Jarrow, South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jarrow is a town in South Tyneside metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England, about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Newcastle. It is situated on the south bank of the River Tyne, about 3 miles (4.8 km) from the east coast. It is home to the southern portal of the Tyne Tunnel.

Jarrow is part of the historic County Palatine of Durham. In the eighth century, the monastery of Saint Paul in Jarrow (now Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey) was the home of The Venerable Bede, who is regarded as the greatest Anglo-Saxon scholar and the father of English history. From the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding, and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936.

Road Jarrow is reached from the south by the A1(M) via the A194, and is connected to North Tyneside and Northumberland via the Tyne Tunnel.

Metro Jarrow is served by three stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro: Jarrow station in the centre of the town (on the Yellow line) Bede station in the Bede industrial estate (also on the Yellow line), and Fellgate station (on the Green line) to the south.

Air The nearest major airport is Newcastle Airport, between 15 and 18 miles away by road, or around 45 minutes by Metro.

Jarrow, South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom 
<b>Jarrow, South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom</b>
Image: Andrew Curtis

Jarrow has a population of over 43,431 people. Jarrow also forms part of the wider South Tyneside district which has a population of over 150,265 people. It is also a part of the larger Tyneside Region.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Jarrow has links with:

🇫🇷 Épinay-sur-Seine, France 🇫🇷 Noisy-le-Sec, France 🇩🇪 Wuppertal, Germany
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  • Henry Edward Farmer |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect Henry Edward Farmer is associated with Jarrow. During World War One he was Chief Architect for Admiralty Control.

Antipodal to Jarrow is: 178.52,-54.98

Locations Near: Jarrow -1.4804,54.9797

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tyneside -1.446,54.964 d: 2.8  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 South Tyneside -1.445,54.964 d: 2.8  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wallsend -1.534,54.991 d: 3.6  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 South Shields -1.417,54.983 d: 4.1  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North Tyneside -1.546,55.012 d: 5.5  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Washington -1.517,54.9 d: 9.2  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gateshead -1.601,54.962 d: 7.9  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sunderland -1.38,54.905 d: 10.5  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle upon Tyne -1.609,54.979 d: 8.2  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle -1.609,54.979 d: 8.2  

Antipodal to: Jarrow 178.52,-54.98

🇳🇿 Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 18855.9  

🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 18671.6  

🇳🇿 Invercargill 168.373,-46.413 d: 18826.7  

🇳🇿 Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 18648.9  

🇳🇿 Queenstown 168.658,-45.033 d: 18706.4  

🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 18467.4  

🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18462  

🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18462  

🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 18454.5  

🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 18441  

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