Victoria Park Bowling Green
Victoria Park Bowling Green
HER Number
16999
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Victoria Park Bowling Green
Place
Whitley Bay
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Ball Sports Site
Site Type: Specific
Bowling Club
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
The Rockcliffe Bowling and Tennis Club was founded in 1925. The bowling green is publicly owned (the working class bowlers could not afford to set up a private club). The unusual timber clubhouse, painted green and white, is built onto the end of a row of terraced houses (Cheviot View).
Easting
436020
Northing
572090
Grid Reference
NZ436020572090
Sources
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 138