Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in North East England.
It was created in 1974, and consists of the five metropolitan boroughs:
- On the north bank of the River Tyne
- On the south bank of the River Tyne
- Gateshead
- South Tyneside
- Spanning the River Wear
Like all metropolitan counties, the county council was abolished in 1986, and its functions given either to the individual boroughs or shared by new joint committees of the five boroughs.
Schools are now controlled by each borough. The fire brigade is one of several services run on a county-wide basis by a committee made up of members from each borough.
The people from Sunderland and the people from Newcastle did not like being joined in one county. The Royal Commission that recommended changing the county councils of England could not even find a name that the people of the two place liked. Their report just called the new county "area D".
Tyne And Wear Media
Tyne and Wear numbered districts
In 2011 the map area was inhabited by 1.4 mln people, 1.1 mln in Tyne and Wear county.*Population density computed from 2011 Output Area (OE) data and there is on 2020 map so new neighbourhoods are visible in the grey zone. Values sometimes are not representative because: * sometimes a whole nonresidential area is contained in one from a few adjacent OEs.
A map of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, North East England. This map shows former and modern district boundaries. See key for explanation of colours.
Commuter rail services in the region
Icon for use on UK lists of places of interest.
National Trust of the U.K. logo — with acorn icon.* * Used as Places-of-Interest map locator symbol.*Credits* * Self made image in SVG format of an icon remarkably similar to an acorn
Access Land icon for use on UK lists of places of interest, created by Joe D.
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National Trust of the U.K. logo — with acorn icon.* * Used as Places-of-Interest map locator symbol.*Credits* * Self made image in SVG format of an icon remarkably similar to an acorn
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Access Land icon for use on UK lists of places of interest, created by Joe D.
Other websites
Media related to Tyne and Wear at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 54°57′59″N 1°27′18″W / 54.966252°N 1.455100°W
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