Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and
Wear, North East England, situated on the north bank of the River Tyne and
centred 8.5 mi (13.7 km) from the North Sea. It is the most populous
city in North East England. The city lies at the urban core of the Tyneside
conurbation, which is the seventh most populous conurbation in the United
Kingdom and the most populous in the North East region. Newcastle is a member
of the English Core Cities Group and with Gateshead the Eurocities network of
European cities. Newcastle was part of the county of Northumberland until 1400
when it
