Lobley Hill is located in the west of the old County Borough of Gateshead within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, North East England having been previously part of the parish of Whickham.
County
Tyne and Wear
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Suburb of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
The story of Lobley Hill — from the archive to today.
The current Lobley Hill is defined by its boundaries as it has grown to fill the hillside while development along its eastern edge has encroached significantly since the first of the present housing was built in 1930s.…
The first primary school for Lobley Hill was a section of the Gun Site installation behind the west end of Oakfield Road at its highest point of the hill. The second was subsequently built on Rothbury Gardens and opened…
There are two churches in Lobley Hill. All Saints’ Church is Anglican, the older of the two. The Immaculate Heart Of Mary Church is a Roman Catholic church. There used to be a Methodist chapel on Beechwood Gdns but this…
On a street in Lobley Hill lies the Hospice Emmanuel House, fronted by long-time devout Catholic, Christine Deponio. The hospice itself is operated within her house, along with Husband Raymond, and…
It has a recently constructed park, called Watergate Forest Park, built on reclaimed land on the site of the former Watergate Colliery which may have been among some of the first places where…
Gateshead footballer, coach and manager Tom Callender Liberty X band member, Michelle Heaton, attended Emmanuel College. Footballer and football manager Ian Branfoot was a pupil at the Primary…
Lobley Hill has been shown on maps over a period of time. The Ordnance Survey taken in 1857 for the map published in 1862 shows Lobley Hill marked at a junction just to the east of the signal box on…
Venues nearby
Museums, theatres and attractions — not business listings.
Walks nearby
Assigned walks plus nearby routes within a short drive.
easy · 4.7km
Gateshead
easy · 2.3km
Gateshead
easy · 5.3km
Gateshead
moderate · 13.8km
Gateshead
moderate · 9.2km
Gateshead
moderate · 2.4km
Gateshead
moderate · 22.4km
Blaydon-on-Tyne
easy · 4.7km
Newcastle upon Tyne
MyTyne directory
Places near Lobley Hill from the MyTyne directory.
What's on
Fri 24 Jul · Standard
Little Theatre · Gateshead
Sat 25 Jul · Standard
Little Theatre · Gateshead
Tue 21 Jul · Standard
Shipley Art Gallery · Gateshead
Thu 23 Jul · Standard
Shipley Art Gallery · Gateshead
Tue 21 Jul · Standard
Low Fell Library · Gateshead
Sun 12 Jul
Odeon Metrocentre · Gateshead
Lobley Hill · 54.9396, -1.6375
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