41-466: Killingworth is a town in North Tyneside , Tyne and Wear , England, within the historic county of Northumberland . Killingworth was built as a new town in the 1960s, next to Killingworth Village , which existed for centuries before the new town was built. Other nearby villages include Forest Hall , West Moor and Backworth . Killingworth has bus links to the rest of Tyne and Wear . The town
82-754: A centre of heavy industry along with the rest of Tyneside, with for example the Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend, and export of coal. Today most of the heavy industry has gone, leaving high unemployment in some areas (over the borough, 5.1% compared to 3.7% for the UK in 2022). Two key roads serve North Tyneside: North Tyneside is served by 17 stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro on a loop from Newcastle through Wallsend, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Benton and back to Newcastle. Trains operate at least every 15 minutes, with extra services in
123-480: A deck system of access to shopping and other facilities, employing the Swedish Skarne method of construction. Originally named Killingworth Township, the latter part was quickly dropped through lack of colloquial use. Killingworth is referred to as 'Killy' by many residents of the town and surrounding areas. Around 1964, during the reclamation of the derelict pit sites, a 15-acre (6.1 ha) lake south of
164-483: A new KFC and public house ('The Shire Horse') were constructed next to McDonald's in Killingworth Centre. The White Swan was a large white building in the town centre. It was originally owned by Merz & McLellan and built in the 1960s. It contains 100,000 square feet (10,000 m) of office space and employed 600 professional and clerical people. It was constructed by Northumberland County Council , and
205-414: A three-tier education system consisting of, First, Middle and High schools, to a two-tier system. North Tyneside North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear , England . It forms part of the greater Tyneside conurbation . North Tyneside Council is headquartered at Cobalt Park , Wallsend . North Tyneside is bordered by Newcastle upon Tyne to
246-503: A two-tier walkway (see gallery). This design could be seen on maps of the Towers imprinted on the cast-iron drain covers within the estate. The walkways all led to a 1 ⁄ 4 -mile-long (400 m) elevated walkway leading straight through the mostly covered Killingworth Citadel Shopping Centre. This communal configuration was experimental and somewhat typical of the time. The concept was to create community interaction, with large parks in
287-609: Is not on the Tyne and Wear Metro network; its nearest stations are Palmersville and Benton . The town of Killingworth in Australia is named after the British original because of its extensive coal mines. Killingworth was used as a filming location for the 1973 BBC sitcom Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? , with one of the houses on Agincourt on the Highfields estate featuring as
328-745: The CN Tower and the Rogers Centre (SkyDome) . It is part of the PATH network. The SkyWalk passes above the York Street ' subway ' and the Simcoe Street Tunnel . It opened in 1989 and it was built to reduce the need for additional parking spaces near the Skydome stadium by providing a direct transportation link to the subway and GO trains . PATH is a 29-kilometre (18 mi) network of pedestrian tunnels beneath
369-587: The Pontop Pike TV transmitter Radio stations that broadcast to the area are: The area is served by the local newspaper, Evening Chronicle . North Tyneside is twinned with: The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of North Tyneside. Walkway In American English , walkway is a composite or umbrella term for all engineered surfaces or structures which support
410-453: The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (Nexus). Killingworth Bus Station is located adjacent to the Killingworth Centre. It is served by Arriva North East , Go North East , and Stagecoach North East with routes to Newcastle upon Tyne , North Tyneside and Northumberland . Killingworth is home to Bailey Green, Grasmere Academy and Amberley primary schools and George Stephenson High School. In recent years Killingworth moved from
451-447: The stratigraphy and damaged or destroyed artifacts. Documentary evidence for Killingworth starts in 1242 when it is recorded as part of the land held by Roger de Merlay III. There were nine recorded taxpayers in 1296, falling to eight by 1312. In a survey of the township dated 1373 listed sixteen tenements (land holdings). Other enclosed land was kept as common land; 1,800 acres (730 ha) formed Killingworth Moor. The commoners were
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#1733085382232492-607: The Doctor's archenemy The Master attempts to hijack the Industrial Revolution. Filming of the episode took place in the 19th-century mining village at Blists Hill Open Air Museum in Ironbridge, however. According to Jennifer Morrison there is no recorded evidence of early human activity at Killingworth. She asserts that this may be due in part to a lack of fieldwork in the area. Subsequent mining, spoil heaps and landscaping disturbed
533-680: The Garths in West Bailey (the west of Killingworth) were built of concrete and had flat roofs, but around 1995 the Local Housing Association modernised these houses by adding pitched roofs . They renewed fencing, built new brick sheds and relocated roads and pathways. The lowest remaining numbered Garth is Garth Four in West Bailey and the highest is Garth Thirty-Three in East Bailey aka Hadrian court. The housing estate formally known as Garth 21
574-664: The area are Arriva North East (all areas), Go North East (most areas) and Stagecoach in Newcastle (Benton, Forest Hall, Killingworth and Wallsend). The Shields Ferry links North Shields to South Shields, in South Tyneside. There is an international ferry terminal at Royal Quays in North Shields, with a service to Amsterdam ( IJmuiden ). Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North East and Cumbria and ITV Tyne Tees . Television signals are received from
615-580: The borough of Whitley Bay , the urban district of Longbenton and part of the urban district of Seaton Valley , all of which were in Northumberland . Killingworth was built as a new town in the 1960s and became part of North Tyneside. The following places are located in North Tyneside: North Tyneside is split by the A19 : the west of the borough is more urban, and is mostly contiguous with
656-499: The building towered over Killingworth. Over the years, the office space became vacant and, like the former Woolco site, was disused through the 1990s. The building was reduced in height, remodernised, reopened and renamed White Swan Centre. The name White Swan was chosen from suggestions provided by local school children and reflects the swans found on the local lake. The White Swan Centre was built to house local services previously provided in demolished buildings that had been attached to
697-516: The city of Newcastle. The towns in the east of the borough are more separate from the central part of the Newcastle urban area. Many of the most affluent neighbourhoods in Tyne and Wear are found in the coastal part of the borough. Unlike most English districts, North Tyneside Council is led by a directly elected mayor ; since May 2013, this post has been held by Norma Redfearn of the Labour Party . She
738-521: The developing mines in Killingworth and surrounding areas. To the north farms persisted. This pattern of development with 18th and 19th century stone buildings is identifiable today, though with recent infilling. Construction of Killingworth, a new town , began in 1963. Intended for 20,000 people, it was a former mining community, formed on 760 acres (310 ha) of derelict colliery land near Killingworth Village . The building of Killingworth Township
779-540: The directly elected Mayor of the North East ; there are therefore two directly elected mayors covering North Tyneside. The combined authority was established in 2024 covering North Tyneside, County Durham , Gateshead , Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , South Tyneside and Sunderland . North Tyneside lies in the coalfield that covers the South-East of the historic county of Northumberland. It has traditionally been
820-423: The grasslands around the towers and adult social clubs. The design did not live up to expectations and the estate started to look and feel like a prison rather than a castle with the introduction of measures to stop anti-social behaviour from youths congregating within the tower instead of in the parks. Grating was retrofitted to prevent risk takers sliding down the 100 ft (30 m) high girders holding up
861-530: The high country [mountains]". Similarly in St. John's, Newfoundland , Canada the " Grand Concourse ", is an integrated walkway system that has over 160 kilometers (99 mi) of walkways, which link every major park, river, pond, and green space in six municipalities. In Toronto , Ontario, Canada, the SkyWalk is an approximately 500-metre (1,600 ft) enclosed and elevated walkway ( skyway ) connecting Union Station to
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#1733085382232902-531: The high-level shopping precinct. For example, a doctors' surgery and library and a small gym was housed in the White Swan centre as the swimming pool and sports centre had also been demolished. The new Lakeside swimming pool and sports centre was built alongside the lake next to George Stephenson High School . Killingworth lies within the remit of the North East Joint Transport Committee and
943-511: The home of Bob and Thelma Ferris . In an episode of the architecture series Grundy's Wonders on Tyne Tees , John Grundy deemed Killingworth's former British Gas Research Centre to be the best industrial building in the North East. The Doctor Who episode titled " The Mark of the Rani " depicted Killingworth in the 19th century, with the Sixth Doctor in search of George Stephenson , after
984-434: The local authority, they were made of dark grey concrete blocks and were named Bamburgh , Kielder and Ford Tower etc., after castles. They consisted of a combination of 1, 2 and 3 storey homes built on top of each other rising to 10 storeys in some towers, with tremendous views. The estate was originally designed to mimic a medieval castle with an outer wall and inner keep connected to lifts and rubbish chutes by ramps and
1025-608: The local authority, were built to house key workers for the British Gas Research Centre. The rest of Killingworth's estates were cul-de-sacs named "Garths" – all numbered, although Garths 1–3 never existed. The numbering was: 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, etc. In the 1990s the Garths located in West Bailey changed their names to street names with estates adopting patterns such as trees (Laburnum Court, Willow Gardens), birds (Dove Close, Chaffinch Way), Farne Islands (Crumstone Court, Longstone, Megstone), etc. The houses in most of
1066-891: The miner's safety lamp, which he demonstrated underground in Killingworth pit a month before Sir Humphry Davy presented his design to the Royal Society in London in 1815. Known as the Geordie lamp it was to be widely used in the North-east in place of the Davy lamp . The track gauge of the Killingworth tramway was 4 ft 8 in ( 1,422 mm ). Other names were Killingworth Colliery railway , Killingworth Railway and Killingworth wagonway Killingworth originally consisted of local authority houses. The first houses at Angus Close, owned by
1107-451: The other, on the North side of West Bailey. This estate, called Highfields, was constructed by Greensit & Barrett with its streets named after notable battles Flodden , Agincourt , Stamford , Culloden and Sedgemoor . The most eye-catching and radical aspect of the township was the 3-tier housing estate called Killingworth Towers – apartment blocks built in the early 1970s. Tenanted by
1148-417: The owners of land in Killingworth and Longbenton. Prior to enclosure Newcastle races were held on the moor from the early 17th century. Racing eventually transferred to Newcastle Town Moor. The 1841 Census recorded a population of 112 spread through 14 dwellings. The village consisted of two rows of cottages on both sides of the road. By the mid-nineteenth century a terrace had appeared, possibly connected with
1189-596: The peak hours. Most of the stations serving North Tyneside fall into fare zones B and C. There are no National Rail stations in the borough, despite the East Coast Main Line and Blyth and Tyne routes passing through. The nearest National Rail station is Newcastle , which is also served by the Tyne & Wear Metro. North Tyneside has an extensive bus network, with most areas benefiting from direct services to Newcastle. Many areas have direct bus services to Cramlington, Blyth or Morpeth. The principle bus operators in
1230-595: The steps of the Puffing Billy pub. The centre included a large department store , Woolco that sold groceries and car parts and even incorporated a tyre service bay. The first two shops in Killingworth in the 1960s were Moore's and a small confectionery shop, situated between Garth Six and Angus Close and adjacent to the West House pub , but these shops were demolished in the 1970s. The shopping centre included Dewhurst butchers, Greggs bakery and newsagents , but it
1271-673: The town centre was created; spoil heaps were leveled, seeded and planted with semi-mature trees. Today, swans , ducks and local wildlife live around the two lakes, which span the main road into Killingworth. The lake is kept well stocked with fish and an angling club and model boating club regularly use it. Killingworth was home to a number of pits including the world-famous Killingworth Colliery owned by Lord Ravensworth . Ralph Dodds as Chief Viewer managed or trained several people of note during his lifetime including his nephew Isaac Dodds , locomotive engineer George Stephenson , rack railway inventor John Blenkinsop , and Nicholas Wood who
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1312-476: The use of trails . The New Oxford American Dictionary also defines a walkway as "a passage or path for walking along, esp. a raised passageway connecting different sections of a building or a wide path in a park or garden." The word is used to describe a footpath in New Zealand, where "walkways vary enormously in nature, from short urban strolls, to moderate coastal locations, to challenging tramps [hikes] in
1353-417: The walkway to the shops, was eventually demolished as it served no purpose after the Towers' demise, but it stood alone for 10 years until funds were found to bring it down. The land is now occupied by two new estates of privately owned homes built by Cussins Homes and Barratt Homes . The original town centre was built in the 1960s. The boxer Henry Cooper declared the shopping centre open while standing on
1394-422: The walkways. Cast iron grilles were erected to stop transit by over-exuberant youths racing bikes and skateboards along the smooth walkway "racetrack". Dogs fouled the walkways, rubbish chutes were blocked, vandals damaged communal bins, stairwells, lifts and multi-storey residential car parks joined the list of problems. The Towers were never widely popular and were demolished in 1987. The last remaining structure,
1435-529: The west, the North Sea to the east, the River Tyne to the south and Northumberland to the north. Within its bounds are the towns of Wallsend, North Shields , Killingworth , Tynemouth and Whitley Bay , which form a continuously built-up area contiguous with Newcastle upon Tyne . The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the county borough of Tynemouth , with the borough of Wallsend , part of
1476-492: Was built as a private estate with detached and semi-detached 3 and 4 bed room homes. Many Local Authority Homes were purchased by the tenants, some of whom still reside in the houses that were built in the 1960s. In the early 1970s, construction started on two new private estates. One north of East Bailey built by Fisher, called Longmeadows with streets named after the Farne Islands (Knivestone, Goldstone, Crumstone etc.), and
1517-505: Was demolished in the 1990s. The Puffing Billy Pub was built on a bridge over the road. In the 1980s and 1990s, Morrisons shopping complex (containing Morrisons supermarket) became the commercial centre, while the former Woolco site stood as wasteland for more than a decade. In the early 2000s, Killingworth Centre, a modern shopping mall, was built there. Morrisons moved into a new purpose-built store. The premises vacated by Morrisons are now occupied by Matalan and Home Bargains . In 2010,
1558-478: Was most recently elected on 6 May 2021. The council has sixty elected members, three from each of the twenty wards in the borough. Elections are staggered into thirds, with one councillor from each ward elected each year for three consecutive years, and the mayoral election held on the fourth year. North Tyneside is part of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority , which is chaired by
1599-414: Was to succeed him as Chief Viewer at Killingworth. In 1814 George Stephenson, enginewright at the colliery, built his first locomotive Blücher with the help and encouragement of his manager, Nicholas Wood, in the colliery workshop behind his house ' Dial Cottage ' on Lime Road. This locomotive could haul 30 long tons (33.6 short tons; 30.5 t) of coal up a hill at 4 mph (6.4 km/h). It
1640-813: Was undertaken by Northumberland County Council and was not formally a 'New Town' sponsored by the Government . Unlike that town, Killingworth's planners adopted a radical approach to town centre design, resulting in relatively high-rise buildings in an avant-garde and brutalist style that won awards for architecture, dynamic industry and attractive environment. This new town centre consisted of pre-cast concrete houses, with millions of small crustacean shells unusually embedded into their external walls, 5 to 10-storey flats , offices, industrial units and service buildings, which often consisted of artistic non-functional characteristics, shops and residential multi-storey car parks, interconnected by ramps and walkways . These made up
1681-460: Was used to tow coal wagons along the wagonway from Killingworth to the Wallsend coal staithes. Although Blücher did not survive long, it provided Stephenson with the knowledge and experience to build better locomotives for use both at Killingworth and elsewhere. Later he would build the famous Rocket in his locomotive works in Newcastle. At the same time Stephenson was developing his own version of