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Gateshead Council is the largest of the five Tyne and Wear districts. It covers a total of 55 square miles and extends 12.6 miles along the south bank of the River Tyne.
It comprises the mainly urban areas of central Gateshead, Felling, Dunston and Blaydon and the more rural districts of Ryton, Whickham and parts of the Derwent Valley.
To provide services for a population of approx. 191,500 people (source: ONS MYE 2005), Gateshead Council employs nearly 10,000 people.
The council has a national and international reputation for sport, horticulture and public art and is home to Europe's largest out of town shopping and leisure complex, the MetroCentre.
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Gateshead Council website
Contact:
[at July 2008]
Sheila Johnston
Director Development & Enterprise
Gateshead Council
Civic Centre
Regent Street
Gateshead
Tyne and Wear
NE8 1HH
Tel (0191) 433 3880
Fax (0191) 478 0349
Email: sheilajohnston@gateshead.gov.uk