WANSBECK

Wansbeck District
Wansbeck ''Shown within Northumberland''
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	North East England
Admin. County:	Northumberland
Area: - Total	Ranked 283rd 66.76 km²
Admin. HQ:	Ashington
ONS code:	35UG
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	99.0% White
Politics
Wansbeck District Council http://www.wansbeck.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MP:	Denis Murphy

'Wansbeck' is a local government district in south-east Northumberland, England. Its main settlements are Ashington, Bedlington and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.
The district is mostly urban, on the North Sea coast north of the Tyneside conurbation. It borders Blyth Valley district to the south, the border being the River Blyth. It was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the urban districts of Ashington, Bedlingtonshire and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. It is named after the River Wansbeck.

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★ Statistics about the Wansbeck district from the Office for National Statistics Census 2001