West Allotment
| West Allotment | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 Taylor Terrace, West Allotment | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ308704 |
| Location: | 55°1’40"N, 1°31’3"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| Postcode: | NE27 |
| Dialling code: | 0191 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Tyneside |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Tyneside |
West Allotment is a village in Northumberland, located approximately four miles inland of Whitley Bay and approximately three miles north of The Tyne Tunnel.
The village is caught within the conurbation spread out from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but a mile or so north of West Allotment, these extensive built-up areas change abruptly into green belt stretching north.
West Allotment was originally a mining community. There is a War memorial situated on the old high street.
'Silverlink Biodiversity Park' is a local nature reserve adjacent to the village, which at the top of the hill has an ornate giant sundial at its summit.[1]
West Allotment is the nearest village to the Cobalt Business Park in North Tyneside. The Cobalt is the United Kingdom's largest office park, and is the largest conglomeration of purpose-built office space in the Northern Hemisphere. Companies housed on the business park include Procter & Gamble, Orange, Santander UK, G4S; North Tyneside Council is also based there.
Housing estates
West Allotment used to comprise only one housing estate, known to the locals as 'The Allotment', However, in the late 1990s two new estates were constructed, Murrayfields and Holyfields; Holyfields is the larger of the two. Brookfield and Cloverfield are both classed as Holyfields although they are both detached from the original Holyfields estate. Brookfield and Cloverfield are linked together and Cloverfield is nearing completion.
Subsidence
A number of properties in the area were found to have subsidence damage early in 2016. Investigations by the Coal Authority to find out the cause of the ground movement concluded that the surface damage at Bayfield was probably as a result of historical coal mining. It was found necessary to demolish some properties, with compensation to the residents.[2]
References
- ↑ "Local nature reserves: Silverlink Park". North Tyneside Council. http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/browse-display.shtml?p_ID=29090&p_subjectCategory=646. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ↑ Sharma, Sonia (19 April 2017). "West Allotment subsidence: All you need to know about the damage to homes". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/west-allotment-subsidence-you-need-12909252. Retrieved 19 April 2017.