22-440: Earsdon is a village in the borough of North Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear , England. It sits on the border of Northumberland , which it is historically part of, and is approximately two miles from Whitley Bay . The village had a population of 613 in 2011. Earsdon was an urban district from 1897 to 1935, consisting of the four parishes of Earsdon, Backworth , Holywell, and Murton. Earsdon Urban District and parish
44-457: A continuously built-up area contiguous with Newcastle upon Tyne . The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the county borough of Tynemouth , with the borough of Wallsend , part of the borough of Whitley Bay , the urban district of Longbenton and part of the urban district of Seaton Valley , all of which were in Northumberland . Killingworth was built as a new town in
66-675: Is Newcastle , which is also served by the Tyne & Wear Metro. North Tyneside has an extensive bus network, with most areas benefiting from direct services to Newcastle. Many areas have direct bus services to Cramlington, Blyth or Morpeth. The principle bus operators in the area are Arriva North East (all areas), Go North East (most areas) and Stagecoach in Newcastle (Benton, Forest Hall, Killingworth and Wallsend). The Shields Ferry links North Shields to South Shields, in South Tyneside. There
88-711: Is twinned with: The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of North Tyneside. North East Mayoral Combined Authority The North East Combined Authority ( NECA ) is a combined authority in North East England . It has a directly-elected Mayor and seven member councils: two are unitary authorities ( Durham and Northumberland ) and five are metropolitan borough councils ( Gateshead , Newcastle , North Tyneside , South Tyneside and Sunderland ). The combined authority's area and
110-598: Is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear , England . It forms part of the greater Tyneside conurbation . North Tyneside Council is headquartered at Cobalt Park , Wallsend . North Tyneside is bordered by Newcastle upon Tyne to the west, the North Sea to the east, the River Tyne to the south and Northumberland to the north. Within its bounds are the towns of Wallsend, North Shields , Killingworth , Tynemouth and Whitley Bay , which form
132-571: Is also a war memorial in the village. A second church, Earsdon Methodist Chapel, is located within a former quarry. There is a disused coal mine works a short distance from the village, including the Fenwick Heap. After closure, the heap spontaneously combusted underground and was burning internally until work started to reclaim the land. The reclamation work started in 2009 and was completed in September 2010. North Tyneside North Tyneside
154-538: Is an international ferry terminal at Royal Quays in North Shields, with a service to Amsterdam ( IJmuiden ). Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North East and Cumbria and ITV Tyne Tees . Television signals are received from the Pontop Pike TV transmitter Radio stations that broadcast to the area are: The area is served by the local newspaper, Evening Chronicle . North Tyneside
176-585: Is served by 17 stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro on a loop from Newcastle through Wallsend, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Benton and back to Newcastle. Trains operate at least every 15 minutes, with extra services in the peak hours. Most of the stations serving North Tyneside fall into fare zones B and C. There are no National Rail stations in the borough, despite the East Coast Main Line and Blyth and Tyne routes passing through. The nearest National Rail station
198-525: The 1960s and became part of North Tyneside. The following places are located in North Tyneside: North Tyneside is split by the A19 : the west of the borough is more urban, and is mostly contiguous with the city of Newcastle. The towns in the east of the borough are more separate from the central part of the Newcastle urban area. Many of the most affluent neighbourhoods in Tyne and Wear are found in
220-483: The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024. The NECA cabinet has eight voting members and two non-voting members: The mayor provides leadership to the combined authority and chair combined authority meetings. A deputy mayor was appointed from among the voting members of the authority and the mayor may delegate mayoral functions to authority members. When
242-482: The authority took place on 2 May 2024. The replacement of both the non-mayoral North East Combined Authority and the North of Tyne Combined Authority happened on 7 May 2024. The new combined authority was operational by the end of May 2024. The Tyne and Wear County Council was abolished in 1986 alongside other metropolitan county governments. In 2004, a referendum (the 2004 North East England devolution referendum )
