Region:North East England

North East England
North East England.png
The region of North East England in England
CountryUnited Kingdom Flag of the United Kingdom.png
Number of zones1 369
Maximum PPH1 443
Last updated2023-04-14


North East England is one of twelve regions in the United Kingdom. It includes the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Northumberland and a small part of North Yorkshire and has about three million inhabitants.

The largest city is Newcastle upon Tyne. The north east is home to three conurbations: Tyneside, Wearside, and Teesside, as well as three cities: Sunderland and City of Durham. Large towns in the region include Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, South Shields, Stockton-on-Tees and Washington.

Adjacent regions are Yorkshire & The Humber in the south, North West England in the west and Scotland in the north.

Geographical division[edit]

Municipalities[edit]

In the North East England there are 12 municipalities with at least one turf zone:

Municipality Zones
County Durham 225
Darlington 45
Gateshead 94
Hartlepool 31
Middlesbrough 172
Newcastle upon Tyne 235
North Tyneside 77
Northumberland 124
Redcar and Cleveland 47
South Tyneside 36
Stockton-on-Tees 159
Sunderland 124

The list is updated according to the zones that existed on 2023-04-14.

Zones[edit]

There are 1369 turf zones in the region of North East England, two of which are counted as world heritage sites, two water zones, 14 train station zones, one national park zone, 14 monument zones, 58 holy zones, one summit zone, 59 bridge zones, six castle zones and 15 ruin zones.

Updated: 2023-04-14

Most taken Zones[edit]

# Zone Takes Unique
turfers
Ranking
Global
Created Municipality Location Warded Notes
1 Pump 866 17 21 566 2022-01-01 County Durham Map Statistics The small park at the junction of West End, High Street and The Square, Sedgefield
2 Hawham 789 16 22 603 2022-01-01 County Durham Map Statistics Footpath between Hawthorn Road and Durham Road, Sedgefield
3 TheGarth 711 15 23 804 2022-03-07 County Durham Map Statistics The pedestrian and bicycle path at The Grath, Sedgefield
4 CallMeAgain 688 16 24 149 2021-10-02 County Durham Map Statistics The little park at the junction of The Lane and Chestnut Road, Sedgefield
5 Winterton 609 14 25 527 2022-01-01 County Durham Map Statistics At the Winterton Avenue - Cunningham Court - Salter's Lane roundabout, Sedgefield

Updated: 2023-04-14
Source: Warded

Zone development[edit]

The first turf zone in the region was ThornStatue which was created on April 20, 2012.

Year New zones Accumulated
2012 3 3
2013 515 518
2014 5 523
2015 4 527
2016 2 529
2017 7 536
2018 9 545
2019 0 545
2020 103 648
2021 193 841
2022 375 1 216

Source: urbangeeks

Never taken zones[edit]

Zones that were created more than six months ago and have never been taken by any turfer.

Zone Municipality Position Info Date created
SaltwellPond Zontyp03.png Gateshead Map Warded 2013-06-15
Gisborough Zontyp11.png Redcar and Cleveland Map Warded 2020-11-04
HorsesNearby Redcar and Cleveland Map Warded 2022-04-30
PuffinIsland Northumberland Map Warded 2022-07-03
BeckFalls County Durham Map Warded 2022-08-15

Updated: 2023-04-14

More about zones[edit]

For more information about turf zones, see the respective municipality.

Points and results[edit]

Totalscore[edit]

Ranking by points taken in the region. The table is sortable (click on the headings).

