Dunston, Tyne and Wear

Dunston
Dunston Location within Tyne and Wear
Metropolitan borough	Gateshead
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Gateshead
Postcode district	NE11
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East
List of places UK England Tyne and Wear 54°57′07″N 1°38′20″W / 54.952°N 1.639°W / 54.952; -1.639

Dunston is a western area of the town of Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, North East England (into which it was absorbed in 1974). Dunston had a population of 18,326 at the 2011 Census.