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Melville Gardens, WHITLEY BAY, NE25 9NL

This brick building, which first appeared on the 1920 edition of the Ordnance Survey Six-Inch map of the area, once formed part of Newsteads Farm and then the local Council's (Whitley Bay Borough Council and North Tyneside Council) nursery garden but has now been converted into two separate dwellings. Whilst the building itself falls within this Grid Square, the garden lies within Grid Square NZ3371. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northynesidewalks.co.uk

From West Monkseaton Metro Station.

When the 1920 Ordnance Survey Six-Inch map of the area was published, this area formed part of Newsteads Farm. Whilst the history of allotments goes back many centuries, it was not until the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 came into force that local authorities were legally obliged to provide "sufficient allotments according to demand". This duty was further extended with the passing of the Land Settlement Facilities Act 1919 with the rights of allotment holders being strengthened by the Allotments Act 1922. However, the most important change was introduced when the Allotments Act 1925 established statutory allotments which local authorities could not sell off or covert to other uses without Ministerial consent. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

Opened in 1933 by the London & North Eastern Railway on the North Tyneside loop line from Newcastle to Tynemouth, this station was converted to Metro operation in 1980. View south west towards Shiremoor and Newcastle.

West Monkseaton Metro station is a station on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro. It is located in a residential area at the west of Monkseaton, with the station entrance sited above the tracks on Earsdon Road. The reinforced concrete Art-Deco station building at street level dates from 1934 when it was a station on the London & North Eastern Railway. The station reopened on the first phase of the Tyne & Wear Metro in 1980 and the building restored in 1999. Disused Stations: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/west_monkseaton/index.shtml

The entrance building to the Tyne and Wear Metro station of West Monkseaton. The roof of the station has a couple of communication masts mounted on it.

Blocks of flats beside Rosemount Way in West Monkseaton.

A street in West Monkseaton. A large Sainsbury's supermarket is visible further down the street.