Wallsend

Wallsend () is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall. It has a population of 43,842 and lies east of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.region: North East England
UK place.official_name: Wallsend
UK place.static_image: Wallsend Town Hall.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Wallsend Town Hall
UK place.population: 43,826
UK place.os_grid_reference: NZ301664
UK place.map_type: Tyne and Wear
UK place.post_town: WALLSEND
UK place.postcode_area: NE
UK place.postcode_district: NE28
UK place.dial_code: 0191
UK place.constituency_westminster: Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
UK place.metropolitan_borough: North Tyneside
UK place.metropolitan_county: Tyne and Wear

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Wikidata facts

Population: 43826
Image: Duke of York, High Street West, Wallsend - geograph.org.uk - 578762.jpg
Dialing code: 0191

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OS grid reference: NZ301664
postal code: NE28
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Wallsend () is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall. It has a population of 43,842 and lies east of Newcastle upon Tyne.

==History== ===Roman Wallsend=== In Roman times, this was the site of the fort of Segedunum. This fort protected the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall, which did not terminate at the western wall of the fort, but continued from its south-eastern corner down to the shore of the River Tyne. As David Breeze writes, "In the early nineteenth century, as recorded by Bruce, John Buddle the Younger had often seen the Wall foundations extending far into the river when swimming there as a boy."