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Leam Lane Estate is a housing estate in Gateshead, built in the 1950s and early 1960s.Originally made up solely of council-built accommodation and housing association houses, most of the properties are now privately owned.
The Shipley Art Gallery, housing outstanding collections of contemporary craft, studio ceramics, paintings and decorative art, is managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums on behalf of Gateshead Council. Gateshead is a library authority and within its Central Library is a large venue facility called the Caedmon Hall. [45]
In 2011, Census data for the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council ward of Wardley and Leam Lane recorded a total population of 8,327. [1] Wardley is made up of mainly privately-owned housing, with a number of local shops located on Keir Hardie Avenue, and a post office, which is situated on Lingey Avenue.
This is a list of notable council estates. Public housing in the United Kingdom has typically consisted of council houses , often built in the form of large estates by local government councils. Becontree in The London Borough of Barking & Dagenham is generally considered to be the largest council estate (in terms of population).
Staiths South Bank is a housing development in Gateshead, England, designed in collaboration with fashion designers Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway (known for their Red or Dead fashion label). It has been cited as an example of "more experimental" design for large housing developments [ 1 ] and criticised for excluding cars in a site poorly ...
Tyneside flats are a form of UK domestic housing found primarily on Tyneside, including in Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside and North Tyneside. The first known example of this type was constructed in the 1860s. [1] They are pairs of single-storey flats within a two-storey terrace, a common type of Victorian housing in
Lobley Hill and Bensham is a local council ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. This ward covers an area of around 1.5 square miles (3.9 km 2), [11] and has a population of 10,638. [12] As of September 2020, the ward is served by three councillors: Catherine Donovan, Eileen McMaster and Kevin Dodds. [13]
The final meeting of the council, held in the council chamber on 28 March 1974, concluded with speeches and a rendition of the Hokey Cokey. [13] [14] The building subsequently served as the area offices for Gateshead Borough Council's housing department, and was grade II listed in 1985. [1]