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Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East of England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. ...
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Newcastle City Council is the city council for the metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England. ...
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Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East of England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. ...
The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ...
North-East England is one of the nine official regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear and a small part of North Yorkshire. ...
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The NE postcode area, also known as the Newcastle upon Tyne postcode area[2], is a group of postal districts around Alnwick, Ashington, Bamburgh, Bedlington, Belford, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Blyth, Boldon Colliery, Chathill, Choppington, Corbridge, Cramlington, East Boldon, Gateshead, Haltwhistle, Hebburn, Hexham, Jarrow, Morpeth, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Newcastle Upon...
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The North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Darlington, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Northumberland, Stockton-on-Tees, and Tyne and Wear in the North East England region. ...
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Newcastle upon Tyne (usually shortened to Newcastle) is a large city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is located on the north bank of the River Tyne and was formerly the county town of Northumberland.[1] Historically, city status in England and Wales was associated with the presence of a cathedral, such as York Minster. ...
Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East of England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. ...
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The Tyne looking west and upstream from the Newcastle bank towards the Gateshead Millennium Bridge The Tyne Bridge across the River Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead. ...
A county town is the capital of a county in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. ...
Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. ...
The city was founded in Roman times under the name Pons Aelius. The medieval latin name is Novum Castrum super Tynum (Newcastle upon Tyne). For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ...
The city is the 20th most populous in England; the larger Tyneside conurbation, of which Newcastle forms part, is the 6th most populous conurbation in England.[2] Newcastle is a member of the English Core Cities Group[3] and (with Gateshead) the Eurocities network of European cities[4]. This is a list of the largest cities and towns of England ordered by population. ...
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A conurbation is formed when towns expand sufficiently that their urban areas join up with each other. ...
The English Core Cities Group is an association of eight large regional cities in England: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham and Sheffield. ...
This article is about Gateshead, England. ...
The Eurocities network was founded in 1986 by Mayors from six large European cities. ...
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People from Newcastle and surrounding areas are commonly called Geordies. The Latin term Novocastrian, can equally be applied to residents of any place called Newcastle but is also regularly used in reference to residents of Northumberland. This article is about the people and dialect of Tyneside. ...
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Newcastle is a common place name meaning new castle. ...
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The history of Newcastle upon Tyne dates back over 2,000 years, during which it has been controlled by the Romans, the Saxons and the Danes amongst others. ...
Early development The first settlement in what is now Newcastle was Pons Aelius, designating the bridge across the Tyne and given the family name of the Roman Emperor Hadrian who founded it in the 2nd century AD. The population of Pons Aelius at this period was estimated at 2,000. Hadrian's Wall is still visible in parts of Newcastle, particularly along the West Road. (The course of the "Roman Wall" can also be traced eastwards to the Segedunum Roman fort in Wallsend - the wall's end). Ordinary Magistrates Extraordinary Magistrates Titles and Honors Emperor Politics and Law This article discusses the nature of the imperial dignity, and its dynastic development throughout the history of the Empire. ...
Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus (January 24, 76 –– July 10, 138), known as Hadrian in English, was emperor of Rome from 117 A.D. to 138 A.D., as well as a Stoic and Epicurean philosopher. ...
(1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century - other centuries) Events Roman Empire governed by the Five Good Emperors (96–180) – Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius. ...
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Segedunum was a Roman fort in modern-day Northumberland, UK. The fort lies at the eastern end of Hadrians Wall and on the banks of the River Tyne. ...
Basic ideal plan of a Roman castrum. ...
, Wallsend is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne in north Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. ...
After the Roman withdrawal from Britain, Newcastle became part of the powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, and was known throughout this period as Monkchester. After a series of conflicts with the Danes and the devastation north of the River Tyne inflicted by Odo of Bayeux after the 1080 rebellion against the Normans, Monkchester was all but destroyed. Because of its strategic position, Robert Curthose, son of William the Conqueror, erected a wooden castle there in 1080 and the town was henceforth known as Novum Castellum or New Castle. The Roman departure from Britain was nearly completed by 400. ...
