Killingworth

Killingworth, formerly Killingworth Township, is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It lies within the historic county of Northumberland.

This article is about Killingworth, England. For other uses, see Killingworth (disambiguation).

Killingworth
Killingworth
Location within Tyne and Wear
Population20,079 (Killingworth and Camperdown wards 2011)
OS grid referenceNZ2777
Metropolitan borough
  • North Tyneside
Metropolitan county
  • Tyne and Wear
Region
  • North East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode districtNE12
Dialling code0191
PoliceNorthumbria
FireTyne and Wear
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
  • North Tyneside

Killingworth was built as a new town in the 1960s, next to Killingworth Village, which existed for centuries before the new town was built. Other nearby villages include Forest Hall, West Moor and Backworth.

Killingworth has bus links to the rest of Tyne and Wear. The town is not on the Tyne and Wear Metro network; its nearest stations are Palmersville and Benton.

The town of Killingworth in Australia is named after the British original because of its extensive coal mines.

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