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YOUR LOCAL COUNCILLORS

Click here for a full listing of Haltwhistle Town Councillors

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL

www.northumberland.gov.uk
For all departments
0845 600 6400
County Councillor - Ian Hutchinson
07711 533154
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MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

Guy Opperman M.P. - House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA
www.guyopperman.co.uk/
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Local Office
01670 789161

ANIMAL WELFARE

RSPCA 24 hour helpline
0300 1234 999
Northumberland West Branch, Hexham
07872 041733
https://www.rspca.org.uk/local/northumberland-west-branch

BENEFITS

Information, advice and guidance (comprehensive information provided by volunteers) https://www.benefitsguide.co.uk/

UK Benefits Guides (provided by a company and not government but has useful information and links) http://householdquotes.co.uk/uk-benefits-guide/

A helpful guide to Universal Credit, written by the relative of a person needing to claim benefits can be found here https://businesscostsaver.co.uk/guide-to-benefits/

BUS SERVICES

Travel line - timetable enquires
0871 200 22 33 or www.traveline.info
www.arrivabus.co.uk/north-east
0344 800 4411
www.stagecoachbus.com
01228 819 090

CHILDCARE

Haltwhistle Little Star Nursery
01434 322233
http://www.haltwhistlelittlestar.co.uk

CHURCHES

Church of England
Holy Cross Church
01434 320215
www.holycrosschurchhaltwhistle.co.uk
Methodist Church<
Haltwhistle Methodist Church, Westgate, Haltwhistle
01434 320308
www.tynedalemethcircuit.org/churches/tynedale-circuit/haltwhistle.html
Roman Catholic
St Wilfred's, Main Street, Haltwhistle
01434 684265
http://www.rcchurchhaltwhistle.co.uk/

DOCTORS

Haltwhistle Medical Group
01434 320077
http://www.haltwhistlemedicalgroup.co.uk/

ELECTRICITY

Emergency

National Power Cut Helpline: 105
North East England: 0800 66 88 77

EMPLOYMENT

Support Group for the unemployed and those working less than 15 hours per week. Meets every other Thursday between 10am and 3pm at Haltwhistle Swimming and Leisure Centre.

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Emergency Hotline to report all environmental incidents
0800 80 70 60

FIRE SERVICE - In an emergency dial 999

County Fire & Rescue Service HQ, Morpeth
01670 621110 (office hours) 01670 627599 (outside office hours)
For free smoke detectors
0800 731 1351

FLOODLINE

Flooding information
0345 988 1188
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/

GAS

Emergency - all reports of gas escapes at any time
0800 111 999

HELP

In despair? - Contact the Samaritans
08457 90 90 90
www.samaritans.org
Drugs issues - Talk to Frank
0300 123 6600 or text 82111
www.talktofrank.com
Alcoholics Annonymous
0800 917 7650
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/
Sixty Eighty Thirty - supporting women and men in Tynedale who have experienced domestic abuse http://www.nda.services/
01434 608030

HOSPITALS

Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital

0344 811 8111

Cramlington A&E
0344 811 8111
Hexham General Hospital
0344 811 8111
Wansbeck (Ashington) & North Tyneside Hospitals
0344 811 8111
Newcastle: Freeman & RVI Hospitals
0191 233 6161
24 hour medical advice and assistance
111

HOUSING

Northumberland Homefinder (NCC's housing allocation service)

0345 600 6400

http://www.northumberlandhomefinder.org.uk/Data/ASPPages/1/30.aspx

LIBRARY

Haltwhistle Library, Westgate, Haltwhistle
http://mylibrary.co.uk/libraries-list/haltwhistle-library

01670 620250

LOCAL NEWSPAPER

Hexham Courant, Beaumont Street, Hexham
www.hexham-courant.co.uk
01434 602351

NHS DIRECT

24 hour medical advice & assistance
111

POLICE - in an emergency dial 999

Non emergency number
101

RAIL SERVICES

National Rail Enquiries
nationalrail.co.uk
08457 48 49 50
Northern
https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
0800 200 6060
Download the Tyne Valley Line Timetable

RECYCLING FACILITIES AND WASTE DISPOSAL

Haltwhistle, Town Foot.

Open Friday to Monday

8am to 6pm Nov - March

8am to 7.30pm April - October

0345 600 6400

REGISTRAR

Births, Marriages, Civil Partnerships & Deaths
Hadrian House, Market Street, Hexham NE46 3NH
0345 600 6400

SCHOOLS

Haltwhistle Community Campus

http://www.haltwhistlecommunitycampus.co.uk/

Lower School, Woodhead Lane 01434 320467

Upper School, Park Avenue 01434 320491

STREET LIGHTING / POTHOLES

To report faulty street lighting, sign lights or potholes,
please make a note of the number of the light and/or its location if phoning or locate on the map online.

http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Home.aspx
0345 0600 6400

TYNEDALE HOSPICE AT HOME

Free nursing, domiciliary & home support to those patients with advanced diseases and their families in the Tynedale area. They also provide volunteer drivers and bereavement support.
01434 600388

http://tynedalehospice.com/

WATER

Northumbrian Water - water and sewage enquiries
0345 717 1100
Leak Line
0800 393 084
Water & Sewerage Flooding
0800 328 7648 

https://www.nwl.co.uk/