NE16 5SR maps, stats, and open data

NE16 5SR lies on Wansford Way in Whickham, Newcastle Upon Tyne. NE16 5SR is located in the Whickham South and Sunniside electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Gateshead and the English Parliamentary constituency of Blaydon. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB - 13T and the police force is Northumbria. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

NE16 5SR maps

NE16 5SR map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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NE16 5SR geodata

Easting	419926
Northing	559937
Latitude	54.933715
Longitude	-1.690554

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Where is NE16 5SR?

Street	Wansford Way
Locality	Whickham
Town/City	Newcastle Upon Tyne
Country	England
Postcode District	NE16
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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NE16 5SR Elevation

Elevation or altitude of NE16 5SR as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	150m	492ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Source: Open Postcode Elevation
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Politics

Ward	Whickham South And Sunniside
Constituency	Blaydon

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to NE16 5SR

Clover Hill County Primary School (N/A)	Whickham	49m
Broadway	Whickham	166m
Broadway	Whickham	183m
Broadway	Whickham	190m
Burnthouse Lane	Whickham	278m

Nearest railway stations to NE16 5SR

Metrocentre Station	3.2km
Dunston Station	3.6km
Blaydon Station	3.8km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

Broadband access in NE16 5SR (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in NE16 5SR (2019 data)

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Median download speed	39.5Mbps
Average download speed	64.5Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	7.3Mbps
Average upload speed	5.9Mbps
Maximum upload speed	8.26Mbps

Broadband limitations in NE16 5SR (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

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NE16 5SR gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in NE16 5SR by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	65,021
Meter count	6
Mean (kWh/meter)	10,837
Median (kWh/meter)	11,269

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	14,646
Meter count	6
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,441
Median (kWh/meter)	1,770

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in NE16 5SR, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in NE16 5SR.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
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Deprivation

7% of English postcodes are less deprived than NE16 5SR:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to NE16 5SR (metres)

Clover Hill Primary School (Kitchen)

Clover Hill Community Primary School

136m

Whickham Parochial CE Primary School (Kitchen)

Whickham Parochial CE Primary School

210m

Whickham Golf Club

Whickham Golf Club Hollinside

249m

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Nearest post box to NE16 5SR

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
The Broadway	16:45	10:30	208m
Parkway	16:15	10:30	458m
Fellside Post Office	17:00	11:45	515m

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NE16 5SR ITL and NE16 5SR LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for NE16 5SR:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLC	North East (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLC2	Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLC22	Tyneside
LAU 1 Code	Name
E08000037	Gateshead

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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NE16 5SR census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for NE16 5SR:

	Code	Name
OA	E00041959
LSOA	E01008270	Gateshead 017C
MSOA	E02001698	Gateshead 017

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to NE16 5SR

NE16 5SU	Regent Drive	57m
NE16 5ST	Wyndley Close	76m
NE16 5SX	Windsor Close	92m
NE16 5SW	Ennerdale Walk	115m
NE16 5SP	Wansford Way	134m
NE16 5SJ	Glenhurst Drive	135m
NE16 5SY	Rosewell Place	153m
NE16 5SS	Wansford Way	171m
NE16 5SH	Glenhurst Drive	197m
NE16 5SL	Silverdale Way	201m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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