Preston, Tyne and Wear

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Preston
Preston Cemetery
Preston Location within Tyne and Wear
Population	8,419 (2011.Ward)
OS grid reference	NZ3568
Metropolitan borough	North Tyneside
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORTH SHIELDS
Postcode district	NE29, NE30
Dialling code	0191
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	North Tyneside
List of places UK England Tyne and Wear 55°00′35″N 1°26′41″W / 55.0097°N 1.4448°W / 55.0097; -1.4448

Preston is a suburb about a mile north of North Shields, in the North Tyneside district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Its population was recorded at 8419 in the 2011 census.^[1] Historically a separate entity, it has slowly been absorbed into the town to the south and expanded as to form a continuous urban area north to Monkseaton.