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Gateshead (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ t s (h) ɛ d /) is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England.It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.
The Gateshead and District Tramways commenced services on 22 October 1883 with steam-hauled tramcars operating on three routes centred on Gateshead High Street. In 1897, British Electric Traction took ownership of the company [2] and the Gateshead and District Tramways Act of 1899 authorised the modernisation and electrification of the system.
Sculpture in the square's centre. Trinity Square is a shopping and leisure centre in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England.The new centre was constructed on the site of former multi-storey car park and shopping complex going by the same name, which originally opened in 1967.
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High Spen is an old mining village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, historically part of County Durham, England.First recorded in 1379 as a small hamlet called ‘Spen’, the settlement grew in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries with the growth of coal mining in the region.
Metrocentre is a shopping centre and entertainment complex in the Dunston area of Gateshead. It is located on the former site of Dunston Power Station, near to the River Tyne. Metrocentre opened in stages, with the first phase opening on 28 April 1986, and the official opening being held on 14 October that year.
There are 75 Grade I listed buildings in Tyne and Wear, England.. In England and Wales the authority for listing is granted by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and is administered by English Heritage, an agency of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Sheriff Hill is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England.It lies on the B1296 road 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Gateshead, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Newcastle upon Tyne and 12 miles (19 km) north of the historic city of Durham.