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Gateshead (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ t s (h) ɛ d /) is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England.It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.
The town of Gateshead was an ancient borough, having been granted a charter in 1164 from Hugh Pudsey, the Bishop of Durham. [5] The borough's functions were relatively limited until 1836, when it was made a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country.
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Map of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK with electoral wards shown. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 170% Geographic limits: West: 1.86W; East: 1.50W; North: 54.99N; South: 54.85N; Date: 24 April 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Coastline and administrative boundary data from Boundary-Line product.
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ˈ w ɪər /) is a ceremonial county in North East England. It borders Northumberland to the north and County Durham to the south, and the largest settlement is the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. The county is largely urbanised, with a population of 1.14 million in 2021.