Wrekenton
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| Wrekenton | |
  Wrekenton shown within Tyne and Wear |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan borough | Gateshead |
| Metropolitan county | Tyne & Wear |
| Region | North East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GATESHEAD |
| Postcode district | NE9 |
| Dialling code | 0191 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Tyne and Wear |
| Ambulance | North East |
| European Parliament | North East England |
| UK Parliament | Gateshead East and Washington West |
| List of places: UK • England • Tyne and Wear | |
Wrekenton is a suburb of Gateshead, England.
Wrekenton is probably best known to passers by as the location of a large branch of the CO-OP supermarket. It is served by the B1296 which used to be a route of the Great North Road.
It is bordered to the North by Beacon Lough to the West by Harlow Green and to the South by Eighton Banks. A large part of Wrekenton is a large council estate known as Springwell Estate. This is distinct from Springwell village which is located a few hundred metres across the border into Sunderland
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