Scotswood Natural Community Garden is seen as a haven and a treasure by the residents of Scotswood. The garden consists of areas of meadow, woodland and structured garden space of raised beds of brick and stone with paved pathways running between. There are ponds and streams which are habitats for rare newts, examples of rare wildflowers, fruit trees and modern sculptures. The Crown Green Solar Fountain forms a central focus in the tranquil garden space, which is an oasis in a built up area. LOCAL LIST

Benwell Nature Park is a very young but already splendid oasis. Created after the demolition of two streets in 1982, it is now a well used and well cared for park. The houses that were originally on the site were built to house workers from factories along Scotswood Road, such as the Armstrong Vickers munitions factory. The only remnant of these is a cobbled back lane. The five acre park contains woodland, an attractive pond, artworks, and great views overlooking the Tyne valley. Many natural habitats have developed in the pond and the hedgerows. In 2004 a community orchard was planted to commemorate the park’s 21st birthday. This is just one example of large involvement in the park’s development by the local community. The park was awarded Green Flag awards in 2003/4 and 2004/5. LOCAL LIST

Located on land gifted by local landowner, Frank Buddle Atkinson, the Carnegie Branch Public Library was built in 1908 and funded by the Carnegie Foundation. The library was originally planned by the Benwell & Fenham District Council, however, Benwell was incorporated into Newcastle in 1904. As a result, the building was designed by the Newcastle Corporation architect, F. H. Holford, and built by Jacob Parkinson & Sons. he Benwell Carnegie Library was the first in Newcastle where the public could select books themselves from the shelves rather than from printed catalogues. On the ground floor there was a large semi-circular lending department and upstairs a lecture room. The building was refurbished in the 1990 and the library was moved to new West End Library on Condercum Road in 2009. The building is currently occupied by a number of local charitable groups LOCAL LIST

Benwell Dene, better known as Hodgkin Park, was presented to the old Benwell Urban District Council by the local banker Dr. Thomas Hodgkin. It was opened on 8 August 1899, and ever since has been a popular local beauty spot, and recreational area. The park has large green areas, a stone maze, and splendid views. The land was used for allotments during the Second World War. LOCAL LIST

The original blocks on this site were a pre-war council construction and had been among the first flats built to replace old tenement blocks in the city. The central section of the City Road face has different colour bricks to the rest, showing where a section of the original building was bombed out and the new building was added to the remains. The four storey blocks of flats are arranged around a central green space which holds a children’s play area. The second and third storeys have balconies on the interior faces. First and second storey flats on the City Road side have balconies on the exterior face. LOCAL LIST

The library was commissioned by Alderman Sir William Haswell Stephenson (Mayor of Newcastle in 1875, 1884, 1894 and 1902) to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It was opened as Victoria Free Library by Earl Grey on 15th October 1893. Stephenson also funded Elswick Library. The book stock at both libraries was identical as a cost-saving exercise, so the catalogue could be duplicated. The architect for the Victoria Library and Stephenson's last library, Lady Stephenson Library on Welbeck Road, was John W Dyson. A single-storey children's library was added to the west in 1939. It was extended again in the 1960s. It later became council offices and closed by 2008. It has since been renovated and houses a dental practice on the ground floor and commercial space on the first floor. The extensions have been demolished. Glazing has been replaced. The building is built in Flemish-bonded red brick and sandstone in Jacobean-revival style. Tiled roof with crested ridge tiles. A small but ornate timber ventilation lantern rises from the centre of the roof, rising to a tall finial. There is a ventilated chimneystack on the north-west corner of the roof, detailed with gablets, a pitched tiled roof and louvred openings. Three bays rise to a large gabled wall-head dormer which overhangs eaves level. Each dormer has a gable with sandstone coping, inset with a rectangular carved panel depicting the Stephenson Coat of Arms with the words 'FIDUS IN ARCANUM' (faithful to a secret), the Royal Coat of Arms and the Coat of Arms of the City of Newcastle. The main central entrance comprises a square-headed door with moulded architrave, flanked by Doric pilasters and rising to a lead-covered canopy on Doric consoles. There is a similar entrance in the western bay. Both have original panelled doors. The windows are transomed and mullioned but have aluminium windows. The central apron has an ornate carved sandstone panel inscribed 'VICTORIA LIBRARY'. On the west elevation there are scrolled curvilinear parapets and a stained glass window to the stairwell. The juvenile library annexe was removed in 2008. INTERIOR - the building has been subdivided into two units. The ground floor is occupied by a dental practice and the first floor by a commercial unit. A modern lift has been inserted. The east end has been substantially reconfigured in 2014. No original detailing remains. Doors have been replaced. Original skirting boards, fluted architraves and a closed-string stair with turned balusters survive. The first floor is now open plan. The original coal chute and floor tracks for machinery survive in the basement. LOCAL LIST

Stephenson Halls in Shieldfield is an impressive brick building is designed in an art deco style, and has concrete bands around its façade situated above and below the windows on each floor. The number of storeys varies between three and six, most being of the latter, and in some parts the upper floors are stepped back. The halls, which surround a ‘U’ shaped central courtyard, were refurbished in 1993 by the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, and currently house 330 student accommodation rooms. LOCAL LIST

This slipway is an important remnant of the Ouseburn’s past, its industry and communications. Fragments still remain of the 19th Century granite horse tramway used to carry the horse drawn transport across the Ouseburn. The cobbled slipway is surrounded by sandstone walls on either side as it descends into the water. LOCAL LIST

The Ship Inn is a popular and attractive traditional working class pub located in the heart of the Ouseburn, lying beneath Byker Bridge. In the past it was popular with the local abattoir workers. The building was originally part of a terrace in Stepney Bank which was destroyed during the 1930s. It has been designed relatively simply. It has two storeys and an attic above with two dormers. The ground floor has large windows with painted stone lintels and sills. The façade is brick and the west side has been rendered white. Also on the side is a single storey modern garage extension. LOCAL LIST

This is a unique local tradition spontaneously carried on by the local community in Heaton. The tree is decorated with shoes that have been thrown over the branches. This novelty piece of public art has also been the subject of a recent novel, The Taxi Driver’s Daughter by Julia Darling. LOCAL LIST