Wansbeck
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| Wansbeck District | |
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 Shown within Northumberland | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | North East England |
| Admin. County: | Northumberland |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 283rd 66.76 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Ashington |
| ONS code: | 35UG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density | Ranked 326th 61,700 924 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 99.0% White |
| Politics | |
| Wansbeck District Council http://www.wansbeck.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MP: | Denis Murphy |
- For other uses, see Wansbeck (disambiguation).
Wansbeck is a local government district in south-east Northumberland, England. Its main settlements are Ashington, Bedlington and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.
The district is mostly urban, on the North Sea coast north of the Tyneside conurbation. It borders Blyth Valley district to the south, the border being the River Blyth. It was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the urban districts of Ashington, Bedlingtonshire and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. It is named after the River Wansbeck.
[edit] External links
- Statistics about the Wansbeck district from the Office for National Statistics Census 2001
| Districts of North East England | Image:Flag of England.svg |
| 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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| Counties with multiple districts: County Durham - Northumberland - Tyne and Wear |
