Winter Services
Roads
The Northumberland County Council staff do a great job helping to keep the roads free and safe. We can all help by reporting incidents and I have provided links to do this below.
Even when a road has been gritted it may still be slippy as the grit needs to take effect and this works faster when vehicles travel over the gritted road. The fewer the vehicles that travel over the road the less impact the grit will have so quiet roads may remain dangerous for longer. If heavy snow falls occur during busy periods on the roads although the snow plough / gritter may have been on that route recently the fresh snow fall may negate the good work done. Sometimes heavy rainfall will wash the grit away, and then the water freezes.
Please take care, drive slowly and keep your distance during winter conditions and give extra time for your journey.
Reporting Problems
There’s a lot of Northumberland County Council winter services information on their web site Click here. Many issues can be reported on-line or you can call the call centre on 0345 600 6400:
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- Monday to Thursday 08:30 – 17:00
- Friday 08:30 – 16:30
Calls outside of the hours above are for emergency cases only and will be answered by Northumberland Fire & Rescue Service.
Gritting routes – Click here – Others will be added if extreme difficulties are being experienced.
Report an untreated road – Click here.
Report an untreated footpath – Click here.
Grit Bins
Report an empty one – Click here
Request a grit bin – Click here
General Highway Issues
Report road flooding – Click here
More infomration about flooding – Click here
Report a pot hole – Click here
Street Lighting being defective – Click here
Public transport disruptions
Go North East – Click here
National Rail – Click here
Newcastle Airport – Click here
Metro rail – Click here
Traffic Cameras – North East – Click here
General information
Weather – Blyth – Click here
RAC Winter advice – Click here
AA winter driving advice – Click here