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#1732876734183264-651: The coalfield that covers the South-East of the historic county of Northumberland. It has traditionally been a centre of heavy industry along with the rest of Tyneside, with for example the Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend, and export of coal. Today most of the heavy industry has gone, leaving high unemployment in some areas (over the borough, 5.1% compared to 3.7% for the UK in 2022). Two key roads serve North Tyneside: North Tyneside
286-529: The coastal part of the borough. Unlike most English districts, North Tyneside Council is led by a directly elected mayor ; since May 2013, this post has been held by Norma Redfearn of the Labour Party . She was most recently elected on 6 May 2021. The council has sixty elected members, three from each of the twenty wards in the borough. Elections are staggered into thirds, with one councillor from each ward elected each year for three consecutive years, and
308-524: The deal and that it did not represent levelling up ; he said he agreed with its introduction nevertheless. The seven local councils approved the final plans for the NECA on 9 November 2023, subject to approval by the chief executives of the councils, to allow for the Secretary of State to make the order for the NECA to be established. The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024
330-502: The leaders south of the Tyne were worried about the loss of EU funding, and in 2017 no mayor was elected. From 2 November 2018, the boundaries of NECA were reduced to Durham, Sunderland, Gateshead and South Tyneside. The remaining areas left to form a mayoral combined authority called the North of Tyne Combined Authority. The division of the Tyneside built up area into two combined authorities
352-596: The mayoral election held on the fourth year. North Tyneside is part of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority , which is chaired by the directly elected Mayor of the North East ; there are therefore two directly elected mayors covering North Tyneside. The combined authority was established in 2024 covering North Tyneside, County Durham , Gateshead , Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , South Tyneside and Sunderland . North Tyneside lies in
374-455: The previous devolution deal gave NECA increased devolved powers. The deeper devolution deal was signed on 18 March 2024. The deal includes provisions to establish a new North East Strategic Energy Board to coordinate energy supply and demand and promote growth in the offshore wind sector and a new North East Coastal and Rural Taskforce to strengthen the region’s rural and coastal communities. The arrangements for NECA's governance were set out in
396-523: The separate Tees Valley devolved region occupy the wider statistical region of North East England . The authority was announced on 28 December 2022 in the North East devolution deal . On 6 March 2024, the Government announced the North East deeper devolution deal , which allowed the new authority to absorb multiple previous devolved bodies and gave NECA increased devolved powers. The first election for
418-461: Was abolished on 1 April 1935, with the majority of the area going to Seaton Valley , apart from small areas which went to Tynemouth and Whitley and Monkseaton . In 1931 the parish had a population of 5965. The graveyard of St Alban 's Anglican church is home to a memorial to the 204 men and boys killed in the Hartley Colliery disaster of 1862, at the nearby village of New Hartley . There
440-606: Was criticised. In the Levelling Up white paper, the Government announced a larger mayoral combined authority would be created for the region. Durham was to negotiate a separate county deal. On 28 December 2022, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove announced a £1.4 billion devolution deal. The deal included the establishment of a unified mayoral combined authority, with a mayor to be elected in 2024 . Martin Gannon, leader of Gateshead Council , said local councils were being forced into
462-473: Was held in the North East region to establish a devolved assembly, which was rejected by voters. The North East Combined Authority (NECA) was established in April 2014, including seven councils: Durham, Sunderland, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Newcastle and Northumberland. A devolution deal was agreed, including the creation of a mayor to be elected in 2017. In September 2016, that deal broke down, as
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#1732876734183484-407: Was laid before Parliament on 8 February 2024 and was made as a statutory instrument on 20 March 2024. The Order dissolved two combined authorities to create NECA, prescribed the regeneration powers which the new Combined Authority holds and set out the functions which the elected Mayor will control. On 6 March 2024, the Government announced the North East deeper devolution deal, which supersedes
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