Wp/nth/Wearside

Wearside is a coburnation i North East Ingland at's centred aroond thi continuous urban area o Sunnerlan bi thi Rivor Wear, an iv a braider sense, separate neiborin settlements sic as Seaham, an mevvies Easington an Peterlee an aa, at hes Sunnerlan post codes.

It includes thi nearby muckle toons o Washington, Chester-le-Street, an Howton-le-Spring, an thi mony smaaer settlements at forms pairt o thi continuous urban area an aa, sic as Whitburn, Hetton-le-Hole, Bournmoor, Sooth Hetton, Springwell, Ouston an Pelton. Wearside is situateet i byeth thi metropolitan coonty o Tyne an Wear an thi ceremonial coonty o Durham. Aa o Wearside is situateet i thi historic coonty o Durham, myestly iv Easington Ward but win a muckle pairt i Chester Ward an aa.

Myest o thi Wearside areas is ben thi metropolitan borough o thi City o Sunnerlan, at hed a population o 280,807 in 2001. Thi hyell o Wearside hed a population o 335,415 i 2011. Thegither wi Tyneside, Sooth East Northummerlan, an East Durham, it forms thi Tyneside-Wearside metropolitan area. Foaks i Wearside taaks thi Wearside dialect o Northumbrian at's canny different frae thi dialects o Tyneside.

Economy
Thi syem as ither pairts o thi North East, Wearside an Sunnerlan wis economically structured bi thi primary an secondary sector o thi economy ont; win a muckle feck o thi economy yence lippent on thi ship biggin at Sunnerlan Docks an coal minin wi muckle collieries sic as Monkwearmooth Colliery, at declined rapidly durin thi mid 20t century, mony areas hes lang been deprived wi vast areas ov unemployment as a result. Thi city o Sunnerlan an pairts o Wearside hes been slaaly rejuvenated ower thi eer an industry is noo myenly based aroond caa centres, although mony areas sic as Easington still face social problems thi.