Birtley, Tyne and Wear

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Birtley
Durham Road, Birtley
Birtley Location within Tyne and Wear
Population	8,367 (2011.Ward)
OS grid reference	NZ271563
Metropolitan borough	Gateshead
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Chester Le Street
Postcode district	DH2, DH3
Dialling code	0191
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Washington and Gateshead South
List of places UK England Tyne and Wear 54°54′00″N 1°34′37″W / 54.900°N 1.577°W / 54.900; -1.577

Birtley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is situated to the south of Gateshead and is conjoined to Chester-le-Street across the county boundary in County Durham.

Until 1974, Birtley and the adjoining areas of Barley Mow, Vigo and Portobello were part of Chester-le-Street Rural District under County Durham until being moved into Tyne and Wear under the Borough of Gateshead. It forms an urban area with nearby Chester-le-Street, Washington, Houghton le Spring, Hetton le Hole and Sunderland as part of Wearside. Birtley was a civil parish with a parish council (which also covered the adjoining neighbourhoods) until 1 April 2006, after a local referendum agreed to abolish it.^[1] The former parish had a population of 11,377 in 2001.^[2] The ward of Birtley in the Gateshead MBC had a population of 8,367 in the 2011 Census.^[3]

In September 2024, Prince William visited Birtley as a visit to Birtley Swimming Centre for its reopening.