North East Region

A Region of Contrasts

The North East is a mixed urban and rural region extending from the Scottish border to Yorkshire and from the Pennine Hills to the North Sea. Situated on the eastern seaboard of the UK facing Europe, it is one of the smallest of the English regions in both area and population. Covering 8,592 square kilometres, it is home to 2.6 million people most of whom live along the three great commercial rivers of the Tyne, the Wear and the Tees.

Dozens of villages dot the region, and the landscape is still largely unspoilt. To the North the Cheviot Hills and Kielder Forest lead to the border with Scotland. In the South, the region borders the North Yorkshire Moors and the Yorkshire Dales. The 160 kilometre North Sea coastline forms the Eastern border and the Western part of the region is formed by the hills, moorland and forests of the North Pennines.

The North East region has:

• 1 Government Office
• 1 Regional Assembly
• 1 Regional Development Agency
• 1 Strategic Health Authority
• 4 Sub regions
• 11 Primary Care Trusts and 1 Care Trust;
• 25 local authorities - (5 unitary authorities, 5 metropolitan districts, 2 county councils and 13 district councils).
• 8 Acute Trusts (Link to NHS website)
• 2 Mental Health Trusts (Link to NHS website)
• 1 Ambulance Trust (Link to NE Ambulance Trust website)