Gateshead is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. The town shares the Millennium Bridge, Tyne Bridge and multiple other bridges with Newcastle upon Tyne.
Image: The Baltic Centre in Gateshead (geograph 6379018)
Image: Sage Gateshead (51218527548)
Image: Angel of the North, Gateshead, United Kingdom
Image: Saltwell Towers, Saltwell Park, Gateshead (geograph 2319658)
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It includes Gateshead, Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon, Ryton, Felling, Birtley, Pelaw, Dunston and Low Fell. The borough forms part of the Tyneside conurbation, centred on Newcastle upon Tyne. At the 2021 census, the borough had a population of 196,154.
Angel of the North
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
Old Town Hall: Council's headquarters 1870–1987