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The Tyne looking west and upstream from the Newcastle bank towards the Gateshead Millennium Bridge The Tyne Bridge across the River Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead. ...
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Throughout the Middle Ages, Newcastle was England's northern fortress. A stone wall 25 ft high was built around the town in the 13th century, to defend it from invaders during the Border war against Scotland. The Scots king William the Lion was imprisoned in Newcastle in 1174, and Edward I brought the Stone of Scone and William Wallace south through the town. Newcastle was successfully defended against the Scots three times during the 14th century, and around this time became a county corporate. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
The Newcastle town wall is a defensive wall located in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. ...
The Border country is the hilly area of Lowland Scotland on the border between Scotland and England. ...
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William I (William the Lion, William Leo, William Dunkeld or William Canmore), (1142/1143 - December 4, 1214) reigned as King of Scotland from 1165 to 1214. ...
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Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), popularly known as Longshanks[1], also as Edward the Lawgiver or the English Justinian because of his legal reforms, and as Hammer of the Scots,[2] achieved fame as the monarch who conquered Wales and tried to do the same to Scotland. ...
The Stone of Scone, (pronounced scoon) also commonly known as the Stone of Destiny or the Coronation Stone (though the former name sometimes refers to Lia Fáil) is a block of sandstone historically kept at the now-ruined abbey in Scone, near Perth, Scotland. ...
For other persons named William Wallace, see William Wallace (disambiguation). ...
This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ...
A county corporate or corporate county was a form of local government in England and Wales. ...
From 1530 a royal act restricted all shipments of coal from Tyneside to Newcastle quayside, giving a monopoly in the coal trade to a cartel of Newcastle burgesses known as the Hostmen. This monopoly, which lasted for a considerable time, helped Newcastle prosper, but it had its impact on the growth of near-neighbours Sunderland, causing a Tyneside and a Wearside rivalry that still exists. In the Sandgate area, to the east of the city and beside the river, resided the close-knit community of keelmen and their families. They were so called because they worked on the keels, boats that were used to transfer coal from the river banks to the waiting colliers, for export to London and elsewhere. During the English Civil War, Newcastle supported the king and in 1644 was stormed ('with roaring drummes') by Cromwell's Scots allies, based in pro-Parliament Sunderland. The grateful King bestowed the motto "Fortiter Defendit Triumphans" ("Triumphing by a brave defence") upon the town. Ironically, Charles was imprisoned in Newcastle by the Scots in 1646-7. The Hostmen of Newcastle upon Tyne were a cartel of businessmen who formed a monopoly to control the export of coal from the River Tyne in North East England. ...
For other uses, see Sunderland (disambiguation). ...
The Keelmen of Tyne and Wear were a group of men who worked on the keels, large boats that carried the coal from the banks of both rivers to the waiting collier ships. ...
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In the 18th century, Newcastle was the country's largest print centre after London, Oxford and Cambridge, and the Literary and Philosophical Society of 1793, with its erudite debates and large stock of books in several languages, predated the London Library by half a century. Newcastle also became the greatest glass producer in the world. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
The London Library is the worlds largest independent lending library, located in Londons St. ...
Newcastle's development as a major city, however, owed most to its central role in the export of coal. The phrase taking coals to Newcastle was first recorded in 1538. In the 19th century, shipbuilding and heavy engineering were central to the city's prosperity; and the city was a powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution. Innovation in Newcastle and surrounding areas included the development of safety lamps, Stephenson's Rocket, Lord Armstrong's artillery, Be-Ro flour, Joseph Swan's electric light bulbs, and Charles Parsons' invention of the steam turbine, which led to the revolution of marine propulsion and the production of cheap electricity. Coal Example chemical structure of coal Coal (pronounced ) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ...
// Invention of the Jacquard loom in 1801. ...
Men from Francisco de Orellanas expedition building a small brigantine, the San Pedro, to be used in the search for food Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ...
Engineering is the discipline of acquiring and applying knowledge of design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ...
A Watt steam engine, the steam engine that propelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the world. ...
Davy lamp The Davy lamp is a candle containing safety lamp devised in 1815 by Humphry Davy. ...
