Willington is an area in the North Tyneside district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England.

It has an industrial estate.

The place-name derives from Old English tun (homestead or farm) of Wifel's people, and appears in 1085 as Wiflintun, and as Wiuelington in 1204.

[1] Willington was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Walls-end,[2] on 30 September 1894 Willington became a separate civil parish, being formed from the rural part of Wallsend, on 9 November 1910 the parish was abolished and merged with Wallsend.

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