Tynedale

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Tynedale District
Shown within Northumberland
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	North East England
Admin. County:	Northumberland
Area: - Total	Ranked 2nd 2,219.43 km²
Admin. HQ:	Hexham
ONS code:	35UF
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 328th 59,800 27 / km²
Ethnicity:	99.3% White
Politics
Tynedale Council http://www.tynedale.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MP:	Peter Atkinson

Tynedale is a local government district in south-west Northumberland, England. It had a resident population of 58,808 according to Census 2001, and is named after the River Tyne (and also the old Tynedale ward). Its main towns are Hexham and Prudhoe. The district contains part of Hadrian's Wall.

With an area of 2,219 km² it is the second largest English district, after the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is bigger than several English counties, including Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Hertfordshire. The current district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of Hexham and Prudhoe urban districts, along with Bellingham Rural District, Haltwhistle Rural District and Hexham Rural District.

Tynedale was historically a liberty created alongside Hexhamshire by Henry I of England.

[edit] Settlements and parishes

Tynedale contains the settlements and civil parishes of (towns highlighted in bold):

• Acomb, Allendale
• Bardon Mill, Bavington, Bellingham, Birtley, Blanchland, Broomhaugh and Riding, Broomley, Bywell
• Chollerton, Coanwood, Corbridge, Corsenside
• Falstone, Featherstone
• Greenhead, Greystead
• Haltwhistle, Hartleyburn, Haydon, Healey, Hedley, Henshaw, Hexham, Hexhamshire, Hexhamshire Low Quarter, Horsley, Humshaugh
• Juniper
• Kielder, Kirkwhelpington, Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh
• Melkridge, Mickley
• Newbrough
• Otterburn, Ovingham, Ovington
• Plenmeller with Whitfield, Prudhoe
• Rochester
• Sandhoe, Shotley Low Quarter, Simonburn, Slaley, Stocksfield
• Tarset, Thirlwall
• Wall, Warden, Wark, West Allen, Whitfield, Whittington, Wylam

[edit] External link

• Statistics about the Tynedale district from the Office for National Statistics Census 2001

Districts of North East England
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
Counties with multiple districts: County Durham - Northumberland - Tyne and Wear