A contemporary drawing of Rocket Rocket as preserved in the Science Museum, London. ...
William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (November 26, 1810 - December 27, 1900) was an English industrialist, the effective founder of the Armstrong-Siddeley manufacturing empire. ...
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Joseph Swan Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (October 31, 1828 – May 27, 1914) was an English physicist and chemist, most famous for the development of the light bulb. ...
Most of the industrialized world is lit by electric lights, which are used both at night and to provide additional light during the daytime. ...
Charles Algernon Parsons Compund Steam Turbine, circa 1887 Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, O.M. (June 13, 1854 – February 11, 1931) was a British engineer, best known for his invention of the steam turbine. ...
A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into useful mechanical work. ...
This article is about machines that produce electricity. ...
Heavy industries in Newcastle declined in the second half of the 20th century; office and retail employment are now the city's staples. Heavy industry does not have a single fixed meaning compared to light industry. ...
This article is about the decade starting in 1900 and ending in 1909. ...
Urban development The city has an extensive neoclassical centre, largely developed in the 1830s by Richard Grainger and John Dobson, and recently extensively restored. Grey Street, which curves down from Grey's Monument towards the valley of the River Tyne, was voted as England's finest street in 2005 in a survey of BBC Radio 4 listeners. A portion of Grainger Town was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the Eldon Square Shopping Centre, including all but one side of the original Eldon Square itself. The Cathedral of Vilnius (1783), by Laurynas GuceviÄius. ...
Richard Grainger was a builder in Newcastle upon Tyne. ...
John Dobson (1787 – 1865) was a 19th century English architect in the neoclassical tradition. ...
Grey Street is a street in Newcastle upon Tyne. ...
Greys Monument, above the Monument Tyne and Wear Metro station Greys Monument is a monument to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey built in 1838 in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ...
The Tyne looking west and upstream from the Newcastle bank towards the Gateshead Millennium Bridge The Tyne Bridge across the River Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead. ...
old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ...
// Grainger Town is the historic heart of Newcastle upon Tyne. ...
Eldon Square is a shopping centre in Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. ...
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Immediately to the northwest of the city centre is Leazes Park, established in 1873 after a petition by 3,000 working men of the city for "ready access to some open ground for the purpose of health and recreation". Just outside one corner of this is St James' Park, the stadium home of Newcastle United F.C. which dominates the view of the city from all directions. Leazes Park is a park in Newcastle upon Tyne. ...
St James Park is an all-seater stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and is the home of Newcastle United Football Club. ...
Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English professional football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, who currently play in the Premier League. ...
Another green space in Newcastle is the vast Town Moor, lying immediately north of the city centre. It is larger than Hyde Park and Hampstead Heath put together and the freemen of the city have the right to graze cattle on it. Unlike other cities where similar rights exist, they often take advantage of this, leading to the somewhat bizarre sight of cattle grazing within yards of the city's town hall, Newcastle Civic Centre. The right incidentally extends to the pitch of St James' Park, Newcastle United Football Club's ground, though this is not exercised,although the Freemen do collect rent for the loss of privilege. Honorary freemen include Bob Geldof, Nelson Mandela, Alan Shearer and the Royal Shakespeare Company. The Hoppings funfair, said to be the largest travelling fair in Europe, is held here annually in June. In the south eastern corner is Exhibition Park, which is home to the Newcastle Military Vehicle Museum. For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ...
The Town Moor is a large area of common land in Newcastle upon Tyne. ...
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Hampstead Heath (locally known as The Heath) is a public open space in the north of London. ...
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Newcastle Civic Centre Newcastle Civic Centre is a civic centre located in the Haymarket area of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. ...
Robert Frederick Xenon Geldof[1], KBE[2], known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951) [3], is an Irish singer, songwriter, actor and political activist. ...
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Alan Shearer OBE (born 13 August 1970 in Gosforth) is a retired professional English footballer who played as a striker for the England national team and Premiership clubs, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. ...
Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a British theatre company. ...
The Hoppings is said to be Europes largest travelling fun fair and is held on Newcastle upon Tyne Town Moor during the last week in June. ...
