Wallsend
Sign in to saveWallsend () 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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- History
- Roman Wallsend
- Pre-Conquest
- 19th century to present
- Shipbuilding
- Coal mining
- Twentieth century
- Commemorating Roman history
- Geography
- Transport
- Demography
- Notable people
- Politics
- Music
- Football{{dash}}players, managers, coaches
- Other sports players
- See also
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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."