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Birtley, Tyne and Wear
Town in North-East England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Birtley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is situated to the south of Gateshead and is conjoined to Chester-le-Street across the county boundary in County Durham.
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Birtley | |
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![]() Durham Road, Birtley | |
Location within Tyne and Wear | |
Population | 8,367 (2011.Ward) |
OS grid reference | NZ271563 |
Metropolitan borough | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Chester Le Street |
Postcode district | DH2, DH3 |
Dialling code | 0191 |
Police | Northumbria |
Fire | Tyne and Wear |
Ambulance | North East |
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Until 1974, Birtley and the adjoining areas of Barley Mow, Vigo and Portobello were part of Chester-le-Street Rural District under County Durham until being moved into Tyne and Wear under the Borough of Gateshead. It forms an urban area with nearby Chester-le-Street, Washington, Houghton le Spring, Hetton le Hole and Sunderland as part of Wearside. Birtley was a civil parish with a parish council (which also covered the adjoining neighbourhoods) until 1 April 2006, after a local referendum agreed to abolish it.[1] The former parish had a population of 11,377 in 2001.[2] The ward of Birtley in the Gateshead MBC had a population of 8,367 in the 2011 Census.[3]