| Blaydon | |
|---|---|
 Scotswood Railway Bridge | |
  Blaydon Location within Tyne and Wear | |
| Population | 15,155 [1][2][3] |
| OS grid reference | NZ2460 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLAYDON-ON-TYNE |
| Postcode district | NE21 |
| Dialling code | 0191 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Tyne and Wear |
| Ambulance | North East |
| UK Parliament | |
Blaydon is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, and historically in County Durham. Blaydon, and neighbouring Winlaton, which Blaydon is now contiguous with, form the town of Blaydon-on-Tyne. The Blaydon/Winlaton ward had a population in 2011 of 13,896.[4]
Between 1894 and 1974, Blaydon was an urban district which extended inland from the Tyne along the River Derwent for ten miles (16 km), and included the mining communities of Chopwell and High Spen, the villages of Rowlands Gill, Blackhall Mill, Barlow, Winlaton Mill and Stella, as well as Blaydon and Winlaton. During its existence, the Urban District's fourteen and a half square miles constituted the second largest administrative district by area, on Tyneside, after Newcastle upon Tyne.
- ^ Blaydon is made up of the Blaydon ward. "Blaydon". UK Census Data.
- ^ Blaydon is made up of 17 output areas in the High Spen ward. "Winlaton and High Spen". UK Census Data.
- ^ Blaydon is also an urban subdivision, which follows the same boundaries. "North East England: Counties and Unitary Districts". City Population.de.
- ^ "2011 Census". Nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2014.