# Turfer Municipality Total Points Points taken
in the region
Takeovers Unique Ranking
Global
/
1 Pest / Turfgame Redcar and Cleveland 2 140 089 1 971 478 3 783 788 2 427 (4 458) -
2 MozzaR / Turfgame County Durham 1 664 879 1 552 310 4 325 727 2 912 (5 382) -
3 HissingSid / Turfgame County Durham 1 406 804 1 304 723 4 604 345 3 235 NEW
4 FeTaTo / Turfgame Turfer from Scotland Flag of Scotland.png 16 580 030 1 108 152 49 451 24 501 150 (656) ▲1
5 ArtificialTurf / Turfgame County Durham 784 551 763 600 3 190 245 4 460 NEW
6 Lost_Robot / Turfgame County Durham 793 710 750 701 2 402 464 4 430 NEW
7 Alihodge / Turfgame County Durham 528 767 524 393 2 116 103 5 432 NEW
8 ItWasMe,Dio! / Turfgame County Durham 359 256 339 759 1 580 175 6 543 NEW
9 DoodleDad / Turfgame Turfer from Scotland Flag of Scotland.png 5 077 538 338 130 18 875 1 539 1 097 NEW
10 Cruachan / Turfgame Turfer from Scotland Flag of Scotland.png 9 390 117 332 521 32 431 7 516 501 (882) ▼7

Eliminated from the list:

# Turfer Municipality Total Points Points taken
in the region
Takeovers Unique Ranking
Global
11 (4) BabeMagnet / Turfgame Newcastle upon Tyne 272 215 272 082 551 227 7 381 (6 654)
15 (6) Conker / Turfgame Newcastle upon Tyne 199 781 198 627 358 110 8 419 (7 640)
16 (7) féarglas / Turfgame Turfer from Scotland Flag of Scotland.png 29 980 497 171 022 105 904 11 139 21 (100)
17 (8) Poppins / Turfgame Newcastle upon Tyne 160 482 170 222 371 126 9 279 (9 431)
20 (9) SpongeBobbette / Turfgame  ? 173 544 101 315 469 339 8 959 (7 981)
24 (10) MrJokerit / Turfgame Turfer from Västra Götaland Flag of Sweden.png 21 569 005 91 637 118 929 11 431 78 (103)

Updated: 2023-04-15 compared to (2021-12-19)
Source: Warded

Fastest Eager[edit]

Fastest to take 10 zones

# Turfer Medal City Time Distance Average
speed
Route
1 Pest 72.png Middlesbrough 08:47 2.26 km 15.46 km/h Link
2 MozzaR 72.png Middlesbrough 09:53 2.7 km 16.37 km/h Link
3 DoodleDad 28.png Middlesbrough 11:22 1.98 km 10.47 km/h Link
4 ESOCWalter 28.png Newcastle upon Tyne 11:45 2.16 km 11.04 km/h Link
5 FeTaTo 28.png Sunderland 13:00 2.37 km 10.95 km/h Link
6 Elliott1978 28.png Stockton-on-Tees 13:14 1.97 km 8.92 km/h Link
7 Lost_Robot 28.png Middlesbrough 13:42 2.55 km 11.15 km/h Link
8 ArtificialTurf 28.png Sedgefield → Fishburn 14:00 2.96 km 12.67 km/h Link
9 ItWasMe,Dio! 28.png Sedgefield 14:07 2.81 km 11.95 km/h Link
10 ravinous 28.png Newcastle upon Tyne 14:21 3.17 km 13.27 km/h Link

Updated: 2023-04-15
Source: Warded

Global Top-3 Rankings[edit]

Turfers in the region that placed on the global top-3 list.

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Updated: 2023-04-15
Source: Warded

Turfers who have won in the country[edit]

Turfers in the region who have won in the United Kingdom since it officially became a turf country June 15 2013 (in Round 36).
(The Country medal was introduced and awarded for the first time round 46).

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Round
(weeks)
Turfer Global
Ranking
Points Takes Municipality Link Notes
87 (4) MrRed 317 153 043 390 Turfgame Guest turfer from the region of Stockholm Flag of Sweden.png
No country medal awarded. Too few turfers.

Updated: 2023-04-15

Turfers who won in the region[edit]

The following turfers have won in the region of North East England since the United Kingdom officially became a turf country June 15 2013 (in Round 36).
(The Region medal was introduced and awarded for the first time round 46).

Click Expand to see the list.

