| Postcode | NE39 2BU |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Rowlands Gill |
| Nearest station | Wylam (6 km) |
| Bus stops |
School Lane (W)
School Lane (W)
Hookergate Lane-Burnop Terrace (S)
School Lane (W)
Hookergate Lane-Chopwell Woods Road (N)
Hookergate Lane-Ethel Terrace (N)
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 34 View |
| Known addresses |
Firwood House, School Lane, High Spen
Firwood Lodge, School Lane, High Spen
6 School Lane, High Spen
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 54.928147 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.779881 | |
| Easting | 414204 | |
| Northing | 559296 | |
| Grid reference | NZ142592 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 578186 6087477 | |
| what3words | sweep.tycoons.laminate | |
| FixPhrase | crunchy lyrically shrank theme | |
| Plus code | 9C6WW6HC+72 | |
| Altitude | 149 metres (488 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:22 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:40 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 24 KMs (14.9 miles) |
| Parish | Gateshead, unparished area | E43000229 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Winlaton and High Spen | E05001088 |
| Metropolitan District | Gateshead | E08000037 |
| County | Tyne and Wear | E11000017 |
| Constituency (2024) | Blaydon and Consett | E14001106 |
| MP | Liz Twist | Labour |
| Police force | Northumbria | |
| Water company | Northumbrian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Tyneside | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | November 2025 |
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean |
| Population (2011) | 47 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 31 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | High Spen | E63007205 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00041560 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Gateshead 029A | E01008196 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Gateshead 024D | E01008196 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Chopwell & High Spen | E02007094 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Chopwell & High Spen | E02001705 |
| Travel to work area | Newcastle | E30000245 |
| Average property price in Newcastle upon Tyne | £194,592 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.7% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firwood Lodge, School Lane, High Spen | Other (freehold) | Jan 2024 | £2,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Jun 2016 | £139,100 | |
| Firwood House, School Lane, High Spen | Detached (freehold) | Apr 2014 | £315,000 |
| 6 School Lane, High Spen | Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2010 | £80,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2006 | £75,000 |