Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, in North East England. The borough forms the south west part of the county. It is named after its largest town, Gateshead, but also spans the towns of Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon and Ryton; suburban areas include Felling, Pelaw, Dunston and Low Fell.
It is bordered by five other local authorities: Newcastle upon Tyne to the north, Northumberland to the west, County Durham to the south,
Sunderland to the south east, and South Tyneside to the east.
History.
The district has some 201,000 inhabitants and is located within the historic county boundaries of County Durham. It is south of the River Tyne, the historic county boundary between Northumberland and Durham. The metropolitan borough was formed in 1974 through the merger of the county borough of Gateshead with the urban districts of Felling, Whickham, Blaydon, Ryton and part of Chester-le-Street Rural District, with the borough placed in the new metropolitan county