A travelling funfair has many attractions, including adult or thrill rides, childrens rides, and sideshows consisting of games of skill, strength, or luck. ...
Roundabouts (or carousels) are traditional attractions, often seen at fairs. ...
The Exhibition Park is a short walk from Newcastle City Centre. ...
The wooded gorge of the Ouseburn in the east of the city is known as Jesmond Dene and forms another popular recreation area, linked by Armstrong Park and Heaton Park to the Ouseburn Valley, where the river finally reaches the River Tyne. Jesmond Dene is a public park in the east end of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ...
The Tyne looking west and upstream from the Newcastle bank towards the Gateshead Millennium Bridge The Tyne Bridge across the River Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead. ...
Newcastle was voted as the Best City in the North in April 2007 by The Daily Telegraph newspaper - beating Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds in an online poll conducted of its readers. [5] This article concerns the British newspaper. ...
For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ...
This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ...
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Recent developments The development of the city in the 1960s and 1970s saw the demolition of part of Grainger Town as a prelude to the modernist rebuilding initiatives of T. Dan Smith, the leader of Newcastle City Council. A corruption scandal was uncovered involving Smith and John Poulson, a property developer, and both were jailed. Echoes of the scandal were revisited in the late 1990s in the BBC TV mini-series, Our Friends in the North. Thomas Daniel Smith (May 11, 1915 - July 27, 1993) was a British politician who was Leader of Newcastle upon Tyne City Council from 1960 to 1965 and a prominent figure in the Labour Party in the north-east of England, such that he was nicknamed Mr. ...
Newcastle City Council is the city council for the metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England. ...
John Garlick Llewellyn Poulson (April 14, 1910 - January 31, 1993) was a British architect who caused a major political scandal when his use of bribery and connections to senior politicians were disclosed in 1972. ...
A real estate developer (American English) or property developer (British English) makes improvements of some kind to real property, thereby increasing its value. ...
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The opening titles sequence of Our Friends in the North. ...
The Tyne Gorge between Newcastle on the north bank and Gateshead (an administratively separate borough) on the south bank, is famous for a series of dramatic bridges, including the Tyne Bridge of 1928 which was built by Dorman Long of Middlesbrough, and Robert Stephenson's High Level Bridge of 1849, the first road/rail bridge in the world. Large-scale regeneration has replaced former shipping premises with imposing new office developments; an innovative tilting bridge, the Gateshead Millennium Bridge was commissioned by Gateshead and has integrated the older Newcastle Quayside more closely with major cultural developments in Gateshead, including the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and the Norman Foster-designed The Sage Gateshead music centre. NewcastleGateshead Quayside is now a thriving, cosmopolitan area with an abundance of bars, restaurants and public spaces. As a tourist promotion, Newcastle and Gateshead have linked together under the banner "Newcastle-Gateshead", to spearhead the regeneration of the north east. This article is about Gateshead, England. ...
Tyne Bridge looking east towards the modern The Sage Gateshead and the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, with the earlier Swing Bridge in the foreground The Tyne Bridge is a bridge over the River Tyne in North East England, linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead. ...
Iron-making has been known in Cleveland since the Romans found iron slags in North Yorkshire, with small-scale iron-making known to have taken place at Rievaulx, Whitby and Guisborough Abbeys in the 17th Century. ...
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Statue of Robert Stephenson at Euston Station, London Robert Stephenson FRS (October 16, 1803–October 12, 1859) was an English civil engineer. ...
The High Level Bridge, towering above the Swing Bridge across the River Tyne; photograph facing Newcastle The High Level Bridge is a notable road and railway bridge spanning the River Tyne between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, in North East England. ...
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View of the bridge at night from the Newcastle side Gateshead Millennium Bridge when cars had been put in the River Tyne as part of Artwork. ...
This article is about Gateshead, England. ...
The view westwards along the Tyne Valley The Quayside is the area along the banks of the River Tyne between the cities of Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ...
The BALTIC Centre as viewed from the Millennium Bridge The BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art is an arts centre located on the South Bank of the River Tyne close to the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, in Gateshead in the north-east of England. ...
