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Grasmere Avenue, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 8NH

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Shops above the junction with Station Road.

On the left can be seen the Tyne Rowing Club Image with their steps down to the river. The Boathouse pub is on the right Image with the Newburn Hotel just to its left. There is a closer view here Image Compare with the photo from c1900 http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=ryton&record=122 The Boathouse public house is now the only surviving building in Water Row whose terrace used to extend along the river bank towards the Rowing Club House. George Stephenson worked at Water Row Pit from 1798 to 1801 Image The cottages at Water Row were cleared by Newburn Urban District Council as part of slum clearance in 1931-9.

The Grange Road side of the Newburn Hotel taken from the path at the rear of Image close to the site of the former Newburn Railway Station. The station on the Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway opened in 1876, closed to passengers in 1958 and entirely closed in 1965 http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/n/newburn/index.shtml http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=506095# The line is now part of the Hadrian's Way Cycle Path.

Rowing is a popular sport on the River Tyne. Adjacent to Hadrian's Way, a path from Wylam to Newcastle along the north bank of the Tyne which carries both Hadrian's Cycleway http://www.cycle-routes.org/HADRIANSCYCLEWAY/and Hadrian's Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/. In the distance is the "Boatman" public house.

The club was founded in 1852 and is amongst the oldest sporting clubs in England. The building here is the club's third boathouse and was opened on the 6th April 1957 by Viscount Runciman http://www.tynerowingclub.org/pages/history_16403.cfm The beard of the Tyne River God (on the front wall) symbolises the joining of the South and North Tyne Rivers. He bears flaming coals on his head, a pick and shovel, birds, fish and nets which represent Tyneside's early industries Image There is an old photo of rowing near this location here http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcastlelibraries/4081922723/