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Blaydon
Town in Tyne and Wear, England

Blaydon

Blaydon is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, and historically in County Durham.

Plan a trip to Blaydon→From Leeds, West Yorkshire

Blaydon, and neighbouring Winlaton, which Blaydon is now contiguous with, form the town of Blaydon-on-Tyne. The Blaydon/Winlaton ward had a population in 2011 of 13,896.

How locals move

Getting around Blaydon the local way

  • Get inPort of Tyne, east of city centre, has overnight DFDS ferries from IJmuiden near Amsterdam.
  • Get aroundThe Transport North East Day Ticket covers bus, Metro, rail and ferry services within Tyne and Wear for £6.00 per day, or £6.80 including County Durham and Northumberland.
  • Get aroundA ride from city centre to the airport in 2022 is around £15, and to the ferry terminal is £18.

From Wikivoyage: Newcastle upon Tyne, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Donkeyjacket (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.