North Tyneside

Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
Metropolitan Borough of 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
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North East
Ceremonial county	Tyne and Wear
City region	North East
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named for	River Tyne
Administrative HQ	Wallsend
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	North Tyneside Council
• Executive	Mayor and cabinet
• Control	Labour
• Mayor	Norma Redfearn (L)
• Chairman	Brian Burdis
• MPs	2 MPs Alan Campbell (L) ; Mary Glindon (L) ;
Area
• Total	32.7 sq mi (84.8 km2)
• Land	32 sq mi (82 km2)
• Rank	212th
Population (2022)
• Total	210,487
• Rank	93rd
• Density	6,630/sq mi (2,558/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 94.9% White ; 2.6% Asian ; 1.4% Mixed ; 0.6% Black ; 0.6% other ;
Religion (2021)
• 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 areas	NE
Dialling codes	0191
ISO 3166 code	GB-NTY
GSS code	E08000022
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.