Blyth Valley - Definition and Overview

Borough of Blyth Valley
Shown within Northumberland
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	North East England
Admin. County:	Northumberland
Area: - Total	Ranked 280th 70.36 km²
Admin. HQ:	Blyth
ONS code:	35UD
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 281st 81,611 1,160 / km²
Ethnicity:	99.0% White
Politics
Blyth Valley Borough Council http://www.blythvalley.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MP:	Ronnie Campbell

Blyth Valley is a borough and district in south-east Northumberland, England, bordering the North Sea and Tyne and Wear. The two principle towns are Blyth and Cramlington. Other centres include Seaton Delaval, and Sleaton Sluice.

The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the borough of Blyth, Seaton Valley urban district, and part of the borough of Whitley Bay.

External link

• Statistics (http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/AreaProfileFrames.asp?aid=175721&hid=14&tid=13) about Blyth Valley from the Office of National Statistics Census 2001