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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
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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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