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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NE62 postcode district.

County or areaNorthumberland

Postcode districtNE62

Telephone codeNot listed

Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)

Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 25 min4:25 am – 9:50 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 8 min8:30 am – 3:38 pm

Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –

People9,005 residentsin the Guide Post & Stakeford census areaMedian age 48.74,217 households66% of homes owner-occupied39% owned outright20% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021

Work and commuting6.7% unemployment rate55% of adults are economically active, 3,888 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: health and social work 21%, retail and wholesale 14%, public administration and defence 10%Getting to work: 21% work from home, 68% go by car, 4% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle61% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021

Education and languages22% of adults hold a degree or higher23% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 100%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021

ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C674 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November30 days of air frost, 2 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)

Nearby landmarksChoppington Collieryhistoric site · under a mileLong Streamriver · under a mileStanton Hall Gardens and Nurseryhistoric site · 2.4 miCastle Morpethcastle · 3.3 miCastle Islandisland · 1.9 miAshington Colliery Trailwalk or trail · 2.1 miWhitefield Deanvalley · 1.7 miCleaswellhill Woodwoodland · under a mileSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps

Parks and green spacesWansbeck Riverside Parkpark · under a mile · 103 haGallager Parkpark · 1.5 mi · 33 haPeoples Parkpark · 1.6 mi · 9 haStakeford and Bomarsund Welfare Recreation Groundsports ground · 1.0 mi · 2 haHigh Market Allotmentsallotments · 1.5 mi · 11 haHirst Head Groundplaying field · 1.7 mi · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace

Earthquakes24 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 23 Jan 202041 mi away, Stockton, County DurhamMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 9 Mar 202349 mi away, Hilton, North YorkshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database

Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea

Air qualityNO₂ 4.2 · PM_2.5 5.0 · PM₁₀ 9.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM_2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid

Broadband95% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,454 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025

Elevation34 m112 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 2 to 46 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50

Local servicesHospitalAshington Hospital2.1 miGP surgeryGuidepost Medical Group5 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyBoots6 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistDental Surgery1.8 miPolice stationNorthumbria PoliceBedlington1.8 miCash machineThe Cooperative Food Choppington, Guidepostear2 within half a mileright hereSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps

SchoolsWithin 2 mi15 schools11 primary, 2 secondary, 2 specialPrimaryMowbray Primary Schoolages 3-11, 238 pupilsunder a milePrimaryChoppington Primary Schoolages 2-11, 109 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryAshington Academyages 11-18, 964 pupils1.6 miCollegeGateshead College13.2 miUniversityUniversity of Newcastle Upon Tyne12.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools

Getting aroundAirportNewcastle International Airport NCL9.0 miRailway stationBedlingtonBedlington Station1.8 miBus stationBus StationAshington2.2 miFerryNorth Shields Ferry Terminal12 miBus stops35 within a mileCar park30 Green Lane ParkingAshington1.8 miEV chargingConnected Kerb Charging StationsAshington2.2 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps

Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NE62 postcode district.

