopfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 67 homes sold in Burnopfield were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE16 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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