Horsley, Northumberland
Horsley is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The village lies on the top of a south-facing hill above the River Tyne, around from Newcastle upon Tyne and from Hexham.
Nearby villages include Heddon-on-the-Wall, Ovingham, Ovington and Wylam.
Demography
The data below show that 49.4% of the population in Horsley are male and 50.6% are female, which is in line with that of the national average, as well as that of the county of Northumberland.A total of 1.5% of the population were from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) group in Horsley. This figure is somewhat lower than that of the average in Northumberland, as well as being significantly lower than the national average.
Data from the Office for National Statistics found that the average life expectancy in the Bywell electoral ward is 81.4 years for men, and 83.0 years for women. These statistics compare very favourably, when compared to the average life expectancy in the North East of England, of 77.4 and 81.4 years, for men and women respectively.
Car ownership is very high in Horsley, with a total of 92.9% households having access to at least one car. This is significantly higher than the average within Northumberland, as well as the national average.
| Demographic | % of population Horsley | % of population Northumberland | % of population England |
| Total | 405 | 316,028 | 53,012,456 |
| Male | 49.4% | 48.8% | 49.2% |
| Female | 50.6% | 51.2% | 50.8% |
| BAME | 1.5% | 2.6% | 14.6% |
| Age 65+ | 14.3% | 20.2% | 16.4% |
Governance
The village is located within the parliamentary constituency of Hexham. Joe Morris of the Labour Party is the Member of Parliament.After boundary changes in 2025, Horsley is in the electoral ward of Stocksfield and Bywell for Northumberland County Council elections.
Landmarks
The site of Vindobala Roman Fort, of which little is now visible, lies around to the north-east of the village. Nearby is Rudchester Hall, a medieval pele tower, much altered and extended in Gothic style in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.Around to the north-west of the village are the remains of a medieval manor house and tower house at Welton Hall, now located within a farm complex. The tower house dates from the late fourteenth or early fifteenth-century and is roofless. The manor house is even older, but has been much altered and rebuilt.