{"id":24038,"date":"2017-10-17T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/?p=24038"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:14:06","slug":"newcastle-without-the-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/?p=24038","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle &#8211; Tyne &#038; Wear &#8211; reading and walks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0941.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25560 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0941th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are able to start with this book, read every page and use the buildings you like as stops on your tour. Some of the better known buildings have been demolished such as the Dunston Rocket and the Gateshead car park. The Elswick Swimming pool is out of use through lack of funding.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t been paid to say this it&#8217;s just that having found it in Byker library I wish I had read it before coming to Newcastle because I missed some good buildings and I don&#8217;t want you to repeat my mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise continue below where I have provided all the information I could find from the libraries for interesting walks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_0621.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24077 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0621th-e1508261418849.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_0622.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24390 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0622th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">West End library local history section<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/pdf\/tynegorgestudy.pdf\">Tyne Gorge study<\/a> &#8211; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landuse.co.uk\/\">Land Use Consultants<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/pdf\/superlative-newcastle.pdf\">Superlative Newcastle<\/a> &#8211; Jones the planner<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youyouidiot.blogspot.com\/2013\/06\/an-afternoon-in-newcastlegateshead.html\">An afternoon in Newcastle\/Gateshead<\/a> &#8211; Douglas Murphy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fog-on-the-tyne-_-building-studies-_-building.pdf\">Fog on the Tyne<\/a> &#8211; Owen Hatherley<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/brasilia-man-newcastles-t-dan-smith.pdf\">&#8216;Brasilia Man&#8217; &#8211; Newcastle&#8217;s T. Dan Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25328 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/stblue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>City of Newcastle upon Tyne<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/graingertown.pdf\">GraingerTown.pdf<\/a> &#8211; English Heritage<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Wingrove \/ Elswick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read <a href=\"\/?p=25535\">my research notes<\/a> about Elswick.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/pdf\/ElswickWalkingTourA4forPDF.pdf\">Exploring C19th Elswick<\/a> &#8211; a walk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/elswick-in-maps-and-pictures-booklet.pdf\">Elswick through the years<\/a> &#8211; StJamesChurchNewcastle &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stjamesheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/elswick-in-maps-and-pictures-booklet.pdf\">Elswick through the years<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Jesmond<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read my account of a <a href=\"\/?p=25632\">walk around Jesmond<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pevsner &#8211; Northumberland<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780140710151-uk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The C19th suburbs of Jesmond and Heaton lie respectively &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Heaton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read\u00a0 my Twitter flyby of a visit to Heaton.<\/p>\n<p>Read Pevsner Northumberland.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"byker\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Byker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read my Twitter flyby of Byker and Lower Ouseburn.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24215 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0949th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"434\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/byker_malpass1.pdf\">Byker_Malpass.pdf<\/a> &#8211; A reappraisal of Byker &#8211; Peter Malpass AJ May 9th 1979<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/the-architect-and-the-community-peter-malpass-january-1980-housing-journal-vol-16-no-1-pg-2-51.pdf\">The Architect and the Community<\/a> &#8211; Peter Malpass<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/pdf\/TheArchitectandCommunityMalpass.pdf\">The Architect and the community Malpass<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah Glynn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/glynn.pdf\">Good Homes: lessons in successful public housing from Newcastle\u2019s Byker Estate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Newcastle upon Tyne residential areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gMFCmF1oMe\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/newcastleareas.wordpress.com\/byker\/\">Byker<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Byker&#8221; &#8212; Newcastle residential areas\" src=\"https:\/\/newcastleareas.wordpress.com\/byker\/embed\/#?secret=zKz95tcuX8#?secret=gMFCmF1oMe\" data-secret=\"gMFCmF1oMe\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pevsner &#8211; Northumberland<\/p>\n<p>The Byker Estate by Elain Harwood p.232\u00a0Newcastle and Gateshead &#8211; Pevsner<\/p>\n<p><em>Byker was developed in the 1890s with lines of Tyneside flats &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The following link leads to no documents but I&#8217;ll leave it here for reference in case the AJ ever reinstate the pdfs.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/archive\/peter-malpass-on-byker-from-the-archive\">Peter Malpass on Byker from the archive<\/a> &#8211; from the AJ<\/p>\n<p>The article is here <a href=\"\/pdf\/TheArchitectandCommunityMalpass.pdf\">The Architect and the community<\/a><br \/>\nand another by Peter Malpass here:-<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/pdf\/Byker_Malpass.pdf\">Byker_Malpass.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Walker &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Local History section<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read Pevsner &#8211; Northumberland.