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The North East is a mixed urban and rural region extending from the Scottish border to
Yorkshire and from the Pennine Hills to the North Sea. Situated on the eastern seaboard of the UK f
acing Europe, it is one of the smallest of the English regions in both area and population. Covering
8,592 square kilometres, it is home to 2.6 million people most of whom live along the three great commercial rivers of the Tyne, the Wear and theTees.
Dozens of villages dot the region, and the landscape is still largely unspoilt. To the North the Cheviot Hills and Kielder
Forest lead to the border with Scotland. In the South, the region borders the North Yorkshire Moors and the Yorkshire
Dales. The 160 kilometre North Sea coastline forms the Eastern border and the Western part of the region is formed by the hills, moorland and forests of the North Pennines. |
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 18:22 |
Situated between North Yorkshire and County Durham, Tees Valley encompasses the five historic boroughs of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees and Redcar & Cleveland.
The Tees Valley is home to a quarter of the population of the North East - 650,000 people living in the five unitary authorities of
Darlington Borough Council
Hartlepool Council
Middlesbrough Council
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Useful websites
http://www.visitteesvalley.co.uk/
http://www.teesvalley-jsu.gov.uk/
http://www.teesvalleypartnership.co.uk/ |
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 18:18 |
Durham County has its western boundary high in the Pennine Hills and its eastern boundary at the North Sea coastline. The area is mainly rural with 12 main towns and 240 other small towns and villages, many of which are former colliery villages. The population is almost 500,000 with more than half of the residents living in villages of less than 10,000 people.
Currently, local government in the county is organised on a two-tier basis, in which two types of council, a county council and a district or borough council, provide the council services you receive. Across Durham there is one county council and six district or borough councils.
District and borough councils
As from the 1st of April 2009 a new single authority will be in place.
Please click here for more information.
Useful websites
Durham Connects website.
Facts and figures about County Durham
Overview of County Durham |
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 18:14 |
The five unique areas of Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland border the two main rivers the Tyne and the Wear, where the region derived its name. Tyne and Wear is home to 43% of the North East’s population with 1.08 million people living there.
Tyne and Wear is made up of five metropolitan boroughs:
Gateshead Council
Newcastle City Council
North Tyneside Council
South Tyneside Council
City of Sunderland Council
Useful websites
http://www.visittyneandwear.com/
http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/twri |
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Northumberland
Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of North Sea coastline.
Northumberland is one of the largest counties in England. It has a total land area of almost 2,000 square miles but a population of only 300,000 people. With only 157 people per square mile, it is by far the least densely populated county in England.
Currently, local government in the county is organised on a two-tier basis, in which two types of council, a county council and a district or borough council, provide the council services you receive. Across Northumberland there is one county council and six district or borough councils.
District and borough councils
As from the 1st of April 2009 a new single authority will be in place.
Click here for more information.
Useful websites
http://www.nsp.org.uk/page.asp?id=660
http://www.northumberland.gov.uk
http://www.visitnorthumberland.com/ |
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