Horse racing began in Blaydon in 1811, along the quayside. Racing ceased here in 1835 when the railway station opened. From 1861 until 1865 the races were held on Dent's Meadow island in the River Tyne (HER 11552). Horses were walked across to the island from Lemington. Spectators crossed from Blaydon on a bridge made of barges. The song 'Blaydon Races' was written by George 'Geordie' Ridley in 1862. The song mentions the Blaydon bellman, John Brown. He lived in Wesley Place. He died in 1901 aged 82 and is buried in Blaydon cemetery. The races were transferred to their final site, on Stella Haughs in 1887. Racing ceased after the 1916 meeting, when a riot broke out following the disqualification of the favourite. Stella South Power Station was eventually built on the site (now Riverside Crescent housing estate). William Irving's painting 'The Blaydon Races' was unveiled in 1903. It is on display at Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead, having been bought at auction in 2002. A brown plaque on a brick plinth beside Stella Road faces north over the site of the racecourse. The plaque used to be on the Blaydon Races Hotel which stood nearby.

An area of WW2 aircraft obstructions at Ryton Haugh. Formed by a network of continuous ditches with adjacent upcast banks of spoil, covering an area measuring around 700m by 400m. The ditches have been destroyed by later development. This is the site of Blaydon Race Course and later Stella South Power Station.

During World War Two RAF Woolsington was a grass flying field equipped with Bellman and Blister aircraft hangars as well as civilian hangars. By 1944 its function was a storage and maintainance unit attached to 43 Group. Post-war prior to 1985, the airfield was expanded and redeveloped as a civil airport. Two large structures are visible on aerial photographs of 1946.

A probable waggonway of post medieval period seen as a cropmark and earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 and 1988. Continues the line of Walbottle Moors Waggonway (HER 4271). After a gap, the waggonway continues as an earthwork running towards a mine at Prestwick Pit just north of Black Callerton Hill.

Spoil heap since on aerial photograph of 1946. Now levelled.

Medieval or post medieval narrow ridge and furrow seen as earthworks and levelled earthworks on aerial photographs.

Medieval or post medieval narrow ridge and furrow seen as earthworks and levelled earthworks on aerial photographs. South-west of Newcastle Airport.

Ridge and furrow, now levelled.

Three blocks of ridge and furrow, now levelled.

Site of aerial ropeway to Robert Pit (HER 4353).