Fawdon
Sign in to saveFawdon is an area and electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is also close to the A1 western bypass. The population of the ward is 10,890, reducing to 10,090 at the 2011 Census, 5.7% of the total population of Newcastle upon Tyne. Car ownership in the area is 53.6%, lower than the city average of 54.7%. Until 1974 it was in Northumberland.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Districts of Newcastle upon Tyne, Former civil parishes in Tyne and Wear and Wards of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 10090
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Image
- Fawdon Park Centre.jpg
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Fawdon is an area and electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is also close to the A1 western bypass. The population of the ward is 10,890, reducing to 10,090 at the 2011 Census, 5.7% of the total population of Newcastle upon Tyne. Car ownership in the area is 53.6%, lower than the city average of 54.7%. Until 1974 it was in Northumberland.
It is situated about north-by-west from Newcastle City Centre and is at the site of three colliery villages which were known as High Fawdon, Fawdon Square and Low Fawdon. Fawdon Square was the birthplace of 19th-century poet and songwriter Marshall Cresswell.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fawdon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations