The NE postcode area, also known as the Newcastle upon Tyne postcode area,[2][3][4] is a group of 61 postcode districts in north-east England covering 34 post towns.

These cover most of Tyne and Wear (including Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Shields, South Shields, Wallsend, Whitley Bay, Hebburn, Jarrow, Washington, Blaydon-on-Tyne, East Boldon, Boldon Colliery, Rowlands Gill and Ryton) and Northumberland (including Blyth, Morpeth, Hexham, Alnwick, Cramlington, Bedlington, Ashington, Prudhoe, Bamburgh, Riding Mill, Choppington, Corbridge, Seahouses, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Stocksfield, Haltwhistle, Wylam, Chathill, Belford and Wooler), plus a very small part of northern County Durham.

The NE postcode area is one of six with a population above 1 million.

[5] The original NE postal district was created as part of the London postal district in 1858, covering north east London.

It was abolished, along with the S postal district covering south London, in 1866..[6] The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: