North Tyneside

North Tyneside
Metropolitan borough
St Mary's Lighthouse, Whitley Bay
Coat of arms
Motto:  We Serve
North Tyneside shown within Tyne and Wear
Coordinates: 55°00′44″N 1°32′44″W / 55.0123°N 1.5456°W / 55.0123; -1.5456
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North East
Combined authority	North East
Ceremonial county	Tyne and Wear
Historic county	Northumberland
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named for	River Tyne
Administrative HQ	Wallsend
Government [1]
• Type	Metropolitan borough with mayor and cabinet
• Body	North Tyneside Council
• Control	Labour
• Mayor	Norma Redfearn (L)
• Chairman	Brian Burdis
• Chief Executive	Paul Hanson
• House of Commons	2 MPs Alan Campbell (L) Mary Glindon (L)
Area [2]
• Total	32.7 sq mi (84.8 km2)
• Land	32 sq mi (82 km2)
• Rank	212th
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	210,487
• Rank	93rd
• Density	6,630/sq mi (2,558/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 94.9% White 2.6% Asian 1.4% Mixed 0.6% Black 0.6% other
Religion (2021) [4]
• Religion	List 46.6% Christianity 46.1% no religion 1.2% Islam 0.4% Hinduism 0.3% Buddhism 0.2% Sikhism 0.1% Judaism 0.4% other 4.8% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	NE
Dialling code	0191
ISO 3166 code	GB-NTY
GSS code	E08000022
ITL code	TLC22
GVA	2021 estimate[5]
• Total	£4.8 billion
• Per capita	£22,754
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate[5]
• Total	£5.4 billion
• Per capita	£25,948
Website	northtyneside.gov.uk

North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It forms part of the greater Tyneside conurbation. North Tyneside Council is headquartered at Cobalt Park, Wallsend.

North Tyneside is bordered by Newcastle upon Tyne to the west, the North Sea to the east, the River Tyne to the south and Northumberland to the north. Within its bounds are the towns of Wallsend, North Shields, Killingworth, Tynemouth and Whitley Bay, which form a continuously built-up area contiguous with Newcastle upon Tyne.