Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead

Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear in England. Administrative center is the city of Gateshead. Other important towns in the district are Blaydon, Dunston, Felling, Rowlands Gill, Ryton and Whickham.

The reorganization of the limits and the capabilities of local authorities led in 1974 to form the Metropolitan Borough. Were fused while the County Borough Gateshead, the Urban Districts Blaydon, Felling and Ryton and part of the Rural District Chester -le- Street. These authorities previously belonged to County Durham.

1986 Gateshead was actually a Unitary Authority, as the central government dissolved the overall management of the county. Gateshead was for ceremonial purposes part of Tyne and Wear, as well as for individual higher-level tasks such as firefighters and public transport.