Sunniside is a village in the
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It includes Gateshead, Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon, Ryton, Tyne and Wear, Ryton, Felling (UK), Felling, Birtley, Tyne and ...
, which is located around from
Newcastle upon Tyne
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. Prior to the creation of the county of
Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England. It borders Northumberland to the north and County Durham to the south, and the largest settlement is the city of Newcastle upon Tyne.
The county is ...
in 1974, it was part of Whickham Urban District, which in turn formed a part of
County Durham
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.
Sunniside has a busy Front Street, with a collection of pubs, shops, and amenities. The village is surrounded mainly by farmland, with plantations of trees to the east, whilst also neighbouring the villages of
Byermoor
Byermoor is a village near Burnopfield and Sunniside in the Gateshead district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. The village has a population of around 100 and contains a school (Sacred Heart) and a church. The village sits on the Sou ...
,
Marley Hill
Marley Hill is a former colliery village about six miles to the south west of Gateshead, near the border between Tyne and Wear and County Durham. It has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead since 1974. Prior to this it was part of ...
and
Whickham
Whickham is a village in Tyne and Wear, North East England, within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne.
History
Whickham underwent some expansion ...
.
The village is mostly housing, with older terraced properties situated near to the shops, and large housing estates built from the 1960s onward radiating from this area. It has a large park to the north of the village, next to Burnthouse Lane.
Attractions near to the village include
Beamish Museum
Beamish Museum is the first regional open-air museum, in England, located at Beamish, County Durham, Beamish, near the town of Stanley, County Durham, Stanley, in County Durham, England. Beamish pioneered the concept of a living museum. By di ...
and
Tanfield Railway
The Tanfield Railway is a heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former horse-drawn colliery wooden waggonway, later rope & horse, lastly rope & loco railway. It operates preserved industrial steam lo ...
.
The A692 road runs directly through the centre of the village and is used by many transport companies as a direct route to the town of Consett: this road carries some of the heaviest traffic through the borough of Gateshead daily.
There have been a lot of private housing developments in the village of Sunniside, between 2017 and 2021, leading to increases in population and traffic.
Sunniside has one of the highest rates of community council tax in the country (including London)
Demography
The data below shows that 51.4% of the population in Whickham South and Sunniside are female, which is above the national average , as well as being above average within the
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It includes Gateshead, Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon, Ryton, Tyne and Wear, Ryton, Felling (UK), Felling, Birtley, Tyne and ...
.
A total of 2.6% of the population were from a
black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) group in Whickham South and Sunniside. This figure is significantly lower than that of the average in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead , as well as the national average .
Data from the
Office for National Statistics
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Overview
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found that the average life expectancy in Whickham South and Sunniside is 82.3 years for men, and 86.2 years for women. These statistics compare very favourably, when compared to the average life expectancy in the
North East of England
North East England, commonly referred to simply as the North East within England, is one of nine official regions of England. It consists of County Durham , Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and part of northern North Yorkshire. It is the least ...
, of 77.4 and 81.4 years, for men and women respectively.
Car ownership is significantly higher than the average within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead , as well as the national average , with a total of 82.2% of households in Whickham South and Sunniside having access to at least one car.
Education
In terms of primary education, students attend the nearb
Clover Hill Primary Schoolan
Fellside Primary Schoolin
Whickham
Whickham is a village in Tyne and Wear, North East England, within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne.
History
Whickham underwent some expansion ...
, as well a
Sacred Heart Primary Schoolin
Byermoor
Byermoor is a village near Burnopfield and Sunniside in the Gateshead district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. The village has a population of around 100 and contains a school (Sacred Heart) and a church. The village sits on the Sou ...
.
Whickham School and Sports Collegeprovides secondary education in the area, along wit
Emmanuel Collegein
Lobley Hill
Lobley Hill is located in the west of the old County Borough of Gateshead within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, North East England having been previously part of the parish of Whickham.
In its Demographic Profile for the ...
an
St. Thomas More Catholic Schoolin
Blaydon
Blaydon is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, and historically in County Durham. Blaydon, and neighbouring Winlaton, which Blaydon is now contiguous with, form the town of Blaydon-on-Tyne. The Blaydon/Winl ...
.
Governance
Whickham South and Sunniside is a local council
ward
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in the
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It includes Gateshead, Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon, Ryton, Tyne and Wear, Ryton, Felling (UK), Felling, Birtley, Tyne and ...
. This ward covers an area of around , and has a population of 8,313.
, the ward is served by three councillors: John McClury, Jonathan Charles Wallace and Marilynn Ord.
The village is in the
parliamentary constituency
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of
Gateshead Central and Whickham
Gateshead Central and Whickham is a constituency in Tyne and Wear represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Mark Ferguson of the Labour Party. The constituency was created by the 2023 review of Westminster constituen ...
, and is served by
Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP),
Mark Ferguson Mark Ferguson may refer to:
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* Mark Ferguson (footballer) (born 1960), English footballer
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.
Transport
Air
The nearest airport is
Newcastle International Airport
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, which is around away by road.
Teesside International Airport
Teesside International Airport , formerly Durham Tees Valley Airport, is a small international airport in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It primarily serves Teesside (including Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees), south and ...
and
Carlisle Lake District Airport
Carlisle Lake District Airport is a small airport located north-east of Carlisle, England on a plain near the River Irthing.
Originally opened as an RAF base in 1941, it came under government ownership in the 1960s before being sold to Haug ...
are around by road respectively.
Bus
Sunniside is served by eight buses per hour to
Newcastle upon Tyne
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and
Stanley
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* ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...
, with six buses per hour to Gateshead and three buses per hour to
Consett
Consett is a town in the County Durham (district), County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of County Durham, Durham, England, about south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It had a population of 27,394 in 2001 and an estimate of 25,812 in ...
, as well as a half-hourly service to Whickham and
Metrocentre
Metrocentre (previously styled as MetroCentre) is a shopping centre and entertainment complex in the Dunston area of Gateshead. It is located on the former site of Dunston Power Station, near to the River Tyne.
Metrocentre opened in stages, ...
.
Rail
The nearest
National Rail
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stations are located at
MetroCentre
Metrocentre (previously styled as MetroCentre) is a shopping centre and entertainment complex in the Dunston area of Gateshead. It is located on the former site of Dunston Power Station, near to the River Tyne.
Metrocentre opened in stages, ...
and
Newcastle
Newcastle usually refers to:
*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area ...
.
Road
The main road through the village is the
A692, which runs from the
A68 at
Castleside
Castleside is a village in County Durham, England.
It is situated a short distance to the south-west of Consett. Castleside is covered by the civil parish of Healeyfield.The village centre is located on the main A68 road which runs between Ed ...
to the
A1 at Lobley Hill.
References
External links
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Villages in Tyne and Wear
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead