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Dist:0.1km north<br/>A small cinema was built in Westerhope on Stamfordham Road which opened as the Picture Palace in 1912. It was financed by Samuel R. Piper,a miner who had originally come from Cornwall and who had worked at the nearby North Walbottle Colliery. The basic hall had a tiny balcony seating 16 with a total capacity of 450. It was designed by H.F. Burrows of Lemington. When it was taken over in 1932 by Percy Longhorn, sound was introduced for the first time. When snow storms were very bad in 1941 and the village was cut off, films were brought out from the city by sledge. It was in the 1940s that the present name, 'Orion' was chosen. It was very much a family business and even closed for two weeks every year when the Longhorns went on holiday. It closed as a cinema in 1970 but still remains as a bingo club.
©sue hayton
Dist:0.3km north<br/>The Co-op was built here in 1908 to serve the villagers, now in other use.
©sue hayton
Dist:0.3km north<br/>St Marks Newbiggin Hall
©Newbiggin Hall Scouts
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Statue of the Madonna outside of St Marks Church Newbiggin Hall
©Newbiggin Hall Scouts
Dist:0.5km north<br/>
©Newbiggin Hall Scouts
Dist:0.5km north<br/>
©Phil Thirkell
Dist:0.7km east<br/>This is a converted garage that is used by the Scout Troop for their HQ. Other sections of the Scout Group meet in another building close by.
©Newbiggin Hall Scouts
Dist:0.8km east<br/>Three or four miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne The photo shows Stamfordham Road, the main road running through the village.
©Chris Tweedy
Dist:0.8km east<br/>I'm not entirely sure why this primary school appears to have a control tower attached. Perhaps you have to climb up there to actually get a view of the Cheviots?
©C G Burke
Dist:0.9km west<br/>Just north of the village of Westerhope on the Stamfordham road.
©Chris Tweedy
Dist:1.0km northeast<br/>St Wilfred's showing church hall and rear of the Church
©Newbiggin Hall Scouts
Dist:1.0km south<br/>Leading into the shopping centre is this clinic.
©Mark Smiles
Dist:1.0km south<br/>Run down yet bustling Arndale Centre services a huge housing estate with no local High Street.
©Mark Smiles
Dist:1.0km north<br/>Typical example of the housing stock on the western side of Newbiggin Hall estate.
©C G Burke
Dist:1.0km north<br/>A cluster of houses on the Newbiggin Hall estate. The name comes from the nearby Harey Dene - a small river which feeds into the Ouseburn.
©C G Burke

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