Discover Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in North East England. Covering just 538 sq km (208 sq mi), it has a population of 1.1 million people. It consists of five metropolitan boroughs, namely South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and the City of Sunderland.

The metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear was created in 1974 out of territories which were previously part of Northumberland and County Durham. It is sandwiched between Northumberland in the north and County Durham in the south, with the North Sea in the east.

Towns in Tyne and Wear

Sights in Tyne and Wear

Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside South Tyneside Sunderland
Angel of the North
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Angel_of_the_North,_Gormley_3_.jpg
Author: Tony Grist


Gateshead Millennium Bridge
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gateshead_Millennium_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1133157.jpg
Author: Andrew Curtis


The Sage Gateshead
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tyneview.jpg
Author: Jimfbleak

Map of Ceremonial Counties of England

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