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Gateshead
Sign in to saveGateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. At the 2021 census, the population was 196,151.
Gateshead is a town located in northern England on the southern bank of the River Tyne, within the Tyne and Wear region. With a population of 196,151 as of the 2021 census, it is a significant urban center in the area.
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Gateshead
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.population
- 199,139
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Gateshead
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Tyne and Wear
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Gateshead Central and Whickham
- UK place.post_town
- GATESHEAD
- UK place.postcode_area
- NE
- UK place.postcode_district
- NE8-NE11
- UK place.dial_code
- 0191
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NZ2460
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Gateshead
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Gateshead
- Population
- 196151
- Area
- 21.68
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- River Tyne
- Shares border with
- County Durham
- Official website
- www.gateshead.gov.uk
- Image
- Newcastle Quayside with bridges.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0191
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- P8168
- Oldsmobile
- twinned administrative body
- Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
- Commons category
- Gateshead
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Gateshead
- topic's main category
- Category:Gateshead
- OS grid reference
- NZ2460
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Gateshead
- postal code
- NE8-NE11
- different from
- Gateshead
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Gateshead
- P12749
- Erhard Seminars Training
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Encyclopedic overview
34 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Early
- Industrial revolution
- Regeneration
- Governance
- Former
- Current
- Geography
- Climate
- Green belt
- Districts
- Demography
- Economy
- Arts
- Traditional and former
- Architecture
- Victorian
- Post millennium
- Former brutalism
- Sport
- Transport
- Rail
- Road
- Cycle routes
- Religion
- Christianity
- Judaism
- Islam
- Twinning
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. At the 2021 census, the population was 196,151.
Historically part of County Durham, under the Local Government Act 1888 the town was made a county borough, meaning it was administered independently of the county council.
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