NE postcode area - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The NE postcode area, also known as the Newcastle upon Tyne postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around Alnwick

Alnwick

Alnwick is a small market town in north Northumberland, England. The town's population was just over 8000 at the time of the 2001 census and Alnwick's district population was 31,029....

, Ashington

Ashington

Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England with a population of around 27,000 people; it was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is located some north of Newcastle upon Tyne off the A189. The south of the town is bordered by the River Wansbeck...

, Bamburgh

Bamburgh

Bamburgh is a large village and civil parish on the coast of Northumberland, England. It has a population of 454.It is notable for two reasons: the imposing Bamburgh Castle, overlooking the beach, seat of the former Kings of Northumbria, and at present owned by the Armstrong family ; and its...

, Bedlington

Bedlington

Bedlington is a town in Northumberland, to the north of the Tyne and Wear urban area. It lies north of Newcastle and southeast of the county town of Morpeth. Other nearby places include Ashington to the north northeast, Blyth to the east and Cramlington to the south.The parish of Bedlington...

, Belford

Belford, Northumberland

Belford is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England about halfway between Alnwick and Berwick-upon-Tweed, a few miles inland from the east coast and just off the Great North Road, the A1...

, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Blyth

Blyth, Northumberland

Blyth is a town and civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth and is approximately 21 kilometres northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne...

, Boldon Colliery, Chathill

Chathill

Chathill is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is about north of Alnwick and inland from the North Sea coast. It is served by Chathill railway station.It is on the main road serving Seahouses and the northern coast.- Governance :...

, Choppington

Choppington

Choppington is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated a short distance to the south-east of Morpeth, and north of Bedlington. It was at one time part of the three big mid-Northumberland collieries . Older people will tell you that they worked at A, B or C....

, Corbridge

Corbridge

Corbridge is a village in Northumberland, England, situated west of Newcastle and east of Hexham. Villages in the vicinity include Halton, Acomb, Aydon and Sandhoe.-Roman fort and town:...

, Cramlington

Cramlington

Cramlington is a town and civil parish in the county of Northumberland, North East England, situated north of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. The town's name suggests a probable founding by the Danes or an Anglo-Saxon origin, the word "ton" meaning town. The population was estimated as 39,000 in...

, East Boldon, Gateshead

Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...

, Haltwhistle

Haltwhistle

Haltwhistle is a small town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, situated east of Brampton, near Hadrian's Wall, and the villages of Plenmeller, Rowfoot and Melkridge...

, Hebburn

Hebburn

Hebburn is a small town situated on the south bank of the River Tyne in North East England, sandwiched between the towns of Jarrow and Bill Quay...

, Hexham

Hexham

Hexham is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, located south of the River Tyne, and was the administrative centre for the Tynedale district from 1974 to 2009. The three major towns in Tynedale were Hexham, Prudhoe and Haltwhistle, although in terms of population, Prudhoe was...

, Jarrow

Jarrow

Jarrow is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, located on the River Tyne, with a population of 27,526. From the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding, and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936.-Foundation:The Angles re-occupied...

, Morpeth

Morpeth, Northumberland

Morpeth is the county town of Northumberland, England. It is situated on the River Wansbeck which flows east through the town. The town is from the A1, which bypasses it. Since 1981, it has been the administrative centre of the County of Northumberland. In the 2001 census the town had a population...

, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is a small town in Northumberland, England, lying on the North Sea coast. Once an important port for shipping grain and a coal mining town, it is still a small fishing port making use of traditional coble boats.- History :...

, Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

, North Shields

North Shields

North Shields is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in North East England...

, Prudhoe

Prudhoe

Prudhoe is a medium sized town just south of the River Tyne, in the southern part of the county of Northumberland, England about west of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. The town is sited on a steep, north-facing hill in the Tyne valley and nearby settlements include Ovingham, Ovington, Wylam,...

, Riding Mill

Riding Mill

Riding Mill is a village near Hexham in Northumberland, England. It is served by Riding Mill railway station and by a frequent bus service on the route from Hexham to Newcastle.Riding Mill is notable as the location of Riding Mill pumping station...

, Rowlands Gill

Rowlands Gill

Rowlands Gill is a village situated along the A694, between Winlaton Mill and Blackhall Mill, on the north bank of the River Derwent, Tyne and Wear, England. With the coming of the Derwent Valley Railway in 1867, Rowlands Gill became both a coal mining village, and during the early part of the...

, Ryton

Ryton, Tyne and Wear

Ryton is a semi-rural small town near the western border of Tyne and Wear, England. Once an independent town in County Durham it became incorporated into the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in 1974. It has a population of 15,742.- Location :Ryton lies...

, Seahouses

Seahouses

Seahouses is a large village on the North Northumberland coast in England. It is about 20 km north of Alnwick, within the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.Seahouses attracts many visitors, mainly from the north east area...

, South Shields

South Shields

South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...

, Stocksfield

Stocksfield

Stocksfield is a small, sprawling commuter village situated close to the River Tyne, about west of Newcastle upon Tyne and east of Hexham in the southern part of Northumberland, England...

, Wallsend

Wallsend

Wallsend is an area in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. Wallsend derives its name as the location of the end of Hadrian's Wall. It has a population of 42,842.-Romans:...

, Washington

Washington, Tyne and Wear

Washington is a town in the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. Historically part of County Durham, it joined a new county in 1974 with the creation of Tyne and Wear...

, Whitley Bay

Whitley Bay

Whitley Bay is a town in North Tyneside, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the North Sea coast and has a fine stretch of golden sandy beach forming a bay stretching from St. Mary's Island in the north to Cullercoats in the south...

, Wooler and Wylam

Wylam

Wylam is a small village about west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is located in the county of Northumberland.It is famous for the being the birthplace of George Stephenson, one of the early rail pioneers. George Stephenson's Birthplace is his cottage that can be found on the north bank of the...

in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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The original NE district created in 1858 was in North East London, but this was abolished in 1866; parts were transferred to the N and E districts, while others were removed from the London postal district

London postal district

The London postal district is the area in England, currently of , to which mail addressed to the LONDON post town is delivered. The area was initially devised in 1856 and throughout its history has been subject to periodic reorganisation, contraction and division into increasingly smaller postal...

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City of Sunderland

The City of Sunderland is a local government district of Tyne and Wear, in North East England, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough...

Killingworth

Killingworth, formerly Killingworth Township, is a town north of Newcastle Upon Tyne, in North Tyneside, United Kingdom.Built as a planned town in the 1960s, most of Killingworth's residents commute to Newcastle, or the city's surrounding area. However, Killingworth itself has a sizeable...

| North Tyneside

North Tyneside

The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England and is part of the Tyneside conurbation. Its seat is Wallsend Town Hall....

County Durham

County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...

Northumberland County Council

Northumberland County Council is a unitary authority in North East England. It was originally formed in 1889 as the council for the administrative county of Northumberland and reformed in 1974 to cover a the newly formed non-metropolitan county of Northumberland...

South Tyneside

South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England.It is bordered by four other boroughs - Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, and North Tyneside to the north. The border county of Northumberland lies further north...

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! NE32
| JARROW
| Jarrow, Fellgate & South Tyne Tunnel
| South Tyneside
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! NE33
| SOUTH SHIELDS
| Town Centre, Deans & High Shields
| South Tyneside
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! NE34
| SOUTH SHIELDS
| Harton, Horsley Hill, Marsden, Simonside & Brockley Whins
| South Tyneside
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! NE35
| BOLDON COLLIERY
| Boldon Colliery
| South Tyneside
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! NE36
| EAST BOLDON
| East & West Boldon
| South Tyneside
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! NE37
| WASHINGTON
| Usworth, Sulgrave & Albany
| Sunderland
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! NE38
| WASHINGTON
| Town Centre, Oxclose & Fatfield
| Sunderland
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! NE39
| ROWLANDS GILL
| Rowlands Gill, High Spen, Hamsterley Mill & Eastern Chopwell Wood
| Gateshead & County Durham
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! NE40
| RYTON
| Ryton, Crawcrook & Greenside
| Gateshead
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! NE41
| WYLAM
| Wylam
| Gateshead & Northumberland
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! NE43
| STOCKSFIELD
| Stocksfield
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! NE44
| RIDING MILL
| Riding Mill & Broomhaugh
| Northumberland
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! NE45
| CORBRIDGE
| Corbridge
| Northumberland
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! NE46
| HEXHAM
| Hexham
| Northumberland
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! NE47
| HEXHAM
| Acomb
| Northumberland
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! NE48
| HEXHAM
| Falstone, Kielder
| Northumberland
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! NE49
| HALTWHISTLE
| Haltwhistle
| Northumberland
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! NE61
| MORPETH
| Morpeth, Tranwell, Clifton Hepscott
| Northumberland
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! NE62
| CHOPPINGTON
| Scotland Gate, Guidepost, Stakeford, West Sleekburn and Bomarsund
| Northumberland
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! NE63
| ASHINGTON
| Ashington
| Northumberland
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! NE64
| NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SEA
| Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
| Northumberland
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! NE65
| AMBLE
| Amble
| Northumberland
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! NE66
| ALNWICK
| Alnwick, Shilbottle
| Northumberland
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! NE67
| CHATHILL
| Chathill, Beadnell
| Northumberland
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! NE68
| SEAHOUSES
| Seahouses
| Northumberland
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! NE69
| BAMBURGH
| Bamburgh
| Northumberland
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! NE82
| NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
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! NE83
| NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
| non-geographic
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! NE85
| NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
| non-geographic
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! NE88
| NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
| non-geographic
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! NE98
| NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
| non-geographic - used for bulk mail purposes
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! NE99
| NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
| Used for "PO Box" addresses and other bulk mail purposes
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