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Blaydon
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Also known as Blaydon-on-Tyne

Blaydon is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, and historically in County Durham. Blaydon, and neighbouring Winlaton, which Blaydon is now contiguous with, form the town of Blaydon-on-Tyne. The Blaydon/Winlaton ward had a population in 2011 of 13,896.

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UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Blaydon
UK place.label_position
bottom
UK place.static_image_name
Blaydon - Scotswood Railway Bridge.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Scotswood Railway Bridge
UK place.population
15,155
UK place.metropolitan_borough
Gateshead
UK place.metropolitan_county
Tyne and Wear
UK place.region
North East England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Blaydon and Consett
UK place.post_town
BLAYDON-ON-TYNE
UK place.postcode_area
NE
UK place.postcode_district
NE21
UK place.dial_code
0191
UK place.os_grid_reference
NZ2460
Station.name
Blaydon bus station
Station.symbol_location
gb
Station.symbol
bus

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Population
15155
Image
Blaydon - Scotswood Railway Bridge.jpg
Dialing code
0191
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Commons category
Blaydon
postal code
NE21
OS grid reference
NZ2460
IPA transcription
ˈbleɪ.dən
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25 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Early history
  • Battle of Stella Ford
  • The 18th century and the Industrial Revolution
  • Blaydon School Press
  • Stella South Power Station
  • Landmarks
  • Axwell Hall
  • Stella Hall
  • Governance
  • Geography
  • Demography
  • Economy
  • Transport
  • Air
  • Rail
  • Road
  • Blaydon bus station
  • Education
  • Religious sites
  • Sports
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Blaydon is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, and historically in County Durham. Blaydon, and neighbouring Winlaton, which Blaydon is now contiguous with, form the town of Blaydon-on-Tyne. The Blaydon/Winlaton ward had a population in 2011 of 13,896.

Between 1894 and 1974, Blaydon was an urban district which extended inland from the Tyne along the River Derwent for , and included the mining communities of Chopwell and High Spen, the villages of Rowlands Gill, Blackhall Mill, Barlow, Winlaton Mill and Stella, as well as Blaydon and Winlaton. During its existence, the Urban District's fourteen and a half square miles constituted the second largest administrative district by area, on Tyneside, after Newcastle upon Tyne.

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