Backworth
Built-up area in North Tyneside, England
| Coordinates: | 55.039, -1.529 |
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| OS grid ref: | NZ 30 71 |
| Population: | 1,399 |
| Dialling code: | 019467 (Gosforth) |
Backworth is a village in North Tyneside in the north‑east of England, a few miles north of Newcastle and close to the coastal fringe at Whitley Bay. It grew up as a coal‑mining community in the 18th and 19th centuries, and although the pits have gone the former industrial landscape and rows of miners’ cottages still give the place a strong sense of its past.
Today Backworth is largely a residential, commuter village with a mix of older stone buildings and later housing, local shops, pubs and active community groups (including sports clubs). Good road and Metro‑area links via nearby Palmersville and Shiremoor make it easy to reach employment and leisure centres, while green spaces and the village community help preserve a distinct local identity.
Postcode districts covering Backworth
Most populated places nearby
- Newcastle upon Tyne 5 miles
- Sunderland 10.7 miles
- South Shields 5.9 miles
- Gateshead 7.1 miles
- Washington 9.6 miles
- Durham 17.9 miles
- Wallsend 2.6 miles
- Newburn 9.1 miles
- Whitley Bay 2.7 miles
- Houghton-le-Spring 13.7 miles
- Blyth 5.9 miles
- Peterlee 20.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Backworth & Holystone Ward 0.5 miles
- Shiremoor Built-up area 0.9 miles
- Longbenton Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Holywell Ward 1.7 miles
- Forest Hall Ward 1.8 miles
- Battle Hill Ward 1.9 miles
- Killingworth Built-up area 2 miles
- Camperdown Ward 2 miles
- Seghill Built-up area 2 miles
- New York & Murton Ward 2.2 miles
- Monkseaton Ward 2.2 miles
- Seaton Delaval Built-up area 2.3 miles
Example postcodes in Backworth
NE27 0JD, NE27 0AQ, NE27 0GY, NE27 0JH, NE27 0JR, NE27 0JE, NE27 0AG, NE27 0GX, NE27 0FF … See all
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 6.4 miles
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 36.8 miles
- Cramlington Railway Station 4.4 miles
- Manors Railway Station 5.4 miles
- Haymarket bus station 5.5 miles
- Eldon Square bus station 5.5 miles
Hotels near Backworth Ad
- Great North Hotel 4 3.9 miles
- Staybridge Suites Newcastle 4 5.3 miles
- Jesmond Dene House 4 4.1 miles
- Village Hotel Newcastle 4 1.2 miles
- Innside by Meliá Newcastle 4 5.9 miles
- Holiday Inn Newcastle Gosforth Park 4 4.7 miles
- The Tynemouth Castle Inn - the Inn Collection Group 4 4 miles
- Hotel Du Vin & Bistro Newcastle 4 5.2 miles
- Osborne Hotel 4.6 miles
- Maldron Hotel Newcastle 4 5.7 miles
Schools in Backworth
- Parkside House School Independent - special
Local points of interest
- Newcastle Racecourse Recreation 3.3 miles
- Segedunum museum Museum 3.5 miles
- Segedunum Roman Fort Archaeological site 3.5 miles
- Cullercoats Harbour Harbour 3.9 miles
- Arbeia museum Museum 4.5 miles
- Arbeia Roman Fort Archaeological site 4.5 miles
- Shields Harbour Harbour 4.6 miles
- Barn at The Biscuit factory Museum 5.1 miles
- Hancock Museum Museum 5.2 miles
- Laing Art Gallery Museum 5.4 miles
- Baltic Art Centre Museum 5.5 miles
- Holy Jesus Hospital Historic site 5.6 miles