Team Valley is a trading estate located in

Gateshead Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, ...

. It is home to the Retail World retail park, with many large, international companies based in the area's trading estate. In 2017, there were approximately 700 companies on the estate, employing approximately 20,000 people.History of Team Valley
/ref> The residential area known as the Teams is adjacent to Dunston.

History

In the 1930s, the Government decided to spend nearly £2 million on this part of

, establishing the Team Valley Trading Estate as a well-planned industrial environment. The

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in charge was William Holford, with Hugh Beaver as chief engineer. It included a central headquarters, now used by

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, a bank, post office, and some modestly scaled industrial buildings, as well as some smaller industrial units for start-up ventures. These facilities were laid out along a wide central artery, known as ''Kingsway'', almost long. Work on the estate began in May 1936, and the first factory opened in the October of that year. The construction, which was undertaken by Wimpey Construction, took several years, and was completed in 1938. The estate was officially opened by

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on 22 February 1939. The southern end used of the Team Valley was the former location of the

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's regional headquarters. However, following the closure of the mines in the area, this was replaced by a

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supermarket (now

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). The

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runs directly through the centre of the trading estate, hidden in a culvert.

Transport

To the east, the Team Valley is bordered by the

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– the main railway line between

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and

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. Until 1952, the area was served by a rail station at Low Fell. Currently, the nearest rail station is Dunston, as well as the Tyne & Wear Metro being accessible at Gateshead Interchange.Gateshead Bus & Metro Interchange
/ref> Local bus company

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serve Team Valley with their regular 93 and 94

loop services. Nexus subsidises peak-time services that include: 90, 91, 929, 933, 937, 939 and 941.

References

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