Grey Street, Grainger Town
Introduction
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Grey Street, Grainger Town
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 23 Mar 2016
Grey Street was built by Richard Grainger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Grainger in the 1830s. It is renowned for its Georgian architecture, and was voted 'Best street in the UK' by BBC Radio 4 listeners in 2010 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/panoramas/360_greystreet.shtml BBC Tyne). The street runs South from Grey's Monument; after the junction with Mosley Street it continues as Dean Street. Like Dean Street, it follows the route of the Lorke or Lort Burn, which formerly flowed into the Tyne but is now underground and so it curves slowly to the east as well as descending towards the river. The street was initially named Upper Dean Street, but it was subsequently renamed as Grey Street.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.972248
Longitude
-1.612244