Tyneside is a conurbation in northern England, which is home to over 80% of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. It includes Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Hebburn, Jarrow, North Shields, and South Shields — all settlements on the banks of the River Tyne. The population of the conurbation was 879,996 according to the census of 2001. The only large settlement in Tyne and Wear that isn't part of the Tyneside conurbation is Sunderland, which is on Wearside. Geordies The people of the T… (More on Tyneside)