Round
(weeks)
Turfer Global
Ranking
Points Takes Municipality Link Notes
41 (4) gentleben 3 045 300 1 Newcastle upon Tyne Turfgame
48 (5) stumpchen 1 659 12 675 44 Turfgame Guest turfer from the region of Skåne Flag of Sweden.png
No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
49 (4) serendipity 1 242 17 552 50 Newcastle upon Tyne Turfgame No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
50 (5) wireduk 3 889 1 341 4  ? Turfgame No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
62 (5) mikearmstrong 2 250 12 584 43  ? Turfgame No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
63 (4) mikearmstrong 1 222 25 149 64  ? Turfgame No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
70 (4) Conbonzx 4 298 1 801 5  ? Turfgame No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
76 (5) Oouj 3 847 871 1 Newcastle upon Tyne Turfgame No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
80 (4) Lukeyrob464 3 708 584 1  ? Turfgame No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
81 (4) Lukeyrob464 3 874 901 1  ? Turfgame No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
87 (4) MrRed 317 153 043 390 Turfgame Guest turfer from the region of Stockholm Flag of Sweden.png
The first time the region medal is awarded to a turfer from the region.
88 (5) Fredrick 2 353 12 362 16 Turfgame Guest turfer from the region of Kalmar Flag of Sweden.png
No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
92 (4) PBR 1 104 33 267 132 Turfgame Guest turfer from the region of Västra Götaland Flag of Sweden.png
107 (4) MagisterK 1 797 25 359 68 Turfgame Guest turfer from the region of Örebro Flag of Sweden.png
No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
115 (4) Matt 3 930 1 427 3 Newcastle upon Tyne Turfgame No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
117 (5) shiftedstation 6 542 344 1 Sunderland Turfgame No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
124 (4) shiftedstation 5959 612 1 Sunderland Turfgame No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
125 (5) Conker 1 694 41 562 70 Newcastle upon Tyne Turfgame No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
126 (4) Pest 2 380 19 874 65 Redcar and Cleveland Turfgame
127 (5) Pest 988 79 044 118 Redcar and Cleveland Turfgame
128 (4) Pest 402 127 613 294 Redcar and Cleveland Turfgame
129 (4) BabeMagnet 360 169 596 289 Newcastle upon Tyne Turfgame
130 (4) ESOCWalter 1 305 64 251 255 Turfgame Guest turfer from the region of Scotland Flag of Scotland.png
131 (5) SeaEagle282 1 963 47 036 87 County Durham Turfgame
132 (4) Cruachan 31 454 172 1 001 Turfgame Guest turfer from the region of Scotland Flag of Scotland.png
First turfer in the region to place in the top-100
133 (4) MozzaR 980 76 842 127 County Durham Turfgame
134 (5) Cheers666+1 447 173 506 357 Turfgame Guest turfer from the region of Greater London Flag of Greater London.png
135 (4) bythesea 910 89 664 280 Turfgame Guest turfer from the region of Scotland Flag of Scotland.png
136 (5) Pest 1 043 90 310 163 Redcar and Cleveland Turfgame
137 (4) MozzaR 785 84 014 183 County Durham Turfgame
138 (4) Pest 443 103 761 254 Redcar and Cleveland Turfgame
139 (5) Pest 111 287 320 523 Redcar and Cleveland Turfgame
140 (4) MozzaR 700 87 143 235 County Durham Turfgame
141 (4) ArtificialTurf 313 150 913 693 County Durham Turfgame
142 (4) ItWasMe,Dio! 459 126 959 581 County Durham Turfgame
143 (5) Pest 162 287 455 667 Redcar and Cleveland Turfgame
144 (4) Lost_Robot 352 170 811 563 County Durham Turfgame
145 (5) ArtificialTurf 592 154 623 573 County Durham Turfgame
146 (4) HissingSid 509 140 121 457 County Durham Turfgame
147 (4) HissingSid 684 111 588 376 County Durham Turfgame
148 (5) HissingSid 552 139 635 359 County Durham Turfgame
149 (4) Thinkyourhard 230 163 281 471 Turfgame Guest turfer from the region of North West England Flag of England.png
150 (4) HissingSid 638 74 215 186 County Durham Turfgame
151 (5) Pest 138 253 714 447 Redcar and Cleveland Turfgame
152 (4) Pest 203 188 566 334 Redcar and Cleveland Turfgame
153 (4) Pest 288 143 305 276 Redcar and Cleveland Turfgame

Updated: 2023-04-15

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