The restored Reichstag in Berlin, housing the German parliament. ...
The Sage viewed from central Newcastle The Sage Gateshead is a new centre for musical education and performance, located in Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the north-east of England. ...
Notable Newcastle housing developments include Ralph Erskine's the Byker Wall designed in the 1960s and now Grade II-listed. It is on UNESCO's list of outstanding 20th century buildings. A structured building development of residential properties. ...
Ralph Erskine (March 18, 1685 - November 6, 1752), was a Scottish churchman. ...
The Byker Wall is the name given to a long unbroken block of 620 maisonettes in the Byker district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ...
The Forth Bridge, designed by Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler, opened in 1890, and now owned by Network Rail, is designated as a Category A listed building by Historic Scotland. ...
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ...
Newcastle's thriving Chinatown lies in the north-west of Grainger Town, centred on Stowell Street. A new Chinese arch, or paifang, providing a landmark entrance, was handed over to the city with a ceremony in 2005. This article is about sections of an urban area associated with a large number of Chinese residents or commercial activities. ...
// Grainger Town is the historic heart of Newcastle upon Tyne. ...
One of the formal entrances or Paifang to Chinatown in London, England. ...
The UK's first biotechnology village, the "Centre for Life" is located in the city centre close to the Newcastle Central railway station. The village is the first step in the City Council's plans to transform Newcastle into a science city.[6] Centre for Life The Centre for Life is a “science village†in the heart of the English city Newcastle upon Tyne, located close to Central Station. ...
The interior of the station The exterior Newcastle Central (signed as Newcastle) is the mainline railway station in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ...
Science City is a centre for interactive science in different cities across the world. ...
Newcastle Quayside has seen a large amount of redevelopment and investment in recent years. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 167 pixelsFull resolution (6072 × 1270 pixel, file size: 1. ...
The view westwards along the Tyne Valley The Quayside is the area along the banks of the River Tyne between the cities of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in North East England. ...
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Newcastle is governed using the leader and cabinet system, and the executive is Liberal Democrat, as they have 48 councillors against the Labour Party's 30. No other parties hold seats on the city's council. [1] Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Newcastle Civic Centre Newcastle Civic Centre is a civic centre located in the Haymarket area of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. ...
Newcastle City Council is the city council for the metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England. ...
This article is about the governmental body. ...
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A councillor is a member of a council (such as a city council), particularly in the U.K. and its former colonies. ...
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ...
A legislatureis a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to ratify laws. ...
For the purposes of City Council elections, Newcastle is divided into 26 electoral wards. [2] A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods...
Benwell and Scotswood is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ...
Blakelaw is located in the West End of Newcastle upon Tyne. ...
Byker is an inner city electoral ward in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. ...
Castle is a ward of the the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ...
Dene is a electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ...
Denton is a electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ...
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East Gosforth also known as Gosforth East is an electoral ward in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear. ...
West Gosforth also known as Gosforth West is an electoral ward in the north of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. ...
Elswick is a ward of the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, in the western part of the borough, bordering the river Tyne. ...
Fawdon is a electoral ward of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ...
Statistics Population: 22,376 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: NZ220656 Administration District: Newcastle upon Tyne Metropolitan county: Tyne and Wear Region: North East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Tyne and Wear Historic county: Northumberland Services Police force: Northumbria Police Ambulance: North East Post office...
Heaton is located in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, approximately 2 miles from the City Centre. ...
, Jesmond is a residential suburb and electoral ward just north of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. ...
Kenton is a suburb in the north west of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ...
Lemington is a housing area and electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ...
Newburn is an urban area in Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan borough, in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. ...
The Ouseburn is a river which flows through Newcastle upon Tyne into the River Tyne. ...
Parklands is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ...
Walker is a residential suburb just east of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. ...
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Westerhope is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ...
Westgate is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ...
Wingrove is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ...
Woolsington is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Newcastle in Tyne and Wear, England. ...
Geography Newcastle is situated in the North East of England, in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear and the historical and traditional county of Northumberland. The city itself is located on the northern bank of the River Tyne at a latitude of 54.974° N and a longitude of 1.614° W. North-East England is one of the nine official regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear and a small part of North Yorkshire. ...
