Wansbeck

Wansbeck District
Former District
Shown within Northumberland
Coordinates: 55°10′08″N 1°34′26″W / 55.169°N 1.574°W / 55.169; -1.574Coordinates: 55°10′08″N 1°34′26″W / 55.169°N 1.574°W / 55.169; -1.574
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North East England
Administrative county	Northumberland
Founded	1 April 1974
Abolished	1 April 2009
Admin. HQ	Ashington
Government
• Type	Wansbeck District Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• MPs:	Ian Lavery
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
ONS code	35UG
Ethnicity	99.0% White
Website	wansbeck.gov.uk

Wansbeck was a local government district in south-east Northumberland, England. Its main population centres were Ashington, Bedlington and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.

The area which was bounded by the district is mostly urban, on the North Sea coast north of the Tyneside conurbation. It bordered Blyth Valley district to the south, the border being the River Blyth. It was formed on 1 April 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.

The district council was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England effective from 1 April 2009 with responsibilities being transferred to Northumberland County Council, a unitary authority.

Notable people

• Sean Taylor, professional footballer

External links

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

Ceremonial county of Northumberland North East England Portal Unitary authorities Northumberland Major settlements Alnwick Amble Ashington Bedlington Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Cramlington Haltwhistle Hexham Morpeth Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Ponteland Prudhoe Rothbury Wooler See also: List of civil parishes in Northumberland Topics Flag Parliamentary constituencies Places SSSIs Country Houses Grade 1 listed buildings History Museums Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Schools

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