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Various antennae and radio masts adorn the roof of Kenton Telephone Exchange. The antennae are for point-to-point microwave communications for telephony networks, and the unusual pronged one is a cellular radio mast. The building closest to the road predated British Telecom, so would have been General Post Office property originally. It housed the old electromechanical exchange (Strowger type) and also the main distribution frame where all the external cables terminated, whilst the new building housed the TXE4 electronic exchange. Thanks to various contributors for additional information.
©C G Burke
Dist:0.1km<br/>Unusual housing at Kenton Bar
©C G Burke
Dist:0.2km<br/>A collection of blocks at Kenton Bar roundabout.
©C G Burke
Dist:0.4km<br/>Hill (man made) on local sports field. Believed to be the spill from when the estate was built.
©Newbiggin Hall Scouts
Dist:0.4km<br/>Originally a private dwelling the building was converted into a pub - The Cooper's Forge - in the early Eighties. It assumed its present form around the turn of the Millennium
©Anthony Foster
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.4km<br/>New skate/bmx park built with the help of Barclays bank part of a scheme to helpinner city kids keep fit. Very popular with local kids.
©Newbiggin Hall Scouts
Dist:0.4km<br/>This footpath runs parallel to the A1 dual-carriageway
©C G Burke
Dist:0.5km<br/>This was one of the iconic landmarks on Kenton Bar Estate. Now it has been demolished..... very few pictures of it exist although a lot of memories.............remain. More images can be found at http://kentonbar.blogspot.com
©El Patron
Dist:0.5km<br/>The building was originally Montague Baths, opened in the early Sixties. It was converted into a leisure centre during the mid Eighthies.
©Anthony Foster
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking south down the A1 from the Etal Lane flyover.
©C G Burke
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©Nigel Chadwick
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©Phil Thirkell
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©David Dixon

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