Tynedale

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 (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 328th 59,200 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. It had a resident population of 58,808 according to Census 2001, and is named for the River Tyne. Its main towns are Hexham and Prudhoe. The district contains part of Hadrian's Wall.

With an area of 2,219kmē 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.

External link

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

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Districts of England - 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
1974 counties: Cleveland - County Durham - Northumberland - Tyne and Wear