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Newcastle areas website<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"SHvcPmdMhk\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/newcastleareas.wordpress.com\/\">Newcastle upon Tyne residential&nbsp;areas<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Newcastle upon Tyne residential&nbsp;areas&#8221; &#8212; Newcastle residential areas\" src=\"https:\/\/newcastleareas.wordpress.com\/embed\/#?secret=NPFloc0T5O#?secret=SHvcPmdMhk\" data-secret=\"SHvcPmdMhk\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Gateshead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gateshead.pdf\">Gateshead.pdf<\/a>\u00a0(local) &#8211;\u00a0English Heritage &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"\/pdf\/Gateshead.pdf\">Gateshead<\/a>\u00a0(EH)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20171026110607\/https:\/\/www.gateshead.gov.uk\/DocumentLibrary\/Building\/Leaflets\/neighbourhoodplans\/BenshamGVA.pdf\">Urban design, heritage &amp; character analysis report<\/a> &#8211; Bensham and Saltwell<br \/>\nDocument here <a href=\"\/pdf\/BenshamGVA.pdf\">BenshamGVA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/pdf\/BenshamandSaltwellwalkingmaps.pdf\">Bensham and Saltwell walking maps.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gateshead.gov.uk\/article\/4434\/Walking-Trails\">Gateshead walking trails<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pevsner &#8211; Durham<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/md22486699512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shipcote and Gateshead Fell p261 &#8211; Newcastle and Gateshead &#8211; Pevsner<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>In 1800 Gateshead was still essentially three main streets forming a T at the S end of Tyne Bridge &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>North Tyneside Council <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/ntforestgreen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>North Shields<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read my account of a <a href=\"\/?p=24744\">walk around North Shields<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAt North Shields library there is a dedicated local history department called Discover, (tel 0191 643 5270) which has a wealth of maps, photographs etc.\u201d \u2013 Cullercoats librarian by email.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Email <a href=\"mailto:discover@northtyneside.gov.uk\">discover@northtyneside.gov.uk<\/a>.\u00a0 There is a website <a href=\"https:\/\/northshieldstrail.org\/\">https:\/\/northshieldstrail.org\/<\/a> where you can download a trail around North Shields, we also have copies in the library.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Leaflet here <a href=\"https:\/\/northshieldstrail.org\/brochure\/nsbrochuretrails.pdf\">NSTrail.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>There are also a few interactive cycle maps of north Tyneside which are very useful for finding your way around the area <a href=\"https:\/\/gosmartergoactive.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tne_70k_map.pdf\">https:\/\/gosmartergoactive.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tne_70k_map.pdf<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From North Shields library by email<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Tynemouth and\u00a0North Shields walks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read my account of a <a href=\"\/?p=24558\">wet walk round Tynemouth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/pdf\/blueplaquewalk.pdf\">The Blue Plaque Walk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/pdf\/coastalwalk.pdf\">The Coastal Walk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/pdf\/coastaltrailleaflet.pdf\">Coastal Heritage Trail<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Cullercoats walks<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Whitley Bay walks<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>South Tyneside Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/maplge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25315 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>South Shields<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow the link below and start walking &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southtyneside.gov.uk\/article\/3510\/Walks-and-wildlife-sites-leaflets\">Walks-and-wildlife-sites<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Pevsner &#8211; Durham<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/md22486699512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Local History section<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southtyneside.gov.uk\/article\/3510\/Walks-and-wildlife-sites-leaflets\">Walks-and-wildlife-sites<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you Gill at the tourist office of South Shields library (The Word) for sending me an envelope full of leaflets which are wonderful walks and information about the area. They are greatly appreciated. I have tried to link those online here where possible.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Jarrow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read Pevsner &#8211; Durham.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local History section<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Refer to South Shields tourist department on 0191 424 7846<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Hebburn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read my account of a <a href=\"\/?p=24397\">flying visit to Hebburn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hebburn through time&#8221; and &#8220;Hebburn History Tour&#8221; both by Derek Dodds<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dodds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read Pevsner &#8211; Durham.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"snd\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>City of Sunderland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/127563729@N05\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/citdoitslnd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunderland.gov.uk\/article\/12582\/Heritage-trails\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25409 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/slndHT-e1509285887721.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/durhamheritagecoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/heritage-coast-wildlife-guide.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coast.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Next time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/?p=24397\">A flying visit to Hebburn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are able to start with this book, read every page and use the buildings you like as stops on your tour. Some of the better known buildings have been demolished such as the Dunston Rocket and the Gateshead car park. The Elswick Swimming pool is out of use through lack of funding. 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