A Saw mill built after the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of 1858.

Built by the North Eastern Railway as part of their reorganisation of the old Blyth and Tyne lines. Opened in 1882 by William Bell of the NER, it was designed to cope with large volumes of through and terminating trains serving the burgeoning seaside resort. Notable for its Hydraulic Lift Machinery with accumulator, built by Armstrongs of Elswick. Architecturally the buildings are a delight with a 200 yard long glass and iron platform canopies, footbridge, high quality iron work and associated buildings in a sort of Victorian Venetian style. Red brick with stone dressings; slate roofs with iron cresting to principal ridges. Gothic style. Exuberant style appropriate for a seaside resort. There are two building groups in a restrained Venetian Gothick style which is typical of railway station architecture of the period. Single storey red-brick and sandstone buildings with large hipped and gabled slate roofs, round-headed windows, tall chimneys and decorative iron and timber work. The massive expanse of glazed canopies is the main feature of the station, something unusual for a station serving a small town or village. The canopy is supported on ornate cast-iron columns, girders and ribs. The through lines are crossed by a large twin footbridge, which once had a hydraulic-powered goods lift. The whole arrangement of buildings, platforms and canopies is in a gentle curve which follows the line of the track. There is strong symmetry in the vertical and horizontal planes, a bisecting line down the centre of the footbridge would produce a virtual mirror image of the whole station. The Station's detailing is well executed, the decorative ironwork in particular is in abundance and extravagant. The station is mentioned in Gordon Biddle's "Victorian Stations" and in David Lloyd and Donald Insall's "Railway Station Architecture". On the platform wall is a tile map of the NER network.

A Mine Shaft, marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1894.

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows the location of Salt Water Reservoirs belonging to the North Shields Corporation Water Works.

An oval cycling track, on the site of Preston Colliery (HER 2006). The site is not on the 1st edition OS so was built after 1858. In 1900 North Shields Athletic Football Club took over the cycling track. In the 1920s Preston Colliery FC took over. They were renamed North Shields FC in 1928. A local derby against South Shields in 1936 attracted a crowd of 12,800. North Shields won the FA Amateur Cup in 1969. During the 1970s the club fell into debt. The ground was also damaged by mining subsidence. In 1992 the ground was sold. The housing estate on the site included a street called Appleby Park. The club moved to Ralph Gardner Park on Silkeys Lane.

Preston Colliery, at Billy Mill, is not on the 1st edition ordnance Survey plan, so was built after 1858.

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows the location of a Rifle Range within the disused Billy Mill Quarry (HER ref. 2003). The range is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan and was therefore installed after 1858.

One of the southern branches of the Blyth and Tyne Railway (HER ref. 1055) appears to run to this site. The site was first leased from the Duke of Northumberland in 1835, by John Sadler. By 1852, production was up to 1¼ million bricks and the same number of tiles. In 1853 the works were up for sale. They consisted of a pug mill, 3 large kilns with coal stores, a 72x15 yard tile drying shade, with 2 smaller ones and two quays on the river Tyne. The buildings were wooden with pantile roofs. The extent of the site is unclear from the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan.

East Holywell Staith, in Northumberland Dock (HER ref. 2111), at the southern end of the eastern branch of the West Cramlington Wagonway (HER ref. 2045).

West Cramlington Staith, at the southern end of one of the two branches of the West Cramlington Wagonway (South), (HER ref. 2045), in Northumberland Dock (HER ref. 2111). It is not shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, surveyed in 1894/5.