Killingworth
Sign in to saveKillingworth is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, within the historic county of Northumberland.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Killingworth
- UK place.population
- 20,079
- UK place.population_ref
- (Killingworth and Camperdown wards 2011)
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- North Tyneside
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Tyne and Wear
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Cramlington and Killingworth
- UK place.post_town
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- UK place.postcode_district
- NE12
- UK place.postcode_area
- NE
- UK place.dial_code
- 0191
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NZ2777
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- Culture
- History
- Medieval
- Division
- 19th century
- New town
- Killingworth Colliery
- Housing
- The Garth Estates
- Private Estates
- The Towers
- Decline
- Town centre
- History of commerce
- White Swan Centre
- Transport
- Schools
- References
- External links
Killingworth is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, within the historic county of Northumberland.
Killingworth was built as a new town in the 1960s, next to Killingworth Village, which existed for centuries before the new town was built. Other nearby villages include Forest Hall, West Moor and Backworth.