Rothbury

Rothbury is covered by postcode district NE65. It is in the Northumberland council area, England.

Typical price £240,000 Homes sold in Rothbury, last 12 months. ▼ 7.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 83 of 120 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 31 of 122 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 27 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Rothbury, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Rothbury, by flood risk Of the 122 postcodes in Rothbury that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 21 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 91 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Rothbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. NE65 7AZ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7BF: not on the flood risk listNE65 7DU: not on the flood risk listNE65 7EE: not on the flood risk listNE65 7JU: not on the flood risk listNE65 7NR: not on the flood risk listNE65 7NT: not on the flood risk listNE65 7PD: not on the flood risk listNE65 7PE: not on the flood risk listNE65 7PF: not on the flood risk listNE65 7PG: not on the flood risk listNE65 7PH: not on the flood risk listNE65 7PN: not on the flood risk listNE65 7PQ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7PT: not on the flood risk listNE65 7PW: not on the flood risk listNE65 7QE: not on the flood risk listNE65 7QF: not on the flood risk listNE65 7QG: not on the flood risk listNE65 7QH: not on the flood risk listNE65 7QP: not on the flood risk listNE65 7QS: not on the flood risk listNE65 7QT: not on the flood risk listNE65 7QU: not on the flood risk listNE65 7QW: not on the flood risk listNE65 7QX: not on the flood risk listNE65 7QY: not on the flood risk listNE65 7QZ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7RA: not on the flood risk listNE65 7RB: not on the flood risk listNE65 7RD: not on the flood risk listNE65 7RE: not on the flood risk listNE65 7RF: not on the flood risk listNE65 7RG: not on the flood risk listNE65 7RJ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7RQ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7RW: not on the flood risk listNE65 7SA: not on the flood risk listNE65 7SB: not on the flood risk listNE65 7SD: not on the flood risk listNE65 7SH: not on the flood risk listNE65 7SQ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7SW: not on the flood risk listNE65 7SY: not on the flood risk listNE65 7SZ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TA: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TB: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TE: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TH: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TL: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TN: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TP: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TQ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TS: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TT: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TU: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TX: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TY: not on the flood risk listNE65 7TZ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7UA: not on the flood risk listNE65 7UB: not on the flood risk listNE65 7UG: not on the flood risk listNE65 7UP: not on the flood risk listNE65 7UT: not on the flood risk listNE65 7UU: not on the flood risk listNE65 7UX: not on the flood risk listNE65 7UY: not on the flood risk listNE65 7XQ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7XY: not on the flood risk listNE65 7XZ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YA: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YB: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YD: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YE: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YF: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YG: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YH: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YJ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YN: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YP: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YQ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YR: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YS: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YU: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YW: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YX: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YY: not on the flood risk listNE65 7YZ: not on the flood risk listNE65 7QN: very low flood risk onlyNE65 7BA: low flood risk at worstNE65 7NU: low flood risk at worstNE65 7NX: low flood risk at worstNE65 7NY: low flood risk at worstNE65 7NZ: low flood risk at worstNE65 7PA: low flood risk at worstNE65 7PB: low flood risk at worstNE65 7QL: low flood risk at worstNE65 7RZ: low flood risk at worstNE65 7SG: low flood risk at worstNE65 7SL: low flood risk at worstNE65 7SN: low flood risk at worstNE65 7SP: low flood risk at worstNE65 7SR: low flood risk at worstNE65 7SS: low flood risk at worstNE65 7TG: low flood risk at worstNE65 7UD: low flood risk at worstNE65 7UH: low flood risk at worstNE65 7UJ: low flood risk at worstNE65 7UW: low flood risk at worstNE65 7PJ: medium flood risk at worstNE65 7UN: medium flood risk at worstNE65 7UQ: medium flood risk at worstNE65 7NS: high flood riskNE65 7QJ: high flood riskNE65 7QR: high flood riskNE65 7SE: high flood riskNE65 7TW: high flood riskNE65 7XG: high flood risk Rothbury Map of every postcode in Rothbury, by flood risk Of the 122 postcodes in Rothbury that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 21 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 91 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Rothbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Rothbury
  • A home or business at high risk: 6
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 21
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 91

Of the 122 postcodes in Rothbury that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 21 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 91 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 55.3094, longitude -1.9105. 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 high risk

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

NE65 7XG2 at high riskNE65 7QJ2 at high riskNE65 7TW1 at high riskNE65 7NS1 at high riskNE65 7QR1 at high riskNE65 7SE1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Rothbury?

Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.7% on the 12 months before. At 83 of the 120 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 27 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 31 of its 122 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Acklington, 16.4 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 Rothbury?

Homes in Rothbury sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 26 sales, down 7.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£240,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£260,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 7.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £450,000 9 sales
  • Semi-detached £156,500 7 sales
  • Terraced £222,500 8 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole NE65 district, Rothbury's main postcode district: a typical £270,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Rothbury: 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 Rothbury?

None of the 122 postcodes now in use in Rothbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 44 homes sold in Rothbury were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE65 district, 24%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn RothburyAcross the NE65 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 26 (0%) 41 of 331 (12%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 44 (0%) 111 of 472 (24%)

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 Rothbury?

Ofcom reports on 120 of the 122 postcodes in Rothbury. At 83 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit83 of 120
Postcodes where every home can get superfast120 of 120

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 Rothbury at risk of flooding?

31 of the 122 postcodes in Rothbury 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 27 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 31 of 122 postcodes High: 8Medium: 19Low: 163Very low: 4

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 Rothbury?

The open schools at the postcodes in Rothbury. 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 Rothbury?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Rothbury is Acklington Rail Station, 16.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Acklington Rail Station Railway station 16.4 kmDrive
  • Alnmouth Rail Station Railway station 19.6 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 Rothbury?

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

Police.uk records 68 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Rothbury 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. 8 September 2025
  2. 6 October 2025
  3. 10 November 2025
  4. 7 December 2025
  5. 4 January 2026
  6. 3 February 2026
  7. 1 March 2026
  8. 11 April 2026
  9. 7 May 2026
  10. 2 June 2026
  11. 4 July 2026
  12. 5 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences25 reports
Anti-social behaviour16 reports
Other crime7 reports
Public order5 reports
Burglary5 reports
Criminal damage and arson4 reports
Vehicle crime3 reports
Shoplifting2 reports

Also: other theft 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 Rothbury?

Council
Northumberland
Parliamentary constituency
North Northumberland
Police force area
Northumbria
Region
North East
Country
England
MP
David Smith (Labour)

All 122 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 Rothbury

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Rothbury postcodes

122 postcodes in use in Rothbury, by district:

NE65 postcode district,122 postcodes

That district is in the NE postcode area.

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Places near Rothbury

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Rothbury's £240,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Longframlington7.1 km, £270,000Shilbottle15.7 km, £227,000Alnwick17.1 km, £235,000Warkworth19.1 km, £425,000Hadston19.5 km, £169,950Widdrington Station20.2 km, £172,000Amble20.9 km, £225,000Morpeth21.5 km, £260,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Rothbury

What is it like to live in Rothbury?
Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.7% on the 12 months before. At 83 of the 120 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 27 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 31 of its 122 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Acklington, 16.4 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 Rothbury?
Rothbury is covered by postcode district NE65, across 122 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Rothbury in?
Rothbury is in the Northumberland council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Rothbury?
Rothbury is in the North Northumberland parliamentary constituency. Its MP is David Smith (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Rothbury?
Homes in Rothbury sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 26 sales, down 7.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Rothbury?
In Rothbury, primary schools at its postcodes include Rothbury First School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Rothbury have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Rothbury is Acklington, 16.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Rothbury?
Ofcom reports on 120 of the 122 postcodes in Rothbury. At 83 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Rothbury at risk of flooding?
31 of the 122 postcodes in Rothbury 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 27 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 Rothbury?
None of the 122 postcodes now in use in Rothbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 44 homes sold in Rothbury were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE65 district, 24%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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