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 0JR, NE27 0XG, NE27 0AB, NE27 0SA, NE27 0XD, NE27 0RU, NE27 0GR, NE27 0AQ, NE27 0BA … 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
- Village Hotel Newcastle 4 1.2 miles
- Premier Inn Newcastle - Holystone 3 0.7 miles
- Holystone Bar and Restaurant 3 0.7 miles
- Great North Hotel 4 3.9 miles
- INNSiDE Newcastle 4 5.9 miles
- Jesmond Dene House 4 4 miles
- The Royal Hotel 3 3.4 miles
- Staybridge Suites Newcastle 4 5.3 miles
- Maldron Hotel Newcastle 4 5.8 miles
- The Holystone Bar and Restaurant 1.7 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