Byker, Shields Road, East End Pool

HER Number:
17077

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Shields Road, East End Pool

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Sports Site

Site Type: Specific:
Swimming Pool

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C21

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Newcastle's newest swimming pool. Opened with a library and gym in September 2000. This replaced three earlier baths - Shipley Street in Byker (closed in 1992), Heaton Baths (built 1925) and Walker Baths (1930s). The East End Pool features a 50m flume which protrudes outside the building. A second flume has since been added.

Easting:
2712

Northing:
6476

Grid Reference:
NZ27126476

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 185