Whickham

Whickham
Village
St Mary the Virgin church, Whickham
Whickham Location within Tyne and Wear
Population	16,652 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	NZ208613
Metropolitan borough	Gateshead
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode district	NE16
Dialling code	0191

Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East

UK Parliament	Gateshead Central and Whickham
List of places UK England Tyne and Wear 54°56′46″N 1°40′34″W / 54.946°N 1.6761°W / 54.946; -1.6761

Whickham is a village in Tyne and Wear, North East England,^[1] within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne.

History

Whickham underwent some expansion in the 1950s when the Lakes Estate was built just off Whickham Highway. Then later in the decade the Oakfield Estate just off Whaggs Lane was built. Grange Estate began the long-term development by JT Bell, (Bellway), the builder, who went on to build Clavering Park, Clavering Grange, the Cedars and then Fellside Park.

In central Whickham, near Front Street, is Chase Park, the former residence of Whickham Chase. The property included a manor house, which was demolished in 1960.^[2] The park includes King George's Field, in which is a historic tower that is now closed off from the public. The large play area was restored in 2017 with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund, which included the removal of a large slide and the remodelling of the children's play area, as well as the replanting of Chase Park's many flower beds.^[3]

South-west of Whickham, above the River Derwent, are the ruins of Old Hollinside, a fortified manor house^[4] once owned by the Bowes-Lyon family.

Governance

Whickham was anciently a township and parish within County Durham.^[5] Whickham Urban District, created in 1894, also covered the parishes of Dunston, Marley Hill and Byermoor, and Swalwell.^[6] Changes to local government in 1974 saw the parish and urban district abolished and replaced by an unparished area, at first within Tyne and Wear, then from 1986 within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.

Whickham spans three electoral wards: Whickham North, Dunston Hill and Whickham East, and Whickham South and Sunniside (which extends south-west to include Marley Hill and Byermoor).^[7] Each ward elects three members of Gateshead Council.^[8] For national government elections it has been part of Gateshead Central and Whickham constituency since 2024, formerly being part of Blaydon constituency.^[7]

Schools

Whickham has six primary schools and one secondary school. The Gibside School for special educational needs and disabilities moved to a new location away from Whickham in Spring 2021.

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Whickham School and Sports College

Notable people

Peter Walters (born 1952, Whickham), Football League goalkeeper

Reference

^ "Whickham History". whickhamhistory.weebly.com. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^ Green, Southern. "Chase Park". Southern Green. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
^ "Chase Park". Gateshead Council. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
^ Historic England. "Old Hollinside (Grade I) (1025137)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
^ "Whickham". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
^ "Whickham UD". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Election Maps: Great Britain". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
^ "Councillors by Ward". Gateshead Council. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Whickham".

Media related to Whickham at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Places in Tyne and Wear
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead	Gateshead Bensham Bill Quay Birtley Blaydon Carr Hill Chopwell Chowdene Deckham Dunston Felling Kibblesworth Lamesley Leam Lane Estate Low Fell Marley Hill Pelaw Rowlands Gill Ryton (Greenside) Saltwell Sheriff Hill Team Valley Wardley Whickham Windy Nook Whitehills Estate
City of Newcastle upon Tyne	Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne Arthurs Hill Battlefield Benwell Black Callerton Blakelaw Blucher Brenkley Brunswick Byker Chapel House City Centre Cochrane Park Cowgate Coxlodge Dene Denton Denton Burn Dinnington East Denton Elswick Fairways Fawdon Fenham Great Park Haymarket Hazlerigg Heaton High Heaton Jesmond Kenton Kingston Park Lemington Manors Newburn North Kenton Ouseburn Parklands Sandyford Scotswood Shieldfield Slatyford South Gosforth Spital Tongues Throckley Walbottle Walker Walkergate Walkerville West Denton West Jesmond Westerhope Westgate Wingrove Woolsington
Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside	North Shields Wallsend Whitley Bay Backworth Beaumont Park Benton Burradon Cullercoats Earsdon Forest Hall Howdon Killingworth Longbenton Monkseaton Murton New York Northumberland Park Preston Seaton Burn Shiremoor St Mary's Island Tynemouth Wellfield Whitley Lodge Wideopen Willington Quay
Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside	Hebburn Jarrow South Shields The Boldons Brockley Whins Cleadon Harton Marsden Monkton Tyne Dock West Harton Westoe Whitburn
City of Sunderland	Hetton-le-Hole Houghton-le-Spring Sunderland Washington Ashbrooke Barnes Bishopwearmouth Burdon Carley Hill Castletown Chilton Moor Claxheugh Cox Green Downhill Doxford Park Easington Lane East Rainton Elstob Farm Farringdon Fatfield Fence Houses Ford Estate Fulwell Gilley Law Grangetown Grindon Harraton Hastings Hill Hendon Herrington High Moorsley Hill View Hollycarrside Humbledon Hylton Castle Leechmere Marley Pots Middle Rainton Millfield Monkwearmouth Newbottle North Haven North Hylton Pallion Pennywell Penshaw Philadelphia Plains Farm Rickleton Redhouse Roker Ryhope Seaburn Seaburn Dene Shiney Row Silksworth South Bents South Hylton Southwick Springwell Springwell Village Sunderland City Centre Sunderland Docks Sunniside Town End Farm Thorney Close Tunstall Warden Law Witherwack

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Major settlements (cities in italics)	Birtley Blaydon Boldon Cullercoats Gateshead Gosforth Hebburn Hetton-le-Hole Houghton-le-Spring Jarrow Killingworth Longbenton Newcastle upon Tyne North Shields Ryton South Shields Sunderland Tynemouth Wallsend Washington Whickham Whitley Bay See also: List of civil parishes in Tyne and Wear
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