Blaydon
Sign in to saveBlaydon 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.
Key facts
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Gateshead
- Population
- +15155
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Blaydon - Scotswood Railway Bridge.jpg
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Article
25 sectionsContents
- 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.