Tynedale
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Tynedale District | |
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Missing image NorthumberlandTynedale.png Tynedale Shown within Northumberland | |
Geography | |
Status: | District |
Region: | North East England |
Admin. County: | Northumberland |
Area: - Total | Ranked 2nd 2,219.43 km² |
Admin. HQ: | Hexham |
ONS code: | 35UF |
Demographics | |
Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 328th 59,366 27 / km² |
Ethnicity: | 99.3% White |
Politics | |
Tynedale Council http://www.tynedale.gov.uk/ | |
Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 |
Control: | Conservative |
MP: | Peter Atkinson |
Tynedale is a local government district in south-west Northumberland. It had a resident population of 58,808 according to Census 2001, and is named for the River Tyne. Its main towns are Hexham and Prudhoe. The district contains part of Hadrian's Wall.
With an area of 2,219kmē it is the second largest English district, after the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is bigger than several English counties, including Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Hertfordshire.
External link
- Statistics (http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/AreaProfileFrames.asp?aid=175723&hid=14&tid=13) about the Tynedale district from the Office of National Statistics Census 2001
Districts of England - North East England | |
Alnwick - Berwick-upon-Tweed - Blyth Valley - Castle Morpeth - Chester-le-Street - Darlington - Derwentside - Durham - Easington - Gateshead - Hartlepool - Middlesbrough - Newcastle upon Tyne - North Tyneside - Redcar and Cleveland - Sedgefield - South Tyneside - Stockton-on-Tees - Sunderland - Teesdale - Tynedale - Wansbeck - Wear Valley
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1974 counties: Cleveland - County Durham - Northumberland - Tyne and Wear |