Chopwell

Chopwell is covered by postcode district NE17. It is in the Gateshead council area, England.

Typical price £79,105 Homes sold in Chopwell, last 12 months. ▲ 6.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 5 of 85 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 Chopwell, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Chopwell, by flood risk Of the 86 postcodes in Chopwell that ONS places, 86 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Chopwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. NE17 7AA: not on the flood risk listNE17 7AB: not on the flood risk listNE17 7AD: not on the flood risk listNE17 7AE: not on the flood risk listNE17 7AF: not on the flood risk listNE17 7AG: not on the flood risk listNE17 7AJ: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BA: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BB: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BG: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BH: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BJ: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BN: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BP: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BQ: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BS: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BT: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BU: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BX: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BY: not on the flood risk listNE17 7BZ: not on the flood risk listNE17 7DA: not on the flood risk listNE17 7DB: not on the flood risk listNE17 7DD: not on the flood risk listNE17 7DE: not on the flood risk listNE17 7DF: not on the flood risk listNE17 7DG: not on the flood risk listNE17 7DH: not on the flood risk listNE17 7DJ: not on the flood risk listNE17 7DL: not on the flood risk listNE17 7DN: not on the flood risk listNE17 7DP: not on the flood risk listNE17 7DQ: not on the flood risk listNE17 7DS: not on the flood risk listNE17 7EF: not on the flood risk listNE17 7EG: not on the flood risk listNE17 7EH: not on the flood risk listNE17 7EJ: not on the flood risk listNE17 7EL: not on the flood risk listNE17 7EN: not on the flood risk listNE17 7EP: not on the flood risk listNE17 7EQ: not on the flood risk listNE17 7ER: not on the flood risk listNE17 7ES: not on the flood risk listNE17 7ET: not on the flood risk listNE17 7EU: not on the flood risk listNE17 7EW: not on the flood risk listNE17 7EX: not on the flood risk listNE17 7EY: not on the flood risk listNE17 7EZ: not on the flood risk listNE17 7HA: not on the flood risk listNE17 7HB: not on the flood risk listNE17 7HD: not on the flood risk listNE17 7HE: not on the flood risk listNE17 7HS: not on the flood risk listNE17 7HU: not on the flood risk listNE17 7HX: not on the flood risk listNE17 7HY: not on the flood risk listNE17 7HZ: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JA: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JD: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JE: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JF: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JG: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JH: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JJ: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JL: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JN: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JP: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JQ: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JR: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JS: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JT: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JU: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JW: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JX: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JY: not on the flood risk listNE17 7JZ: not on the flood risk listNE17 7LA: not on the flood risk listNE17 7LB: not on the flood risk listNE17 7LD: not on the flood risk listNE17 7LE: not on the flood risk listNE17 7LF: not on the flood risk listNE17 7LG: not on the flood risk listNE17 7QF: not on the flood risk list Chopwell Map of every postcode in Chopwell, by flood risk Of the 86 postcodes in Chopwell that ONS places, 86 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Chopwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Chopwell
  • 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: 86

Of the 86 postcodes in Chopwell that ONS places, 86 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 54.9177, longitude -1.8160. 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 Chopwell?

Homes sold for a typical £79,105 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.2% on the 12 months before. At 5 of the 85 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 86 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 Prudhoe, 6.2 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 Chopwell?

Homes in Chopwell sold for a typical £79,105 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 34 sales, up 6.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£79,105 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£74,500
12 months to August 2026
£79,105

▲ up 6.2% on the 12 months before

Detached 4 sales, too few to price
Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price
Terraced£67,750 26 sales

Across the whole NE17 district, Chopwell's main postcode district: a typical £115,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Chopwell: 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 Chopwell?

2 of the 86 postcodes now in use in Chopwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 50 homes sold in Chopwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE17 district, 25%.

The newest postcodes

NE17 7BNsince November 2021NE17 7BQsince September 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 ChopwellAcross the NE17 district
The 12 months to August 2026 2 of 34 (6%) 4 of 57 (7%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 50 (0%) 24 of 97 (25%)

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 Chopwell?

Ofcom reports on 85 of the 86 postcodes in Chopwell. At 5 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit5 of 85
Postcodes where every home can get superfast80 of 85

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 Chopwell at risk of flooding?

None of the 86 postcodes in Chopwell 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 Chopwell?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Chopwell. 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

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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 Chopwell?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chopwell is Prudhoe Rail Station, 6.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Prudhoe Rail Station Railway station 6.2 kmDrive
  • Wylam Rail Station Railway station 6.4 kmDrive
  • Stocksfield Rail Station Railway station 7.2 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 Chopwell?

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

Police.uk records 370 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Chopwell 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. 34 September 2025
  2. 32 October 2025
  3. 37 November 2025
  4. 26 December 2025
  5. 16 January 2026
  6. 25 February 2026
  7. 26 March 2026
  8. 42 April 2026
  9. 39 May 2026
  10. 43 June 2026
  11. 31 July 2026
  12. 19 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences124 reports
Anti-social behaviour87 reports
Criminal damage and arson36 reports
Shoplifting35 reports
Public order26 reports
Other theft20 reports
Burglary15 reports
Other crime15 reports

Also: drugs 6, vehicle crime 3, theft from the person 1, robbery 1, possession of weapons 1.

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 Chopwell?

Council
Gateshead
Parliamentary constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Police force area
Northumbria
Region
North East
Country
England
MP
Liz Twist (Labour)

All 86 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Chopwell

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Chopwell postcodes

86 postcodes in use in Chopwell, by district:

NE17 postcode district,86 postcodes

That district is in the NE postcode area.

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Places near Chopwell

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Chopwell's £79,105. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

High Spen2.5 km, £130,000Rowlands Gill4.1 km, £190,000Crawcrook and Greenside5.2 km, £167,000Burnopfield5.4 km, £140,500Prudhoe5.4 km, £165,000Dipton5.7 km, £154,000Stocksfield6.1 km, £334,000Leadgate6.4 km, £119,975 All places A to Z

Questions about Chopwell

What is it like to live in Chopwell?
Homes sold for a typical £79,105 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.2% on the 12 months before. At 5 of the 85 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 86 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 Prudhoe, 6.2 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 Chopwell?
Chopwell is covered by postcode district NE17, across 86 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Chopwell in?
Chopwell is in the Gateshead council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Chopwell?
Chopwell is in the Blaydon and Consett parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Liz Twist (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Chopwell?
Homes in Chopwell sold for a typical £79,105 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 34 sales, up 6.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Chopwell?
In Chopwell, primary schools at its postcodes include Chopwell Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Prudhoe Community High School, 4.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Chopwell have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chopwell is Prudhoe, 6.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Chopwell?
Ofcom reports on 85 of the 86 postcodes in Chopwell. At 5 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Chopwell at risk of flooding?
None of the 86 postcodes in Chopwell 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 Chopwell?
2 of the 86 postcodes now in use in Chopwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 50 homes sold in Chopwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE17 district, 25%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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