South Tyneside

Borough of South Tyneside
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	North East England
Ceremonial County:	Tyne and Wear
Area: - Total	Ranked 286th 64.41 km²
Admin. HQ:	South Shields
ONS code:	00CL
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 104th 152,340 2,365 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.3% White 1.6% S.Asian
Politics
South Tyneside Council http://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Stephen Hepburn, David Miliband

South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England.

It is bordered by four other boroughs - Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, and North Tyneside to the north. The border county of Northumberland lies further north. The borough once formed part of County Durham before Government re-organisation in 1974.

South Tyneside is relatively small in terms of geographical area (64.43 km²/ 24.98 miles²) and population (152 785, June 2003). The North Sea lies east and to the north the River Tyne. There is 23.64 km²/ 9.12 miles² of Green Belt at its southern boundary.

The main administrative centre and largest town is South Shields. Other riverside towns are Jarrow and Hebburn, while the villages of Cleadon, Whitburn and the Boldons border Wearside to the south at Sunderland.

South Tyneside is represented by two Members of Parliament with two constituencies at South Shields and Jarrow (which also serves Hebburn and the Urban Fringe villages).

The weather is variable and typical of a Catherine Cookson, former three times Prime Minister of New Zealand Sir William Fox, actress Dame Flora Robson, BBC war correspondent Kate Adie, Hollywood director Ridley Scott, entrepreneur J. Barbour and athlete Steve Cram. Author Lewis Carroll was inspired to write 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass' by local residents he met when staying in Whitburn. South Tynesiders are noted for their hospitality, community spirit and sense of humour.

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
1974 counties: Cleveland - County Durham - Northumberland - Tyne and Wear