Hazlerigg
| Hazlerigg | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 Hazlerigg | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ232719 |
| Location: | 55°2’34"N, 1°37’52"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 980 |
| Post town: | Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| Postcode: | NE13 |
| Dialling code: | 0191 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Newcastle-upon-Tyne North Tyneside |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Newcastle upon Tyne North North Tyneside |
Hazlerigg is a village north of the Newcastle upon Tyne in Northumberland. It is about five miles north of the city centre, on the A1 road.
The village has a Post Office, fish & chip shop, beauty salon, a hairdresser, a garage, a showroom selling kitchen and bathroom furniture and a social club. In spite of having a population of 1,053 and almost 800 homes, Hazlerigg has never had a pub.
The village Community Centre is located at the west of the village next to the 'show field', formerly the site of the annual village Gala. A football field is located between Hazlerigg and the neighbouring village of Brunswick.
Brunswick is only a two-minute walk from Hazlerigg the journey takes much longer by car as there is no direct road linking the two villages, as they were once separated by a railway line. The shortest journey by road is two miles by way of Wideopen.
History
Hazlerigg was once the site of a colliery, which was in use from 1892 to 1964.[1] The village prospered due to the export business thriving within it. Local houses for miners were built and they founded the village seen today by visitors and inhabitants. The site of Hazlerigg Colliery is now covered by trees, immediately to the west of the village.
There was a second and newer coal mine a mile further to the west of Hazlerigg, known as the Havannah Drift Mine, which was opened in 1950. There were concerns that subsidence from the mining was threatening the runway of Newcastle Airport, and the pit closed in 1977. Many of its buildings survive and are now part of a plastics factory. A large area of the surrounding land is now the Havannah Nature Reserve to the south of Coach Lane.
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