NE6 5BP postcode in Newcastle upon Tyne, England

NE6 5BP is a postcode in Newcastle upon Tyne, in the Walkergate ward. It is in the Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend parliamentary constituency and the Northumbria police force area, and has been in use since November 2023.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at NE6 5BP can get it Across Newcastle upon Tyne: 91% Typical price £220,000 Homes sold in NE6 5, last 12 months. ▼ 2.2% on the year before Nearest station Manors 3.2 km in a straight line

Where NE6 5BP is, and what is near it

Map of NE6 5BP and what is near it Map of NE6 5BP: its centre point, with the 222 other postcodes in the NE6 5 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 Underground, metro or tram station, 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 12 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. NE6 5BN: also in NE6 5NE6 5BQ: also in NE6 5NE6 5DD: also in NE6 5NE6 5DE: also in NE6 5NE6 5DF: also in NE6 5NE6 5DG: also in NE6 5NE6 5DN: also in NE6 5NE6 5DR: also in NE6 5NE6 5DS: also in NE6 5NE6 5DT: also in NE6 5NE6 5DU: also in NE6 5NE6 5DX: also in NE6 5NE6 5DY: also in NE6 5NE6 5DZ: also in NE6 5NE6 5EA: also in NE6 5NE6 5EQ: also in NE6 5NE6 5SJ: also in NE6 5NE6 5SP: also in NE6 5NE6 5SR: also in NE6 5NE6 5SS: also in NE6 5NE6 5SU: also in NE6 5NE6 5TB: also in NE6 5NE6 5TD: also in NE6 5NE6 5TE: also in NE6 5NE6 5TH: also in NE6 5NE6 5TJ: also in NE6 5NE6 5TL: also in NE6 5NE6 5TS: also in NE6 5NE6 5UD: also in NE6 5NE6 5UE: also in NE6 5NE6 5UJ: also in NE6 5 GP 1.0 kmSchool 1.0 kmSchool 1.3 kmHeaton Road Surgery 1.5 kmManors station 3.2 kmHeworth station 4.0 kmHeaton NE6 5BP Map of NE6 5BP and what is near it Map of NE6 5BP: its centre point, with the 222 other postcodes in the NE6 5 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 Underground, metro or tram station, 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 12 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. GP 1.0 kmHeworth station 4.0 kmHeaton NE6 5BP
  • NE6 5BP
  • Other postcodes in NE6 5: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 1 Underground, metro or tram station
  • 3 GP practices
  • 12 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 54.9873, longitude -1.5617)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after NE6 5BP?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at NE6 5BP?

Every home and business at NE6 5BP can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

NE6 5BP 100% Newcastle upon Tyne 91%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

NE6 5BP 100% Newcastle upon Tyne 97%
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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at NE6 5BP?

BinDayBuddy reads bin days from councils' own collection systems. It may have the days for NE6 5BP.

Check the bin days for NE6 5BP on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is NE6 5BP at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include NE6 5BP.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Newcastle upon Tyne

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for NE6 5BP: 4,236 properties in Newcastle upon Tyne are at high risk (2.7% of all its properties). All the figures for Newcastle upon Tyne

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of NE6 5BP is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near NE6 5BP?

Homes in NE6 5 sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 178 sales, down 2.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£220,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£225,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 2.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 2 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £295,000 34 sales
  • Terraced £325,000 61 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £177,000 81 sales

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

Across the whole NE6 district: a typical £177,000 from 389 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in NE6 5BP

HM Land Registry records 44 standard sales of homes in NE6 5BP from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 15 May 2025. The middle price was £298,296, from £133,000 to £448,369. Across NE6 5, the typical price in the 12 months to August 2026 was £220,000. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Show the other 36 sales

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near NE6 5BP?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 730 homes in the neighbourhood around NE6 5BP. The largest share of them, 37%, are in council tax band C. More were built from 1919 to 1939 than in any other period (64%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around NE6 5BP

Band D in Newcastle upon Tyne for 2026‑27: £2,542. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,695 (band A) to £3,107 (band E); band C, the most common, is £2,260.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 110 (15%)£1,695
Band Babout 250 (34%)£1,977
Band Cabout 270 (37%)£2,260
Band Dabout 30 (4%)£2,542
Band Eabout 70 (10%)£3,107
Band Ffewer than 5£3,672
Band Gfewer than 5£4,237
Band Hfewer than 5£5,084

When the homes were built

  1. Withheld Before 1900
  2. 4% 1900 to 1918
  3. 64% 1919 to 1939
  4. 4% 1945 to 1964
  5. 5% 1965 to 1982
  6. 4% 1983 to 1999
  7. 8% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. 10% 2020 or later

2010 to 2019: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Newcastle upon Tyne before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of NE6 5BP is in (ONS area E01008433), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near NE6 5BP?

The nearest open schools to NE6 5BP, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near NE6 5BP, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to NE6 5BP?

The nearest railway station to the centre of NE6 5BP is Manors Rail Station, 3.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Manors Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
  • Heworth Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle
  • Walkergate (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) Underground, metro or tram 250 mWalk

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

12 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Benfield Road-Hospital, 185 m away.

More stations near NE6 5BP, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near NE6 5BP?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of NE6 5BP, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near NE6 5BP?

0 within 1 km 3 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of NE6 5BP, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • A charging point Charging point · 8 chargers 1.1 kmWalk
  • A charging point Charging point · No details mapped 1.6 kmCycle
  • Charge Your Car Charging point · 2 chargers · Type 2 2.9 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near NE6 5BP?

The nearest to the centre of NE6 5BP, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to NE6 5BP?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near NE6 5BP?

The nearest care homes to the centre of NE6 5BP, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near NE6 5BP?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of NE6 5BP, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near NE6 5BP?

The nearest vets to the centre of NE6 5BP on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is NE6 5BP in a conservation area?

The centre of NE6 5BP is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near NE6 5BP?

Police.uk records 432 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of NE6 5BP in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Shoplifting140 reports
Violence and sexual offences96 reports
Anti-social behaviour62 reports
Criminal damage and arson28 reports
Public order26 reports
Other theft22 reports

Also: burglary 19, vehicle crime 18, robbery 7, bicycle theft 5, other crime 5, theft from the person 2, drugs 1, possession of weapons 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for NE6 5BP

Ward
Walkergate
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
North East
Country
England
Built-up area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
November 2023

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

Where to check what we do not hold

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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

NE6 5BN90 mNE6 5BQ130 mNE6 4NT180 mNE6 4NQ180 mNE6 4NP190 mNE6 4PD190 m
All of NE6

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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