Station Details

Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Station NameBerwick-Upon-Tweed
Station CodeBWK
Station OwnerLondon North Eastern Railway
Developable Area5.96ha
Development Capacity298 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthorityNorthumberland
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required1,738
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered4,874
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score280%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionNorth East
Network Rail Sub-RegionNorthumberland, and Tyne and Wear
Passengers, 2020 - 2021142,290
Passengers, 2019 - 2020602,484
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)783

Development Potential

England's busiest station (apart from those serving airports) had 4,170,558 passenger movements in the period 2019-2020. The station with the least was 68. Berwick-Upon-Tweed station had 602,484 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 1,655 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 50 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Berwick-Upon-Tweed is located within the North East railway region. The potential area for development around the station (excluding existing buildings, national parks, flood zones, public green space, protected habitats, areas of outstanding natural beauty, world heritage sites and surface water) is approximately 5.96ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 298 homes.

The station sits within Northumberland planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 280%, having delivered 4,874 homes from a target of 1,738. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Northumberland's stations is 21,214 homes. That's 1,221% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Northumberland's stations is 13,068 homes without building on protected land. That's 752% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.