Tyne and Wear is a county in the North East region of England, named due to it having both the mouths of the the rivers Tyne and Wear within it's borders. It consists of the five boroughs of South Tyneside, North Tyneside, City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and City of Sunderland. It is bounded on the east by the North Sea, and has borders with Northumberland to the north and County Durham to the south.