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South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England.It is bordered by all four other boroughs in Tyne and Wear: Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, North Tyneside to the north and Newcastle upon Tyne to the north-west.
Cullercoats is a coastal settlement in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. Historically in Northumberland, it has now been absorbed into the wider Tyneside conurbation, sitting between Tynemouth to the south and Whitley Bay to the north. The population of this North Tyneside ward at the 2011 census was 9,202. [1]
In South Shields, 6.7% of the population are from an ethnic minority (non white British), compared with 5.0% in the surrounding borough of South Tyneside. [19] Most of the Asians in South Shields are Bangladeshi, with the Beacon and Bents ward that covers South Shields town centre, had 9.9% of the population registering as that ethnicity.
Jarrow (/ ˈ dʒ ær oʊ / or / ˈ dʒ ær ə /) is a town in South Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England.Historically in County Durham, it is on the south bank of the River Tyne, about three miles (five kilometres) from the east coast.
Whitburn is a village in South Tyneside, in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear on the coast of North East England.It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the city of Sunderland and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the town of South Shields.
South Tyneside was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 as a metropolitan district within the new county of Tyne and Wear. The new district covered the area of four former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: [2] Boldon Urban District; Hebburn Urban District; Jarrow Municipal Borough; South Shields County ...
The Tyne Bridge is a through arch bridge over the River Tyne in North East England, linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead.The bridge was designed by the engineering firm Mott, Hay and Anderson, [2] who later designed the Forth Road Bridge, and was built by Dorman Long and Co. of Middlesbrough. [3]
Tyne Dock is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving South Tyneside Hospital and the suburb of Tyne Dock, South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England.It joined the network on 24 March 1984, following the opening of the fifth phase of the network, between Heworth and South Shields.