Whickham
Sign in to saveWhickham 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.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Village
- UK place.official_name
- Whickham
- UK place.static_image_name
- Church of St Mary The Virgin, Whickham - geograph.org.uk - 3441680.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary the Virgin church, Whickham
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NZ208613
- UK place.population
- 16652
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Gateshead
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Tyne and Wear
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Gateshead Central and Whickham
- UK place.postcode_district
- NE16
- UK place.postcode_area
- NE
- UK place.dial_code
- 0191
- UK place.post_town
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
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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 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.