Gateshead

Gateshead
Town
  • Upper: BALTIC and The Glasshouse on the Quayside
  • Middle: Trinity Square Halo and the Angel of the North
  • Lower: Saltwell Park and the Central Library
Gateshead
Location within Tyne and Wear
Population199,139 [1]
OS grid referenceNZ2460
Metropolitan borough
  • Gateshead
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGATESHEAD
Postcode districtNE8-NE11
Dialling code0191
PoliceNorthumbria
FireTyne and Wear
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
  • Gateshead Central and Whickham
Websitegateshead.gov.uk

Gateshead (/ˈɡeɪts(h)ɛd/) is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. At the 2021 census, the population was 196,151.[2]

Historically part of County Durham, under the Local Government Act 1888 the town was made a county borough, meaning it was administered independently of the county council.[3]

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 shares the Millennium Bridge, Tyne Bridge and multiple other bridges with Newcastle upon Tyne.

  1. ^ ONS mid-year population estimates 2023
  2. ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference gBoroughHist1974 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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