Pegswood
Pegswood is covered by postcode district NE61. It is in the Northumberland council area, England.
Every postcode in Pegswood, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 7
- In use before 2020: 89
Of the 96 postcodes in Pegswood that ONS places, 7 are new since 2020 and 89 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. No boundary is drawn.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 55.1805, longitude -1.6493. 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
What is it like to live in Pegswood?
Homes sold for a typical £169,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. At 93 of the 96 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 96 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. The nearest GP practice is Gas House Lane Surgery, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Pegswood, 400 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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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 Pegswood?
Homes in Pegswood sold for a typical £169,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 54 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £170,000 from 42 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £255,000 20 sales
- Semi-detached £144,000 24 sales
- Terraced £126,000 9 sales
- Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NE61 district, Pegswood's main postcode district: a typical £247,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Pegswood: 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 Pegswood?
7 of the 96 postcodes now in use in Pegswood came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 42 homes sold in Pegswood were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE61 district, 12%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Pegswood | Across the NE61 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 54 (0%) | 16 of 557 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 42 (0%) | 84 of 693 (12%) |
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 Pegswood?
Ofcom reports on 96 of the 96 postcodes in Pegswood. At 93 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Pegswood at risk of flooding?
None of the 96 postcodes in Pegswood 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 Pegswood?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Pegswood. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: 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 Pegswood?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Pegswood is Pegswood Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.
- Pegswood Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
- Morpeth Rail Station Railway station 2.9 kmCycle
- Ashington Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
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 Pegswood?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Pegswood. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Gas House Lane Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 01670 513657 2.4 kmCycle
- Greystoke Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2026 · Phone 01670 511393 2.4 kmCycle
- Npc Central Northumberland Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 01670 502333 2.8 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Pegswood safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 248 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Pegswood 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
- 15 September 2025
- 22 October 2025
- 20 November 2025
- 14 December 2025
- 11 January 2026
- 12 February 2026
- 17 March 2026
- 37 April 2026
- 29 May 2026
- 22 June 2026
- 32 July 2026
- 17 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 5, drugs 4, bicycle theft 2, theft from the person 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 postcodeSource: 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 Pegswood?
- Council
- Northumberland
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Northumberland
- Police force area
- Northumbria
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- MP
- David Smith (Labour)
All 96 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, read 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Pegswood
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Northumberland about council tax Council tax, on northumberland.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Pegswood postcodes
96 postcodes in use in Pegswood, by district:
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 Pegswood
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Pegswood's £169,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Pegswood
- What is the postcode for Pegswood?
- Postcode district NE61, with 96 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Pegswood in?
- Northumberland. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Pegswood?
- David Smith (Labour), for North Northumberland. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Pegswood?
- A typical £169,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, from 54 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Pegswood?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Pegswood Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The King Edward VI School, 2.9 km away. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Pegswood have a railway station?
- Yes: Pegswood station, 400 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Pegswood?
- Ofcom reports on 96 of the 96 postcodes in Pegswood. At 93 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Pegswood at risk of flooding?
- None of the 96 postcodes in Pegswood 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. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Pegswood?
- 7 of the 96 postcodes now in use in Pegswood came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 42 homes sold in Pegswood were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE61 district, 12%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
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