Tyne and Wear is one of six
metropolitan counties in
England, comprising the estuary areas of the rivers
Tyne and
Wear[?]. It is divided into the following council areas: South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead and Sunderland. It borders on
County Durham and
Northumberland.
Towns and villages
- Blaydon[?], Boldon[?], Byker[?]
- Castletown[?], Cleadon[?], Cullercoats[?]
- Gateshead[?], Gosforth[?]
- Hebburn[?]
- Jarrow
- Longbenton[?]
- Marsden, Tyne and Wear[?], Monkseaton[?]
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Shields[?]
- Rowlands Gill[?], Ryhope[?]
- South Shields[?], Sunderland[?]
- Tynemouth[?]
- Wallsend, Washington[?], Whickham[?], Whitburn[?], Whitburn Colliery[?], Whitley Bay[?]
Places of interest