North Tyneside is a
metropolitan borough
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in the
metropolitan county
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of
Tyne and Wear,
England. It forms part of the greater
Tyneside conurbation
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.
North Tyneside Council is headquartered at
Cobalt Park
Cobalt Park is a business park located in North Tyneside, England. It is one of the largest business parks in the United Kingdom.
History
Initially known as Hadrian Business Park plans for the area were devised the early 1990s by the Tyne and ...
,
Wallsend.
North Tyneside is bordered by
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne (Received Pronunciation, RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the la ...
to the west, the
North Sea to the east, the
River Tyne to the south and
Northumberland to the north. Within its bounds are the towns of
Wallsend,
North Shields
North Shields () is a town in the Borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth.
Since 1974, it has been in the North Tyneside borough of Tyne and W ...
, Killingworth and
Whitley Bay, which form a continuously built-up area contiguous with Newcastle.
History
The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the
county borough
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of
Tynemouth
Tynemouth () is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, North East England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, hence its name. It is 8 mi (13 km) east-northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne ...
, with the borough of
Wallsend, part of the borough of
Whitley Bay, the
urban district
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* District
* Urban area
* Quarter (urban subdivision)
* Neighbourhood
Specific subdivisions in some countries:
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* Urban districts of Germany
* Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland) (his ...
of
Longbenton and part of the urban district of
Seaton Valley, all of which were in
Northumberland.
Geography
The following places are located in North Tyneside:
*
Annitsford
Annitsford is a village located in North Tyneside, on the border between Tyne and Wear and Northumberland.
The main conurbation of the village falls under the jurisdiction of the Borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear.
History
The name of ...
*
Backworth
Backworth is a village in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, about west of Whitley Bay on the north east coast. It lies northeast of Newcastle. Other nearby towns include North Shields to the sou ...
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Battle Hill
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Benton
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Burradon
*
Camperdown
*
Cullercoats
Cullercoats is a coastal settlement in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, North East England. Historically in Northumberland, it has now been absorbed into the wider Tyneside conurbation, sitting between Tynemouth to the ...
*
Dudley
*
Earsdon
*
Forest Hall
Forest Hall is a town in the borough of North Tyneside in the United Kingdom. It is a north eastern suburb of Newcastle and lies six kilometres from the city centre. It borders Killingworth to the north, Holystone to the east and Benton to th ...
*
Holystone
Holystone is a soft and brittle sandstone that was formerly used in the Royal Navy and US Navy for scrubbing and whitening the wooden decks of ships.
A variety of origins have been proposed for the term, including that such stones were taken fro ...
*
Howdon
Howdon is a largely residential area in the eastern part of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. It consists of High Howdon and the smaller settlement of East Howdon. Much of the High Howdon area was formerly called Willington prior to post-World ...
*
Killingworth
Killingworth, formerly Killingworth Township, is a town in North Tyneside, England.
Killingworth was built as a planned town in the 1960s, next to Killingworth Village, which existed for centuries before the Township. Other nearby towns and ...
*
Longbenton
*
Meadow Well Meadow Well, also known as Meadowell or the Ridges, is a district of North Shields, North East England. Historically in Northumberland, it is now part of the Tyne and Wear Metropolitan county. The population in 2016 was approximately 11,000.
His ...
*
Monkseaton
*
Moorside
*
Murton
*
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* ...
*
North Shields
North Shields () is a town in the Borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth.
Since 1974, it has been in the North Tyneside borough of Tyne and W ...
*
Northumberland Park
*
Palmersville
*
Percy Main
*
Preston
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Places
England
*Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement
**The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement
**County Boro ...
*
Seaton Burn
*
Shiremoor
Shiremoor is a village in Tyne and Wear, Northern England. It is in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside and formerly governed under Northumberland. In the 2011 census, it was included in the Tynemouth area of Tyneside. It is near the Nort ...
*
Tynemouth
Tynemouth () is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, North East England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, hence its name. It is 8 mi (13 km) east-northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne ...
*
Wallsend
*
Wellfield
*
West Allotment
West Allotment is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside. Prior to 1974 it was part of Northumberland. It is located approximately inland of Whitley Bay and approximately north of The Tyne Tunnel. A mile or so north of West All ...
*
West Moor
Forest Hall is a town in the borough of North Tyneside in the United Kingdom. It is a north eastern suburb of Newcastle and lies six kilometres from the city centre. It borders Killingworth to the north, Holystone to the east and Benton to th ...
*
Whitley Bay
*
Willington Quay
North Tyneside is split by the
A19: the west of the borough is more urban, and is mostly contiguous with the city of Newcastle. The towns in the east of the borough are more separate from the central part of the Newcastle urban area. Many of the most affluent neighbourhoods in Tyne and Wear are found in the coastal part of the borough.
Administration and elections
Unlike most English districts,
North Tyneside Council is led by a
directly elected mayor; since May 2013, this post has been held by
Norma Redfearn
Dame Norma Redfearn is a Labour politician serving as the directly-elected Mayor of North Tyneside.
Early life
Redfearn was born in Wallsend. The daughter of a shipyard worker, she graduated with a BPhil from Newcastle University.
Teaching c ...
of the
Labour Party. She was most recently elected on 6 May 2021.
The council has sixty elected members, three from each of the twenty wards in the borough.
Elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
are staggered into thirds, with one councillor from each ward elected each year for three consecutive years, and the mayoral election held on the fourth year.
