Tyneside

Tyneside

1. Byker Ward

   • Metro station, provides rapid transit system to the city and to the coast.
     • well linked
   • Dual carriage way to town centre, crossed by footbridges to give access to the shops and services.
   • Church situated in the town centre
     • people are able to practise their religion freely
   • rows of small terraced houses dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
     • housing for comparatively poor people
       • second-generation migrants and even asylum seekers, but core population is made up of white Newcastle people
   • good transport in and around the city e.g. bus services

2. Jesmond Ward

   • Built to house managers and owners of factories during the industrial revolution, the richer people were able to afford larger houses.
     • with large gardens and room for several servants
   • lower middle classes had smaller houses which were terraces with upstairs and downstairs flats. doors were side by side but each flat was seperate
   • loft conversions meant the house had more room and space