For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...
Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East of England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. ...
Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. ...
The Tyne looking west and upstream from the Newcastle bank towards the Gateshead Millennium Bridge The Tyne Bridge across the River Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead. ...
This article is about the geographical term. ...
Longitude is the east-west geographic coordinate measurement most commonly utilized in cartography and global navigation. ...
The geology of the area is most famous for its large deposits of coal. Whilst the local bedrock consists mainly of carboniferous rocks, millstone grit and oolite are also present. This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...
Coal Example chemical structure of coal Coal (pronounced ) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ...
Bedrock is the native consolidated rock underlying the Earths surface. ...
President Bush- Deres gold in dem dere mines The Carboniferous is a major division of the geologic timescale that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359. ...
Gritstone is a sedimentary rock composed of coarse sand grains and is a coarser version of sandstone. ...
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The climate in Newcastle is temperate, although significantly warmer than some other locations at a similar latitude due to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream (via the North Atlantic Drift). Being in the rain shadow of the North Pennines, it is among the driest cities in the UK. For the usage in virology, see temperate (virology). ...
For the album by Ocean Colour Scene, see North Atlantic Drift (album) The Gulf Stream is orange and yellow in this representation of water temperatures of the Atlantic. ...
The North Atlantic drift is a powerful warm ocean current that continues the Gulf Stream northeast. ...
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Demography
Population According to the UK Government's 2001 census,[7] the city of Newcastle has a population of 189,863, whereas the unitary authority of Newcastle has a population of around 259,500. However, the metropolitan boroughs of North Tyneside (population c.190,000), South Tyneside (population c. 150,000) and Gateshead (population c.200,000) are also part of the Tyneside conurbation, giving the Newcastle-Gateshead metropolitan area a population of 799,000. According to the same statistics, the average age of people living in Newcastle is 37.8 (the national average being 38.6). 93.1% of the population are of white British ethnic background (the national average being 91.3%). Many people in the city have Scottish and Irish ancestors. There is a strong presence of Border Reiver surnames, such as Armstrong, Robson, Charlton, Kerr, Elliot, Hall etc. Other ethnic groups in Newcastle, in order of population size, are Pakistani at 1.9% and Indians at 1.2%. There are also small but significant Chinese and Jewish populations. The Politics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland takes place in the framework of a constitutional monarchy in which the Monarch is head of state and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government. ...
UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ...
A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ...
A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. ...
North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the North East of England, part of the Tyne and Wear urban area centred on Newcastle and formerly part of Northumberland. ...
South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England. ...
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A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities, towns and villages which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. ...
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In population genetics and population ecology, population size (usually denoted N) is the number of individual organisms in a population. ...
The city is largely Christian at 70.6%; Muslims are 3.6%,[8] and a large number (16%) have no religion. For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ...
There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ...
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Health Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has one of the lowest mortality rates in the country and is ranked second in the country for confidence in doctors.[citation needed] Newcastle has three large teaching hospitals: the Royal Victoria Infirmary, the Newcastle General Hospital and the Freeman Hospital, which is also the country's third centre for transplant surgery. An NHS Foundation Trust, or commonly called a foundation hospital, is a public benefit corporation which is authorised to provide goods and services for the purposes of the National Health Service in England under the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003. ...
The Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI), in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, was opened on 11 July 1906 by Edward VII on ten acres of Town Moor given by the Corporation and Freemen. ...
The Freeman Hospital is an 800-bed tertiary referral centre in Newcastle, England. ...
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In a report, published in early February 2007 by the Ear Institute at the University College London, and Widex, a Danish hearing aid manufacturer, Newcastle was named as the noisiest city in the whole of the UK, with an average level of 80.4 decibels. The report claimed that these noise levels would have a negative long-term impact on the health of the city's residents.[9] The report was criticised, however, for attaching too much weight to readings at arbitrarily selected locations, which in Newcastle's case included a motorway underpass without pedestrian access.[10] Affiliations University of London Russell Group LERU EUA ACU Golden Triangle G5 Website http://www. ...