Churches

Churches in Guide Post

St Paul the Apostle - Scotland Gate
Choppington Road, Scotland Gate, Choppington, Northumberland, Scotland Gate, NE62 5SX · under a mile
Holy Family - Stakeford
Riversdale Avenue, Stakeford, Choppington, Northumberland, Stakeford, NE62 5JZ · under a mile
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Stakeford, Ashington
Remscheid Way, Stakeford, Ashington, NE63 8TF · 1.5 mi
Ashington Branch Elders Quorum - Stakeford, Ashington
Remscheid Way, Stakeford, Ashington, NE63 8UJ · 1.5 mi
Holy Sepulchre Church - Ashington
Holy Sepulchre Vicarage/Wansbeck Rd, Ashington, NE63 8HZ · 1.8 mi
Salvation Army - North Seaton, Ashington
12 Swallow Cl, North Seaton, Ashington, NE63 0DN · 1.8 mi
St Andrews Church - Ashington
St. Andrews Church House, Hawthorn Rd, Ashington, NE63 9AU · 1.8 mi
Community Help Hub - Bedlington
30 W End Front St, Bedlington, NE22 5UB · 1.9 mi
Saint Bede's Catholic Church - Bedlington
1A W End Front St, Bedlington, NE22 5TZ · 1.9 mi
Trinity Church - Bedlington
Clovelly Gardens, Bedlington, NE22 5TZ · 1.9 mi
Bedlington Christian Fellowship - Bedlington
Vulcan Pl, Bedlington, NE22 5DA · 1.9 mi
St. John's CE Church - Hirst, Ashington
88 Newbiggin Rd, Hirst, Ashington, NE63 0TH · 1.9 mi
St Aidan's Roman Catholic Church - Ashington
14-18 Station Rd., Ashington, NE63 8DH · 2.0 mi
St Cuthbert's Church - Bedlington
E End Front St, Bedlington, NE22 5EL · 2.0 mi
Trinity Church - Ashington
Station Rd., Ashington, NE63 8RN · 2.0 mi
Ashington Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses - Ashington
Station Rd, Ashington, NE63 8HE · 2.0 mi
Word Of Life Church - Ashington
69 - 71 N Seaton Rd, Ashington, NE63 0AG · 2.1 mi
Ashington Spiritualist Centre - Hirst, Ashington
274 Hawthorn Rd, Hirst, Ashington, NE63 9AY · 2.2 mi
St Andrew's Seaton Hirst - Ashington
Third Avenue, Seaton Hirst, Ashington, Ashington, NE63 9DP · 2.3 mi
St Margaret - Pegswood
Longhirst Road, Pegswood, Morpeth, Pegswood, NE61 6XF · 2.3 mi
Crossroads Garden Room - Morpeth
47 Eleventh Avenue, Morpeth, NE61 2EZ · 2.8 mi
St John the Evangelist - Longhirst
B1337, Longhirst, Morpeth, Longhirst, NE61 3LS · 3.0 mi
St Cuthberts R C Presbythery - Cowpen, Blyth
Cowpen Rd, Cowpen, Blyth, NE24 5JN · 3.2 mi
Cowpen Methodist Church - Cowpen, Blyth
Briardale Rd, Cowpen, Blyth, NE24 5LB · 3.3 mi
St George's URC Church - Morpeth
Bridge St, Morpeth, NE61 1PD · 3.3 mi
St Andrews Church - Cambois, Blyth
At north end of Unity Terrace., Cambois, Northumberland., Cambois, Blyth, NE24 1QX · 3.3 mi
New Life Morpeth - Morpeth
24 Dacre St, Morpeth, NE61 1HW · 3.4 mi
St Benedict's Church and Centre - Cowpen, Blyth
Cowpen, Blyth, NE24 5PP · 3.5 mi
St Mary the Virgin - Morpeth
Morpeth, NE61 2QF · 3.5 mi
Morpeth Methodist Church - Morpeth
Howard Terrace, Morpeth, NE61 1HU · 3.5 mi
St Mary the Virgin - East Hartford, Blyth
1 Horton Rd, East Hartford, Blyth, NE24 4HG · 3.5 mi
St Mary's Church - Morpeth
Morpeth, NE61 2LG · 3.6 mi
Morpeth Baptist Church - Morpeth
Abbeyfields School, Abbots Way, Morpeth, NE61 2LZ · 3.8 mi
Our Lady and St. Wilfrids, Blyth and St.Cuthbert's Cowpen - Blyth
Waterloo Rd, Blyth, NE24 1BY · 4.2 mi
St Mary's Church - Blyth
Wanley St, Blyth, NE24 1DP · 4.2 mi
Central Methodist Church - Blyth
Beaconsfield St, Blyth, NE24 2DP · 4.4 mi
St Bartholomews Church - Newbiggin by the Sea
Newbiggin by the Sea, NE64 6DB · 4.4 mi
Church of the Nazarene - Cramlington
Northumbrian Road Corner, Durham Rd, Cramlington, NE23 1AA · 4.4 mi
St Bede's Church - Newsham, Blyth
Newcastle Rd, Newsham, Blyth, NE24 4AS · 4.5 mi
St Cuthbert's Church, Blyth - Blyth
Plessey Road, Blyth, Northumberland, Blyth, NE24 3AB · 4.5 mi
St Cuthbert's Hebron - Hebron
Hebron, nr. Morpeth, Northumberland, Hebron, NE61 3LA · 4.8 mi
St John's Ulgham - Ulgham
B1337, Ulgham, Morpeth, Ulgham, NE61 3AT · 4.8 mi
Welcome Church - Nelson Village, Cramlington
Station Rd, Nelson Village, Cramlington, NE23 6UW · 4.9 mi
St Nicholas Church, Cramlington - Cramlington
Blagdon Terrace, Cramlington, NE23 6QQ · 5.1 mi
Mitford & Hebron benefice - Mitford, Morpeth
Mitford and Hebron, Mitford, Morpeth, NE61 3PZ · 5.1 mi
Mitford - St Mary Magdalene - Mitford
Mitford, nr. Morpeth, Northumberland, Mitford, NE61 3PZ · 5.3 mi
St Paul's Church - Cramlington
28 Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF · 5.4 mi
St Bartholomew's Church - Cresswell, Morpeth
Cresswell Rd, Cresswell, Morpeth, NE61 5JT · 5.7 mi

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