| Postcode | NE26 1QS | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Whitley Bay | 
| Nearest station | Cramlington (10 km) | 
| Bus stops | Claremont Road-Madeira Avenue (S) Claremont Road-Links Avenue (N) The Links-Kingston Drive (N) Whitley Lodge (SE) The Links-Kingston Drive (S) Claremont Gardens (S) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 55.053885 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.456815 | |
| Easting | 434799 | |
| Northing | 573401 | |
| Grid reference | NZ347734 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 598578 6101876 | |
| what3words | yoga.served.buyers | |
| FixPhrase | crusader lyrics spearman visitor | |
| Plus code | 9C7W3G3V+H7 | |
| Altitude | 19 metres (61 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:32 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.7 KMs (0.5 miles) | 
| Parish | North Tyneside, unparished area | E43000176 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | St Mary's | E05015879 | 
| Metropolitan District | North Tyneside | E08000022 | 
| County | Tyne and Wear | E11000017 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Tynemouth | E14001557 | 
| MP | Sir Alan Campbell | Labour | 
| Police force | Northumbria | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Tyneside | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | February 1990 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1991 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban major conurbation | |
| Built up area (2024) | Whitley Bay | E63007154 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00043401 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | North Tyneside 003C | E01008546 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | North Tyneside 003C | E01008546 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Whitley Sands | E02001740 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Whitley Sands | E02001740 | 
| Travel to work area | Newcastle | E30000245 | 
| Average property price in Newcastle upon Tyne | £193,693 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.8% |