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Transport and infrastructure
National and international Newcastle International Airport is located on the northern outskirts of the city near Ponteland. The airport handles over five million passengers per year, and is the tenth largest, and the fastest growing regional airport in the UK,[11] expecting to reach 10 million passengers by 2016, and 15 million by 2030.[12] As of 2006, more than 80 destinations are available world-wide. A large scale development, Newcastle Great Park, in unused land near the edge of the city close to the airport should help growth further. Download high resolution version (823x1465, 185 KB)Greys Monument, above the Monument Tyne and Wear Metro station in Newcastle upon Tyne, England- 2nd August 2004 by & copyright Tagishsimon - File links The following pages link to this file: Newcastle upon Tyne User:Tagishsimon/Gallery - April - August 2004 Categories: GFDL images...
Download high resolution version (823x1465, 185 KB)Greys Monument, above the Monument Tyne and Wear Metro station in Newcastle upon Tyne, England- 2nd August 2004 by & copyright Tagishsimon - File links The following pages link to this file: Newcastle upon Tyne User:Tagishsimon/Gallery - April - August 2004 Categories: GFDL images...
Greys Monument, above the Monument Tyne and Wear Metro station Greys Monument is a monument to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey built in 1838 in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ...
Greys Monument, above the Monument Tyne and Wear Metro station Monument is a principal station on the underground section of the Tyne and Wear Metro system. ...
The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail metro system based around Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland, in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ...
Newcastle International Airport is the 9th largest airport in the United Kingdom. ...
, Ponteland is a town and residential suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ...
2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Newcastle Central railway station is a principal stop on the East Coast Main Line and Cross Country Route. The station was the first covered railway station in the world and was much copied across the UK. It has a fine neoclassical frontage originally designed by the architect John Dobson and was constructed in collaboration with Robert Stephenson. The station was opened in 1850 by Queen Victoria, with the first services being operated by the North Eastern Railway company. The city's other mainline station, Manors, is situated to the east of the city centre. The interior of the station The exterior Newcastle Central (signed as Newcastle) is the mainline railway station in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ...
The East Coast Main Line viaduct at Durham. ...
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Statue of Robert Stephenson at Euston Station, London Robert Stephenson FRS (October 16, 1803–October 12, 1859) was an English civil engineer. ...
For the game, see: 1850 (board game) 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
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The North Eastern Railway (NER), unlike many other of the pre-Grouping companies, had a relatively compact territory, having the district it covered to itself. ...
Manors railway station is located in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ...
Today, train operator GNER provides a half-hourly frequency of trains to London, with a journey time of a little less than three hours. National Express will take over the East Coast Main Line franchise in December 2007.[13] Virgin Trains, Northern Rail and TransPennine Express operate regular services to many other destinations. Carrbridge Aviemore Kingussie Newtonmore Blair Atholl Pitlochry Dunkeld Gleneagles Dunblane Falkirk Stonehaven Montrose Arbroath Leuchars Kirkcaldy Inverkeithing Motherwell Edinburgh Haymarket Dunbar Berwick-upon-Tweed Alnmouth Morpeth Durham Darlington Northallerton Harrogate Horsforth Skipton Keighley Shipley Bradford Forster Sq Wakefield Westgate Brough Selby Retford Newark North Gate Grantham Stevenage London Kings Cross...
Kings Cross station (often spelt Kings Cross on platform signs) is a railway station in the district of the same name in northeast central London. ...
National Express coach on route 561 National Express is the brand under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in the United Kingdom are marketed, and also the company that manages this network and operates some of the services. ...
The East Coast Main Line viaduct at Durham. ...
Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, which currently provides services from London Euston to the West Midlands, the North West and Scotland, on the West Coast Main Line. ...
Northern Rail is a train operating company that has operated local services in the north of England since 2004. ...
TransPennine Express (TPE) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ...
Major roads in the area include the A1 (Gateshead Newcastle western-bypass), stretching north/south between London and Edinburgh; the A19 heading south past Sunderland and Middlesbrough to York and Doncaster; the A69 heading west to Carlisle; the A167 the old
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