South Tyneside

South Tyneside is a borough in in northeast England, with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a series of towns that have been industrial since the Middle Ages, and that historically lay in County Durham.
  • Type: metropolitan borough with 151,000 residents
  • Description: metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England, UK
  • Also known as: Borough of South Tyneside”, “Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside”, “South Tyneside (unparished area)”, and “South Tyneside Borough

Places of Interest

Highlights include East Boldon Metro station and South Tyneside District Hospital.

Railway station
East Boldon is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the villages of and , in South Tyneside, , England. It joined the network on 31 March 2002, following the opening of the extension from to .

Hospital
is a healthcare facility providing healthcare services for , , , Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn. It is managed by South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust.

Castle
is a stone castle in the North Hylton area of Sunderland, . Originally built from wood by the Hilton family shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066, it was later rebuilt in stone in the late 14th to early 15th century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sunderland and South Shields.

is a city in in northeast England, with a population of 171,000 in 2021. It's industrial, but has lost traditional trades such as shipbuilding, and is still re-inventing itself.

Town
is a coastal port town in South Tyneside, , England; it lies on the south bank of the mouth of the . The town was known in Roman times as and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages.

Suburb
is an affluent area and former civil parish in the Sunderland district, in the county of , England. The parish was abolished in 1928 as a result of the Sunderland Corporation Act 1927, and the area incorporated into the former County Borough of Sunderland.

South Tyneside

Latitude
54.95° or 54° 57′ north
Longitude
-1.4167° or 1° 25′ west
Population
151,000
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Abbreviation
“STY”
Open location code
9C6WWHXM+X8
Geo­Names ID
3333199
Wiki­data ID
Q1541228
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“South Tyneside” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Սաութ Թայնսայդ
  • Breton: Su Tyneside
  • Catalan: South Tyneside
  • Cebuano: South Tyneside
  • Chinese: South Tyneside
  • Chinese: 南泰因賽德
  • Chinese: 南泰因赛德
  • Dutch: South Tyneside
  • Esperanto: South Tyneside
  • Finnish: South Tyneside
  • French: South Tyneside
  • German: GB-STY
  • German: South Tyneside
  • Hungarian: South Tyneside
  • Irish: Tyneside Theas
  • Italian: South Tyneside
  • Japanese: サウス・タインサイド (非教区)
  • Japanese: サウス・タインサイド・バラ
  • Japanese: サウス・タインサイド
  • Korean: 사우스타인사이드
  • Latvian: Dienvidtainsaida
  • Macedonian: Јужен Тајнсајд
  • Min Nan Chinese: South Tyneside
  • Northern Frisian: South Tyneside
  • Norwegian Bokmål: South Tyneside
  • Norwegian: South Tyneside
  • Persian: تاینساید جنوبی
  • Polish: South Tyneside
  • Romanian: South Tyneside
  • Russian: Саут-Тайнсайд
  • Serbo-Croatian: South Tyneside
  • Spanish: South Tyneside
  • Swedish: South Tyneside
  • Ukrainian: Саут-Тайнсайд
  • Urdu: جنوبی ٹینیسائڈ
  • Welsh: De Tyneside
  • South Tyneside

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