Ceremonial county

Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is a ceremonial county made up of 5 local authorities. Its boundary comes from Ordnance Survey's 2015 edition of Boundary-Line, and each local authority counts as a member of the county holding most of its area. It has no official code.

Its local authorities today. Select one to open its page.

Local authorities

Former members

Wards

111 wards, by local authority.

Gateshead 22

Newcastle upon Tyne 26

North Tyneside 20

South Tyneside 18

Sunderland 25

Ask the API

The API holds Tyne and Wear as a named location, with each member dated, so you can add up data over it or list the areas inside it.

  • The place and its definitionDocs
    GET/v1/locations/tyne-and-wear
  • Its member councilsDocs
    GET/v1/locations/tyne-and-wear/members