Newcastle upon Tyne

**Newcastle upon Tyne** is a city in north-east England. In 2021, 286,445 people lived in the city.

Newcastle upon Tyne is called **Newcastle** for short. It is famous for its big bridge called the Tyne Bridge.

The local dialect and accent is called the _Geordie_ dialect. People from Newcastle are also called Geordies.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Newcastle upon Tyne
- **other name**: Newcastle
- **nicknames**: The Toon
- **settlement type**: City status in the United Kingdom, City and metropolitan borough
- **image shield**: Arms of Newcastle upon Tyne City Council.svg
- **shield size**: 125px
- **image map**: Newcastle upon Tyne UK locator map.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Shown within metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear
- **pushpin map**: England#United Kingdom#Europe
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within England##Location within the United Kingdom##Location within Europe
- **pushpin relief**: 1
- **grid name**: British national grid reference system, OS grid reference
- **subdivision type**: Sovereign state
- **subdivision name**: United Kingdom
- **subdivision type1**: Country
- **subdivision name1**: England
- **subdivision type2**: Regions of England, Region
- **subdivision name2**: North East England, North East
- **subdivision type3**: Metropolitan county
- **subdivision name3**: Tyne and Wear (1974–present)
- **subdivision type4**: Metropolitan borough
- **subdivision name4**: Newcastle upon Tyne (1974–present)
- **subdivision type5**: Historic counties of England, Historic county
- **subdivision name5**: Northumberland
- **leader title**: Directly elected mayors in England and Wales, Metro Mayor
- **leader name**: Jamie Driscoll (Labour and Co-operative, Labour Co-op)
- **leader title1**: Metropolitan borough, Metropolitan borough council
- **leader name1**: Newcastle City Council (Labour Party (UK), Labour controlled)
- **leader title2**: Council HQ
- **leader name2**: Newcastle Civic Centre, Civic Centre, Haymarket, Newcastle, Haymarket
- **leader title3**: List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, Members of Parliament (MPs)
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 2nd century
- **established title2**: Town charter
- **established date2**: Henry II
- **established title3**: County corporate
- **established date3**: 1400
- **established title4**: City status in the United Kingdom, City status
- **established date4**: 1882
- **total type**: Metropolitan borough
- **area total km2**: 115.1
- **population as of**: 2021
- **population blank1 title**: Metropolitan borough
- **population blank1**: 286,445
- **population demonym**: Geordie, Novocastrian
- **demographics type1**: GDP
- **demographics1 info1**: US$ 44.6 billion
- **demographics1 title2**: Per capita
- **demographics1 info2**: US$ 29,978
- **parts type**: Neighbourhoods
- **parts style**: list
- **p2**: Benton, Tyne and Wear, Benton
- **p3**: Benwell
- **p4**: Blakelaw
- **p5**: Byker
- **p6**: Chinatown, Newcastle, Chinatown
- **p7**: Cowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, Cowgate
- **p8**: Coxlodge
- **p9**: Denton Burn
- **p10**: Dinnington, Tyne and Wear, Dinnington
- **p11**: East Denton
- **p12**: Elswick, Tyne and Wear, Elswick
- **p13**: Fawdon
- **p14**: Fenham
- **p15**: Gosforth
- **p16**: Grainger Town
- **p17**: Haymarket, Newcastle, Haymarket
- **p18**: Hazlerigg
- **p19**: Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Heaton
- **p20**: High Heaton
- **p21**: Jesmond
- **p22**: Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Kenton
- **p23**: Kingston Park
- **p24**: Lemington
- **p25**: Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, Monument
- **p26**: Newburn
- **p27**: Newcastle Great Park, Great Park
- **p28**: Ouseburn
- **p29**: Paradise, Tyne and Wear, Paradise
- **p30**: Quayside
- **p32**: Red House Farm
- **p33**: Sandyford, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sandyford
- **p34**: Scotswood
- **p35**: Shieldfield
- **p36**: Slatyford
- **p37**: Spital Tongues
- **p38**: Sugley
- **p39**: Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Walker
- **p40**: Walkergate
- **p41**: West Denton
- **p42**: Westerhope
- **p43**: Woolsington
- **timezone**: Greenwich Mean Time, GMT (UTC±00:00, UTC)
- **timezone dst**: British Summer Time, BST
- **utc offset dst**: +1
- **postal code type**: Postcodes in the United Kingdom, Postcode
- **postal code**: NE postcode area, NE1NE7; NE12NE20; NE27NE29; NE82NE99
- **area code type**: Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom, Dialling code
- **area code**: 0191
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:GB, GB-NET
- **code1 name**: GSS code
- **code1 info**: [http://statistics.data.gov.uk/id/statistical-geography/E08000021 E08000021]
- **code2 name**: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS 3
- **code2 info**: UKC22
- **blank4 name sec1**: UK railway stations, National rail stations
- **blank4 info sec1**: (United Kingdom railway station categories, A)

Manors railway station, Manors (United Kingdom railway station categories, F2)
- **blank3 name sec1**: List of airports in the United Kingdom and the British Crown Dependencies, International airport
- **blank3 info sec1**: Newcastle International Airport, Newcastle International (IATA airport code, NCL)
- **blank5 name sec1**: Rapid transit, Rapid transit system
- **blank5 info sec1**: Tyne and Wear Metro

- **blank6 name sec1**: Trunk roads
- **blank2 name sec2**: Territorial police force#United Kingdom, Police
- **blank2 info sec2**: Northumbria Police, Northumbria
- **blank3 name sec2**: NHS ambulance services, Ambulance
- **blank3 info sec2**: North East Ambulance Service, North East
- **blank4 name sec2**: Firefighting, Fire and Rescue
- **blank4 info sec2**: Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, Tyne and Wear