Labour has a majority on the council, holding fifty of sixty seats. The
Conservatives
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have nine councillors, all of whom represent wards on or near the coast. Maureen Madden, representing Howdon Ward, is the only independent councillor; she was elected as a Labour candidate in 2018, but has since left the party. Since the
2021 election, the
Liberal Democrats have had no representatives on the council.
North Tyneside is part of the
North of Tyne combined authority, along with Newcastle and Northumberland, and so additionally elects the Mayor of North of Tyne. Labour's
Jamie Driscoll
Jamie Driscoll is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who currently serves as the metro mayor of the North of Tyne Combined Authority. He was previously a councillor on Newcastle City Council for the Monument ward.
Early lif ...
was elected as the first mayor on 2 May 2019, to a four-year term.
Economy
North Tyneside lies in the coalfield that covers the South-East of the historic county of Northumberland. It has traditionally been a centre of
heavy industry along with the rest of Tyneside, with for example the
Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend, and export of coal. Today most of the heavy industry has gone, leaving high unemployment in some areas (over the borough, 3.2% compared to 2.7% for the UK). The borough is the 69th most deprived in England, out of 354. However some parts function as wealthy dormitory suburbs of Newcastle, such as Tynemouth. Recent growth has come in the A19 corridor with new industrial estates and retail parks.
Transport
Two key roads serve North Tyneside:
*The
A19 which leaves the
A1 north of Newcastle and runs through the borough and then through the
Tyne Tunnel
The Tyne Tunnel is the name given to two 2-lane vehicular toll tunnels under the River Tyne in North East England. Originally opened in 1967 and expanded in 2011, the tunnels connect the town of Jarrow on the south bank of the river with North S ...
to
South Tyneside,
Teesside
Teesside () is a built-up area around the River Tees in the north of England, split between County Durham and North Yorkshire. The name was initially used as a county borough in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
Historically a hub for heavy manu ...
and towards the South.
*The
Coast Road (A1058) runs from Newcastle to the coast. For most of its length it is grade-separated.
North Tyneside is served by 17 stations on the
Tyne and Wear Metro
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on a loop from Newcastle through Wallsend, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Benton and back to Newcastle. Trains operate at least every 15 minutes, with extra services in the peak hours. Most of the stations serving North Tyneside fall into fare zones B and C.
There are no
National Rail stations in the borough, despite the
East Coast Main Line and Blyth and Tyne routes passing through. The nearest National Rail station is
Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to:
*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...
, which is also served by the Tyne & Wear Metro.
North Tyneside has an extensive bus network, with most areas benefiting from direct services to Newcastle. Many areas have direct bus services to Cramlington, Blyth or Morpeth. The principle bus operators in the area are
Arriva North East
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(all areas),
Go North East (most areas) and
Stagecoach in Newcastle (Benton, Forest Hall, Killingworth and Wallsend).
The
Shields Ferry
The Shields Ferry operates across the River Tyne, between North Shields and South Shields in Tyne and Wear, England. The service is operated by the Nexus, the Tyne and Wear PTE. Prior to takeover by the PTE in 1972, it was known as the Market P ...
links North Shields to South Shields, in South Tyneside.
There is an international ferry terminal at
Royal Quays
Royal Quays is an area of North Shields, North Tyneside, England, beside the River Tyne.
Built on the site of former docks, and containing the pre-existing North Shields International Ferry Terminal, the area was renamed Royal Quays in 1990 and ...
in North Shields, with a service to
Amsterdam (
IJmuiden).
Places of interest
*
Segedunum
Segedunum was a Roman fort at modern-day Wallsend, North Tyneside in North East England. The fort lay at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall (in Wallsend) near the banks of the River Tyne, forming the easternmost portion of the wall. It was in us ...
Roman fort is in Wallsend (at the end of
Hadrian's wall).
*The
Stephenson Railway Museum
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in
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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* ...
, named after George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson who hailed from Tyneside and lived in
West Moor
Forest Hall is a town in the borough of North Tyneside in the United Kingdom. It is a north eastern suburb of Newcastle and lies six kilometres from the city centre. It borders Killingworth to the north, Holystone to the east and Benton to th ...
in North Tyneside 1802–1824.
*
Tynemouth Castle and Priory
* North Tyneside includes coastline covering
Tynemouth
Tynemouth () is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, North East England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, hence its name. It is 8 mi (13 km) east-northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne ...
,
Cullercoats
Cullercoats is a coastal settlement in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, North East England. Historically in Northumberland, it has now been absorbed into the wider Tyneside conurbation, sitting between Tynemouth to the ...
and
Whitley Bay
* Blue Reef Aquarium in Tynemouth
*
St. Mary's Island in Whitley Bay
*
North Shields Fish Quay,
Clifford's Fort
Clifford's Fort was a defensive gun battery established near the mouth of the Tyne during the Anglo-Dutch Wars in the 17th century. It subsequently served as a submarine mining depot and survives today as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in the hist ...
and the High and Low
Lights of North Shields
Media
Radio
*
Y Radio
Twinned towns
North Tyneside is
twinned with:
*
Oer-Erkenschwick in Germany
*
Halluin in France
References
External links
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Archives
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of North Tyneside (including boroughs of
Tynemouth
Tynemouth () is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, North East England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, hence its name. It is 8 mi (13 km) east-northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne ...
,
Wallsend and
Whitley Bay and
Longbenton Urban District are preserved and accessible at
Tyne and Wear Archives Servicebr>
Wallsend TownInformation regarding the town centre and areas covering Wallsend in North Tyneside can be found here.
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Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside,
Metropolitan boroughs of Tyne and Wear