Killingworth, formerly Killingworth Township, is a town north of Newcastle Upon Tyne, in North Tyneside, United Kingdom.
Built as a planned town in the 1960s, most of Killingworth's residents commute to Newcastle, or the city's surrounding area. However, Killingworth itself has a sizeable commercial centre, strong bus links to the rest of Tyne and Wear. Killingworth is not on the Tyne and Wear Metro network but the nearest metro station is Palmersville.
Nearby towns/villages include Killingworth Village (which existed for centuries before the Township was built), Forest Hall, West Moor and Backworth.
Killingworth in Australia is named after Killingworth in England on account of its extensive history of coal-mining; it lies to the west of Newcastle, New South Wales, so-named for the same reason.
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