Other nearby towns include North Shields to the southeast, Wallsend to the south, and Cramlington to the northwest.

There is also a church, Village Hall, a post office, Chinese take-away, a convenience store, hair dressers and barber shop, a pharmacy and grooming parlour.

Without further documentary research it is unknown whether it was associated with farm buildings, or whether it was located near the present Backworth Hall.

Aerial photographs show a row of crofts along each side of an east-west street, but this is not clear on the ground where there is prominent but disturbed ridge and furrow, and little trace of a two-row village plan.

[6][7][8] A hoard of gold and silver objects was found in 1812, supposedly near Backworth and, according to Haverfield, was sold to a Newcastle silversmith.

A lean-to on the side of the colliery's engine shed also provided a place for the fledgling preservation movement to store locomotives rescued from elsewhere.

In 1980, Backworth's last pit, Eccles Colliery, (the deepest in the Northumberland Coalfield at 1,440 ft) closed after 165 years of mining in the area.

These back onto Station Road opposite the golf club, and are home to retail and light industrial units.

The test track for the Metro was built at Middle Engine Lane (named after one of the stationary haulage engines used before the introduction of locomotives in the mid-19th century) on the former line from the colliery to the staithes, and is now home to the North Tyneside Steam Railway.

In recent years Backworth has been subjected to substantial residential development alongside the A19 corridor.

The new Northumberland Park Metro Station is centre of a new residential area between Backworth and Shiremoor and West Allotment.