Shields Road, East End Pool

HER Number

17077

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Shields Road, East End Pool

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Swimming Pool

Site Type: Specific

Indoor Swimming Pool

General Period

21ST CENTURY

Specific Period

21st Century 2001 to 2100

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

427120

Northing

564760

Grid Reference

NZ427120564760

Sources

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