Neighbourhood · Northumberland · North East
Blyth Cowpen
Northumberland 022 · 4 sub-areas · 7,071 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Investors / BTL (66/100)Watch-out: Families (51/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartileResidential
Blyth Cowpen is a settled residential pocket of Northumberland. The bigger gravitational centre is Edinburgh, around 116 minutes away by direct train, but most days don't require leaving — local life is what people are here for. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.
Liveability
85/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Blyth Cowpen?
A snapshot of Blyth Cowpen
Greenspace is on the doorstep — a park or playing field is within walking distance of most homes; there's effectively nothing within walking distance — eating out, drinking and shopping mean a drive; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £664 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Blyth Cowpen in Northumberland
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Blyth Cowpen?
- The median monthly rent across Blyth Cowpen is £664.
- How safe is Blyth Cowpen?
- Blyth Cowpen has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Blyth Cowpen?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 32 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Blyth Cowpen?
- There are 10 schools within 2 km of Blyth Cowpen, of which 59% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 433 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Blyth Cowpen?
- The most common council tax band in Blyth Cowpen is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,753. Council tax is set by Northumberland council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Blyth Cowpen to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Blyth Cowpen to central London is approximately 220 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Blyth Cowpen?
- 100% of premises in Blyth Cowpen are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Blyth Cowpen?
- Blyth Cowpen sits in IMD decile 1 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Blyth Cowpen?
- 39% of households in Blyth Cowpen are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Blyth Cowpen?
- The average property price across Northumberland (the local authority covering Blyth Cowpen) is approximately £206,199, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Blyth Cowpen a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.35 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £30,456.)
- Which local areas are part of Blyth Cowpen?
- Blyth Cowpen contains 4 local areas: Northumberland 022D, Northumberland 022C, Northumberland 022A, Northumberland 022B.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Blyth Cowpen
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Blyth Cowpen?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Blyth Cowpen is £664. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Blyth Cowpen a safe place to live?
- Blyth Cowpen has a safety score of 14/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Blyth Cowpen?
- 59% of schools within 2 km of Blyth Cowpen are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Blyth Cowpen?
- Public-transport commute time from Blyth Cowpen to central London is approximately 220 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Blyth Cowpen different from the rest of Northumberland?
- Blyth Cowpen contains 4 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Blyth Cowpen rank in Northumberland?
- Blyth Cowpen scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Northumberland, see the Cities table on the Northumberland page.
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