Westgate Road, Grapes Running Ground

Tyne and Wear HER(15711): Westgate Road, Grapes Running Ground - Details

HER Number:
15711

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Westgate Road, Grapes Running Ground

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Racing Sports Site

Site Type: Specific:
Athletics Track

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Purpose-built enclosed sports ground, run on a commercial basis with payment at the gate and a small grandstand. No trace survives.

Easting:
424000

Northing:
564100

Grid Reference:
NZ424000564100

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 15