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Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (/ nj uː ˈ k æ s əl / ⓘ new-KASS-əl, RP: / ˈ nj uː k ɑː s əl / ⓘ NEW-kah-səl), [5] is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south.
Newcastle upon Tyne North is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Catherine McKinnell of the Labour Party. [n 2]Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, effective from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency underwent wholesale boundary changes, with only 41.3% of the previous seat being included in ...
Byker is a district in the east of the city and metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Home to the Byker Wall estate, made famous by TV series Byker Grove, Byker's population was recorded at 12,206 in the 2011 census. [1] Byker is bordered by Heaton to the north and by Shieldfield to the north
This is a list of television shows set in Newcastle upon Tyne. 55 Degrees North; Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (some segments) Boy Meets Girl; Breeze Block; Byker Grove; The Dumping Ground; Finney; Firm Friends; Geordie Racer; Geordie Shore; Hebburn; Inspector George Gently; Lawless; The Likely Lads; Our Friends in the North; The Paper Lads; Quayside ...
Newcastle's Mosley Street was the first in Britain to be lit by electricity. The 1971 gangster film Get Carter (starring Michael Caine) was filmed in the North East and features Gateshead's former Trinity Square car park. In the UK, every packet of Nestlé Rolos is made at Fawdon in Newcastle.
Newcastle International Airport (IATA: NCL, ICAO: EGNT) is an international airport serving Newcastle upon Tyne, England.Located approximately 7.7 mi (12.4 km) from Newcastle City Centre, it is the primary and busiest airport in North East England, and the second busiest in Northern England.
As part of the Führer's War Directive No. 9, Newcastle, north Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside in north-east England were deemed important targets. The areas had important heavy industry including shipbuilding and busy docks sending coal to London and the south and there were also major railway connections to Scotland.
The North of Tyne Combined Authority was a mayoral combined authority which consisted of the local authorities of Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, and Northumberland, all in North East England. [2] The authority came into being on 2 November 2018 under the statutory name Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority.