Metropolitan borough council · England
Gateshead
Gateshead is a metropolitan borough council. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.
What this council is responsible for
Gateshead
Metropolitan borough council · E08000037
- Planning applications
- Bin and recycling collection
- Council tax and business rates collection
- Housing and homelessness
- Licensing
- Environmental health
- Parks and leisure
- Local elections
- Schools and education
- Adult social care
- Children’s services
- Roads and highways
- Waste disposal
- Libraries
- Trading standards
- Public health
Type
Metropolitan borough council
Single tier
Official code
E08000037
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
Combined authority
North East
Strategic transport, economic development, skills
Other bodies covering this area
North East
Combined authority
- Strategic transport
- Economic development
- Skills
Tyne and Wear
Fire and rescue authority
- Fire and rescue
33
Postcode sectors
20
Wards
4
Constituencies
8 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.
Boundary
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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →
Parliamentary constituencies
Wards
20 wards recorded in this council area.
Birtley · Blaydon · Bridges · Chopwell and Rowlands Gill · Chowdene · Crawcrook and Greenside · Dunston Hill and Whickham East · Dunston and Teams · Felling · Lamesley · Lobley Hill and Bensham · Low Fell · Pelaw and Heworth · Ryton, Crookhill and Stella · Saltwell · Wardley and Leam Lane · Washington West · Whickham North · Whickham South and Sunniside · Winlaton and High Spen
Postcode sectors
Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E08000037.