Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East of England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear.

The county was created by the Local Government Act 1972 and borders the non-metropolitan counties of Durham and Northumberland. It is divided into the metropolitan boroughs of South Tyneside, North Tyneside, City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and the City of Sunderland.

In 1986 the county council was abolished and most of its powers devolved to the metropolitan boroughs or joint boards. The county itself has not been abolished and still exists as a legal entity and a ceremonial county.

Gateshead
Blaydon, Gateshead, Rowlands Gill, Ryton, Whickham

Newcastle
Byker, Dudley, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Throckley, Walker

North Tyneside
Backworth, Cullercoats, Dinnington, Earsdon, Kenton, Killingworth, Longbenton, Monkseaton, North Shields, Shiremoor, Tynemouth, Wallsend, Whitley Bay

South Tyneside
Boldon, Cleadon, Hebburn, Jarrow, Marsden, Tyne and Wear, South Shields, Whitburn, Whitburn Colliery

Sunderland
Castletown, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton-le-Spring, Ryhope, Sunderland, Washington

• Gateshead
• Angel of the North
• BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
• Gateshead International Stadium
• Gateshead Millennium Bridge
• Gibside
• The Sage Gateshead
  
  Newcastle
• Discovery Museum (previously Museum of Science & Technology)
• Hadrian's Wall
• Hancock Museum
• Jesmond Dene public park
• St James' Park
  
  North Tyneside
• Segedunum Roman Fort & Museum, Wallsend
• St Mary's Island bird reserve
• Tynemouth Castle
  
  South Tyneside
• Arbeia Roman Fort & Museum, South Shields
• Marsden Rocks bird reserve
• Souter Point Lighthouse
  
  Sunderland
• The Museum and Winter Gardens
• The National Glass Centre
• Sea to Sea Cycle Route
• Stadium of Light
• WWT Washington, a wildfowl and wetland reserve of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust