Tyneside
Geordieland Newcastle-Gateshead | |
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Built-up area | |
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 Built-up area's sub divisions | |
  Tyneside Location of Tyneside in northern England | |
| Coordinates: 54°59′15″N 1°27′30″W / 54.98750°N 1.45833°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | North East |
| County | Tyne and Wear |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 774,891 |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Tyneside is a built-up area across the banks of the River Tyne in Northern England. Residents of the area are commonly referred to as Geordies. The whole area is surrounded by the North East Green Belt.
The population of Tyneside as published in the 2011 census was 774,891, making it the eighth most-populous urban area in the United Kingdom.[1] In 2013, the estimated population was 832,469.[2]
Politically, the area is mainly covered by the metropolitan boroughs of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside and South Tyneside. The boroughs on the Tyne are joint with Wearside which is in both the ceremonial counties of Durham (Chester-le-Street) and Tyne and Wear.
- ^ Pointer, Graham. "The UK's major urban areas" (PDF). statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2007.
- ^ "Mid-2012 Population Estimates". Gateshead.gov.uk. August 2013. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.