Fatfield

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Fatfield
Coordinates: 54.880624° N 1.537083° W Fatfield shown within Tyne and Wear
Metropolitan borough	City of Sunderland
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	NE38
Dial code	0191
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Houghton and Washington East
European Parliament	North East England
List of places: UK • England • Tyne and Wear

Fatfield is a small village in Tyne and Wear, located in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough. It forms part of the Washington new town.

It had national publicity in the 1990's when the village was challenged to lose weight on the Fatfield Diet as part of a television programme.

The housing style in Fatfield consists of centrally located attached council houses (known as white houses due to their colour) and privately owned detached houses located in quiet cul-de-sacs on the outskirts.

Fatfield has a a village shop for newspapers etc aswell as 'Bals' off license. Washington Arts Centre is also located in Fatfield.