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Ashington

Town and civil parish in Northumberland, United Kingdom

Citytown civil parishQ202348

Also known as Ashington, Northumberland

Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Northumberland
Population: 28,280(2021)
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1.“Parish Profiles”nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_ppRetrieved 2024-08-05
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, 27,789(2011)
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1.“Key Statistics”nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ksRetrieved 2025-06-23
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Postal code: NE63

Overview

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Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is 15 miles (24 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the south by the River Wansbeck. Many inhabitants have a distinctive accent and dialect known as Pitmatic. This varies from the regional dialect known as Geordie.

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OS grid reference: NZ2787
Local dialing code: 01670
Historic county: Northumberland
Authority: Ashington Town Council
Different from: Ashington

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19 identifiers linking Ashington across the web's reference databases

55.1810, -1.5680OpenStreetMap ↗

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