Is Shotley Bridge safe? United Kingdom travel risk
Is Shotley Bridge safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Shotley Bridge scores 33/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates United Kingdom Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 9 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Shotley Bridge scores 33/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United Kingdom (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Shotley Bridge: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (45/100).
A score of 33 is higher than the scores of 37% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Found at 54.8700° N, 1.8600° W within Durham, Shotley Bridge is situated 391.3 km SSE of London.
Durham
54.8700° N, 1.8600° W
Lowland
UTC
27,394
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in United Kingdom
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Shotley Bridge happened in January, May, July, September and December (5 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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