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Red-brick shop rear on Ethel Street looking shabby.
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Facing South West one can see the Tyne Valley, Dunston and further afield the Metro Centre. Building in foreground is a Nursery School.
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There was a time most houses round here looked like this, but this was the only one I found on this outing.
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One of a handful of Tyneside Terraces left in this part of the West End. Most were demolished in the 60s but a slow process of gradual demolition started in the mid 90s and continues to date.
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Typical Newcastle City Council kids' playground. Background shows a perfect example of 1970s modernisation to Tyneside flats courtesy of council grants.
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Tyneside terracing, 60s Estates, 90s Redevelopment in this West End tract.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking across Scotswood Road towards the enormous former Vickers building, now jointly occupied by Widney Pressings (at the eastern end) and Rolls Royce.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>This covered footbridge crosses over to the north side of Scotswood Road from the enormous former Vickers building, currently occupied by Rolls Royce and Widney Pressings.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.4km<br/>Benwell and Scotswood used to be full of streets of these traditional Tyneside flats. Now most have been swept away leaving small blocks amid acres of grass. Elsewhere, the terraces of many streets are run down and derelict. They housed the workers of the industrial revolution in factories such as Armstrong's located below by the river. This distinctive form of housing is unique to the banks of the river Tyne, where it became the most popular form of working class housing during the Victorian era. Unlike the standard terraced housing found elsewhere in England, instead of one front door, there are two – one leading to the downstairs flat and one to the separate, upstairs flat. http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/core.nsf/a/mwn_industrialheritage?opendocument&ID=mwn101&Area=micro_wn&level1=mwn101
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.4km<br/>View over the snowy south part of the park to the Tyne valley in the vicinity of the MetroCentre. The park was opened in 1899 on land donated by Dr Hodgkin. Newcastle Libraries have a photo of the occasion here http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcastlelibraries/4082819008/ The houses of Swalwell and Whickham can be seen on the hills above. The Derwent Valley is on the right.
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.4km<br/>The church dates from 1931.
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.4km<br/>Wider picture here [[2177202]]
©Andrew Curtis
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©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.5km<br/>This Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI) lies on the former Newburn and Wylam railway line which was built in the 1870s and abandoned in the mid 20th century. A natural oasis sandwiched between the busy Scotswood Road and the River Tyne, it is home to 18 different species of butterflies in the spring and summer as well as a rich bird life and variety of wild flowers. Seen from Hadrians Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.5km<br/>One example of the regeneration of this former industrial area along the north bank of the River Tyne. This block is occupied by Barratt's builders. Seen from Hadrians Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/
©Oliver Dixon

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