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More mid 90s "slum" clearance.
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Site of Tyneside Terracing long gone, off Armstrong Road. Adelaide Court is visible in background.
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One of a few franchises much in evidence nowadays.
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This marks the end of Elswick and the start of Benwell.
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Vicious traffic calming measures were introduced in the mid 90s as this area was the Joy-Ride capital of the U.K.
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Dilapidated community centre in centre of picture looks earmarked for demolition as much of this area already has undergone.
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60s Housing Estate in Elswick, West of Newcastle City Centre.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking down West View in Elswick.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking south across the cemetery towards Gateshead.
©Stephen Sweeney
Dist:0.3km<br/>Newcastle Business Park flanks William Armstrong Drive on the north side. This area was once occupied by the massive Armstrong engineering works. A number of interpretive plaques describing the industrial archaeology have been erected in the area, and one can be seen here. The broad footway on the south side of the road, overlooking the River Tyne, carries Hadrian's Way, the local name for the traffic-free route along the Tyne through Newcastle. The Way is followed by both Hadrian's Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/ and by route 72 of the National Cycle Network (Hadrian's Cycleway http://www.cycle-routes.org/HADRIANSCYCLEWAY/and the Tynemouth branch of the C2C Cycle Route http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk/). The pink structure is a National Cycle Network milepost http://www.sustrans.org.uk/default.asp?sID=1132763167625, one of a number donated to the NCN project by the Royal Bank of Scotland. This specimen is one of the "Welsh" design by Andrew Rowe, and takes its inspiration from the industrial and nautical heritage of the artist's home in Swansea. An alternative explanation is that it is derived from a Welsh love-spoon. Mileposts are often found painted in outrageous colours according to local initiative.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>One of the larger cemeteries in Newcastle. Just off Elswick Road.
©Stephen Sweeney
Dist:0.4km<br/>Newcastle Business Park flanks William Armstrong Drive on the north side. This area was once occupied by the massive Armstrong engineering works. The broad footway on the south side of the road, overlooking the River Tyne, carries Hadrian's Way, the local name for the traffic-free route along the Tyne through Newcastle. The Way is followed by both Hadrian's Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/ and by route 72 of the National Cycle Network (Hadrian's Cycleway http://www.cycle-routes.org/HADRIANSCYCLEWAY/and the Tynemouth branch of the C2C Cycle Route http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk/).
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.4km<br/>Beaumont Street in Elswick with the Elswick flats in the background.
©Peter McDermott
Dist:0.4km<br/>Newcastle Business Park flanks William Armstrong Drive on the north side. This area was once occupied by the massive Armstrong engineering works. In the course of regeneration of the area, a number of public art works have been erected along the bank of the river on the south side of the road. The footway on the south side carries Hadrian's Way, the local name for the traffic-free route along the Tyne through Newcastle. The Way is followed by both Hadrian's Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/ and by route 72 of the National Cycle Network (Hadrian's Cycleway http://www.cycle-routes.org/HADRIANSCYCLEWAY/ and the Tynemouth branch of the C2C Cycle Route http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk/).
©Oliver Dixon

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