Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in North East England.
 Tyne and Wear within England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North East |
| Established | 1974 |
| Established by | Local Government Act 1972 |
| Preceded by |
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| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Members of Parliament | 11 MPs |
| Police | Northumbria Police |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Lord Lieutenant | Lucy Winskell |
| High Sheriff | Joanne Jane Curry (2025-2026) |
| Area | [convert: needs a number] |
| • Ranked | of 48 |
| Population (2005 est.) | 1,095,200 |
| • Ranked | 12th of 48 |
| Density | 2,028/km2 (5,250/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity |
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| Metropolitan county | |
| GSS code | E11000007 |
| ITL | TLC22/23 |
| Largest city | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Districts | |
 Districts of Tyne and Wear Metropolitan districts | |
| Districts | |
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
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
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.
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.
Icon for use on UK lists of places of interest.
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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