Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England. It is named for its main town, Gateshead. Other settlements include Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon and Ryton. Gateshead's suburbs include, Felling, Pelaw, Dunston and Low Fell.
It is bordered by numerous local authorities including Newcastle Upon Tyne to the north, Northumberland to the west, County Durham to the south, Sunderland to the south west and South Tyneside t...
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Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England. It is named for its main town, Gateshead. Other settlements include Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon and Ryton. Gateshead's suburbs include, Felling, Pelaw, Dunston and Low Fell.
It is bordered by numerous local authorities including Newcastle Upon Tyne to the north, Northumberland to the west, County Durham to the south, Sunderland to the south west and South Tyneside to the east.
The district has some 190,000 inhabitants and lies within the historic county boundaries of County Durham. The county borough of Gateshead was combined along with the urban districts of Felling, Blaydon, Ryton and part of Chester-le-Street Rural District into the new Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in 1974. In 1986 the County Council of Tyne and Wear was abolished, and so Gateshead Council effectively became a unitary authority.
There were originally two civil parishes in Gateshead - Birtley and Lamesley, both from the Chester-le...
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