Wallsend

American  

[wawlz-end] / ˈwɔlzˌɛnd /

noun

1. a city in Tyne and Wear, NE England, near the mouth of the Tyne River.

2. a type of coal widely used in Great Britain, especially for domestic purposes.

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Wallsend British  

/ ˈwɔːlzˌɛnd /

noun

1. a town in NE England, in North Tyneside unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: situated on the River Tyne at the E end of Hadrian's Wall. Pop: 42 842 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Kelly: How did you get from Wallsend to Newcastle?

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Kelly: Was there a moment where you looked around, maybe at Wallsend or after, where you thought, 'OK, I could make it here - maybe I've got this opportunity to make it professionally'?

From BBC • May 2, 2026

He was born in Wallsend, England, in late June 1945.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The River Tyne's most famous shipyard, Swan Hunter in Wallsend, shut in 1993.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

Wall, found in many names of places on the Roman wall from Newcastle to Carlisle; as Wallsend, Wallhead.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various