Killingworth

Killingworth
Killingworth Location within Tyne and Wear
Population	20,079 (Killingworth and Camperdown wards 2011)[1]
OS grid reference	NZ2777
Metropolitan borough	North Tyneside
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode district	NE12
Dialling code	0191
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Cramlington and Killingworth
List of places UK England Tyne and Wear 55°01′54″N 1°33′21″W / 55.0318°N 1.5557°W / 55.0318; -1.5557

Killingworth, formerly Killingworth Township, is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It lies within the historic county of Northumberland.

Killingworth was built as a new town in the 1960s,^[2] next to Killingworth Village, which existed for centuries before the new town was built. Other nearby villages include Forest Hall, West Moor and Backworth.

Killingworth has bus links to the rest of Tyne and Wear. The town is not on the Tyne and Wear Metro network; its nearest stations are Palmersville and Benton.

The town of Killingworth in Australia is named after the British original because of its extensive coal mines.