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This site occupies land adjacent to the Dunston Staiths on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead.. The Staiths is a large, multi-level timber structure built out onto the river on a curved platform, originally built to load bulk materials, (particularly coal), from railway carriages on railway tracks into merchant vessels moored alongside.
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 old town hall also served as a magistrates' court and a police station. [5] In 1892 an ornamental clock (By Gillett & Johnston), which is Grade II listed and stands in front of the town hall, [8] was presented to Gateshead by the mayor, Walter de Lancey Willson, on the occasion of him being elected for a third time. [5]
From the southern end of Old Durham Road, the steep slope north towards central Gateshead is apparent and the cityscape of Newcastle upon Tyne is clearly visible. Deckham, at latitude 54.95° N and longitude 1.59 ° W, lies less than 1 mile (1.6 km) south and east of Gateshead town centre between two main transport corridors; Sunderland Road to ...
Leam Lane Estate is located near to the A184 – a busy route linking South Tyneside with Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne. By road, Gateshead can be reached in around 10 minutes, Newcastle in 15 minutes, and Newcastle International Airport in 30 minutes.
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.
At one time Palmer Park had a large LGBT community and had numbers of bars, bookstores, and restaurants owned by gay people. At that time, the only way one could acquire an apartment in the area is if one already knew another resident in the complex. Crime and police harassment increased in the 1980s, and gay people began leaving.
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.