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{{Infobox settlement
|name              = Wearside
|other_name = Sunderland Built-up area
|population_demonym      = [[Mackem]]<br />Wearsider
|type = [[List of urban areas in the United Kingdom|Built-up area]]
| image_skyline = Penshaw Monument (Earl of Durham's Monument) (geograph 5814265).jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = The [[Penshaw Monument]]
| image_map = WearsideBUA.png
| map_caption = Sunderland Built-up area's sub divisions
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|coordinates       = {{coord|54|54|14|N|1|22|52|W|region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = [[Sovereign&nbsp;state]]
|subdivision_name = [[United Kingdom]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Country]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[England]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of England|Region]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[North East England|North&nbsp;East]]
|parts_type = Sub divisions |parts_style = list
|p1=[[Sunderland]] |p2=[[Washington, Tyne and Wear|Washington]] |p3=[[Houghton-le-Spring]] |p4=[[Chester-le-Street]] |p5=[[Hetton-le-Hole]] |p6=[[Whitburn, Tyne and Wear|Whitburn]] |p7=[[Fence Houses]] |p8=[[Bournmoor]] |p9=[[South Hetton]] |p10=[[Springwell Village]] |p11=[[Ouston, County Durham|Ouston]] |p12=[[Pelton, County Durham|Pelton]] | p13=[[Birtley, Tyne and Wear|Birtley]]
|population_metro  = 
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|population_total  = 335,415
|population_note   =
|population_as_of  = 2011
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'''Wearside''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɪər|s|aɪ|d}}) is a [[List of urban areas in the United Kingdom|built-up area]] in [[County Durham]] and [[Tyne and Wear]], England. It is named after the [[River Wear]] which flows through it and traditionally all in the [[County of Durham]]. 

In the 2011 census, its official name was the '''Sunderland Built-up area''' since [[Sunderland]] is its largest part, the urban area extends to the surrounding [[City of Sunderland]] district, small parts of [[County Durham (district)|County Durham district]] and a small part of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead]]. 

Notable towns in the urban area include [[Birtley, Tyne and Wear|Birtley]], [[Chester le Street]], [[Hetton le Hole]], [[Houghton le Spring]] and [[Washington, Tyne and Wear|Washington]].

==Economy==
Like other parts of the North East, Wearside and Sunderland were economically structured by the [[primary sector of the economy|primary]] and [[secondary sector of the economy]]; with a great deal of the economy once dependent on [[ship building]] at [[Sunderland Docks]] and [[coal mining]] with large collieries such as [[Monkwearmouth Colliery]], which declined rapidly during the mid 20th century, many areas have long been deprived with vast areas of unemployment as a result. The city of Sunderland and parts of Wearside have been slowly rejuvenated over the years and industry is now largely based around call centres, although many areas such as [[Easington Colliery]] still face social problems today.

== Transport ==
{{main|Transport in Tyne and Wear}}

==Media==
Serving Wearside, the ''[[Sunderland Echo]]'' newspaper is sold throughout the area and online. Local commercial radio is broadcast by 103.4 [[Nation Radio North East|Sun FM]] for Wearside and 107 [[Spark FM]] for the City of Sunderland.

==Sport==
The [[Wearside Football League]] is one of the levels in the English football league system and contains amateur teams such as [[Easington Colliery A.F.C.]] and [[Seaham Red Star F.C.]] The only professional football team located in the area is [[Sunderland A.F.C.]], a [[Premier League|team]] based in [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]].

==Sub-divisions==
[[File:WearsideBUA.png|thumb|500px|Wearside Urban Area map, showing subdivisions and local authority boundaries]]
According to the ONS definition the Wearside Built-up area (previously "Urban area") had the following subdivisions. Note that these are "Built-up areas subdivisions" as defined by the [[Office for National Statistics]] and will have different boundaries from the settlements after which they are named.<ref name="ons">{{cite web |title=2011 Built-up Areas - Methodology and Guidance |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/ref/builtupareas_userguidance.pdf |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=26 August 2021 |date=2013}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!#
!Sub-area name
!Population<br/>(2011)
|-
|1
|[[Sunderland]]
|174,286
|-
|2
|[[Washington, Tyne and Wear|Washington]]
|67,085
|-
|3
|[[Chester-le-Street]]
|37,164
|-
|4
|[[Houghton-le-Spring]]
|13,863
|-
|5
|[[Hetton-le-Hole]]
|12,127
|-
|6
|[[Birtley, Tyne and Wear|Birtley]]
|8,367
|-
|7
|[[Fence Houses]]
|6,649
|-
|8
|[[Ouston, County Durham|Ouston]]
|5,303
|-
|9
|[[Pelton, County Durham|Pelton]]
|5,278
|-
|10
|[[Whitburn, Tyne and Wear|Whitburn]]
|5,102
|-
|11
|[[South Hetton]]
|3,032
|-
|12
|[[Bournmoor]]
|2,082
|-
|13
|[[Springwell Village|Springwell]]
|2,074
|-
|14
|[[Whitehill]]
|1,370
|-
|'''–'''
|'''Total'''
|'''335,415'''
|}

==See also==
*[[Tyneside]]
*[[North East Green Belt]]
*[[North East Combined Authority]]
*[[County Durham (district)|County Durham]]
*[[Weardale]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/wear BBC Wear]
*[https://www.wearsideonline.com/ Wearside online]

[[Category:Urban areas of England]]
[[Category:Geography of County Durham]]
[[Category:City of Sunderland]]
[[Category:Geography of Tyne and Wear]]


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