| Fawdon | |
|---|---|
 Fawdon Park Centre | |
  Fawdon Location within Tyne and Wear | |
| Population | 10,090 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | NZ228688 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Postcode district | NE3 |
| Dialling code | 0191 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Tyne and Wear |
| Ambulance | North East |
| UK Parliament | |
| Councillors | Nick Cott (Liberal Democrats) Brenda Hindmarsh (Liberal Democrats) Peter Lovatt (Liberal Democrats) |
Fawdon is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is also close to the A1 western bypass. The population of the ward is 10,890, reducing to 10,090 at the 2011 Census,[1] 5.7% of the total population of Newcastle upon Tyne. Car ownership in the area is 53.6%, lower than the city average of 54.7%. Until 1974 it was in Northumberland.
It is situated about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-by-west from Newcastle City Centre and is at the site of three colliery villages which were known as High Fawdon, Fawdon Square and Low Fawdon.[2] Fawdon Square was the birthplace of 19th-century poet and songwriter Marshall Cresswell.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "Views of the Coalfields". Durham Mining Museum.